12 October 1858 – 20 August 1927 James Lingenfelter was born in Montgomery, New York to a family of native New York Staters. He was the third youngest of eight children (five boys and three girls), and when he was five years old, his father died or perhaps abandoned the family forever. In any case, […]
February 28, 1891 – November 7, 1924 Rose was born in Kiev to Max and Anna (Manchewsky) Kadin, but she and her parents immigrated to the US just two years later in 1893. The family was almost certainly fleeing the pogroms which ravaged Jewish communities throughout the southwestern part of Imperial Russia (present-day Poland and […]
Dr. Gustav H. Moldenhauer May 28, 1874 – May 17, 1952 Alma Ganschow Moldenhauer February 2, 1879 – May 25, 1963 Dr. William J. Moldenhauer November 7, 1881 – June 30, 1942 Lina Ganschow Moldenhauer June 8, 1882 – May 16, 1915 William Moldenhauer May 16, 1915 – September 27, 1915 Sylvia D. Biermann Kummerow […]
June 26, 1874 – September 21, 1890 I’ve photographed Lillie Diener’s monument a few times for obvious reasons (see pictures), but as I started to research the life of this clearly deeply mourned young woman, I discovered a much larger story than I expected. Lillie’s monument turned out to be — on wider inspection following […]
January 9, 1914 – March 23, 2005 He Lived for the Party I was working on this post and having a very hard time finding information about Mr. West. I loved his headstone and couldn’t figure out why someone with such a long life had left such a sparse trail. I did find some social […]
November 26, 1837 – April 29, 1921 UPDATED September 5, 2021 As faded as this tombstone is, the research presented something of a challenge, and while I’m still missing some pieces, I do have a picture and I believe I know who is buried here besides Liesette. Liesette was born in Germany to a German […]
1883 – May 20, 1965 Beautifully situated at the main intersection at the front of the cemetery, across from the Reich family plot to the east and the Netzel mausoleum to the north, this elegant mausoleum was erected by pioneering woman physician Selma O. Colbe in honor of her parents. She and her parents and […]
Philippine “Phoebe” Detzer Von Schenck 1848 – January 24, 1880 Rev. Walter Von Schenk May 2, 1852 – September 2, 1921 Buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Connecticut View original post on Von Schencks I can’t remember exactly how I managed to trip over the clue that led me to cracking the Von Schenck mystery. […]
Walter L. Von Schenck August 9, 1877 – March 18, 1878 (aged 7 months) Anna Schenk dates unreadable Phebe M. Schenck* dates unreadable I chose this grave because, though worn and almost unreadable, it is strikingly beautiful, it’s cross-and-crown symbol (representing suffering in life rewarded by eternal reward in heaven) looks as if it had […]
This secret society, founded in London in 1781, once had upwards of 35,000 members worldwide but seems to have gone extinct. They used faux druidic symbolism and names but had no historic or religious observance relationship to the ancient Celts. Favorite fact: their local organizations were called groves! Their dedicated section in Forest Home was […]