This gorgeous headstone is set in the middle of Section 9, somewhat hidden. I think I’ve seen it before, but until I got up close, it didn’t pop for me. The family was originally from a part of the Austrian Empire that is in modern Romania. They emigrated from their homeland in 1905, after all […]
Emma Bülow Moese 4 December 1885 – 3 March 1959 Richard Conrad Moese 8 June 1899 – 20 August 1977 Wilhelm Bülow 15 March 1854 – 6 February 1925 Hulda Zinke Bülow 16 August 1855 – 1 May 1934 There are only a few mausoleums at Concordia, and I’ve documented all but three of them […]
17 August 1893 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]
Alma Zielske 26 October 1893 – 24 July 1915 Lillian “Lillie” Prochnow 21 February 1898 – 24 July 1915 (several records say Lillie was born in 1897, but her birth certificate says 1898) The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan […]
29 July 1912 – 6 August 1947 For this #ImmortalBeloved, we’re in a bit more of a modern context as Ruth was born in the 20th century. She was the daughter of Illinois natives who were themselves the children of German immigrants. She and her only sibling, brother Harold, both completed high school as did […]
27 February 1883 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]
Augusta Blum Sperling March 1844 – 1926 Selma Anna Sperling 1872, Germany – 12 October 1911 Ida Sperling 1876, Michigan – 7 June 1893, Chicago Oscar Sperling September 1879, Michigan – 10 June 1904 Concordia appears to be a rather medium-sized cemetery. findagrave.com lists 35.5K entries for it, but in spite of that, if I […]
Jennie Pulver Tobias passed away heartbreakingly young at only 34 years of age, and this loss was obviously greatly felt by her family. The mausoleum was purchased and erected to entomb this lost daughter and wife and the epitaph over the door is mourning her loss. According to findagrave.com, the entire Tobias family is interred […]
24 August 1852 – 19 April 1919 Emilie was a German immigrant who first came to the US before 1880 and worked as a servant for Henry (a grocer) and Louisa Juergens and their children. This got a bit confused later as she apparently returned to Germany at some point before 1890 and then came […]
Hedwig A. “Hattie” Korn 13 May 1891 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside […]