The Ancestry of Esther Kraus
Church Records
St. Paul's Evangelical (UCC), Columbia, Illinois
Extracts from Death & Burial Records: A-G
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The following is a partial extraction of the death records of St. Paul's Evangelical in Columbia (source:Family History Library Film # 1006419).
Deaths are listed in alphabetical order, by married name. Esther's direct ancestors are highlighted. The original spelling was retained.
The original records were handwritten in German, and I have done my best to accurately transcribe the information. Note that mistakes due to typographical errors on my part or mistakes within the records themselves are possible. My annotations are in brackets [ ].
If the original record was scanned, it is linked below.
The following German terms are used:
- Frau = Mrs. (as title) or wife
- Fräulein = Miss
- Herr = Mr.
- Witwe = widow
- Ehegattin = wife
- Sohn, Söhnlein = son, little son
- Tochter, Tochterlein = daughter, little daughter
- Alter = age
- Jahr. Monat. Tage (as in 25 J. 6 M. 17 T) = years, months, days
- geb. or geboren = born
- starb, gest. or gestorben = died
- beerdigt or begrabt = buried
- German months and date
- Note the English equivalents of German letters ä = ae, ö = oe, ü = ue, ß=ss.
Names are in alphabetical order.
|
Last Name |
First Name |
Maiden Name |
Book |
Spouse(s) |
Parents |
Birthdate Birth Place |
Death Date Death Place |
Burial Date |
Notes |
| Beck | Katharine | Stumpf | Book 2 p. 386 #17 | Heinrich Beck | John Stumpf & Elisabeth Rodemich | November 11, 1843
New Hanover |
September 6, 1918 | married 10 Nov. 1863, 11 children | |
| Breidecker | Minna Victoria | Book 1 1862 #12 | Christian Breidecker & Katherine _____ | April 16, 1861 | June 30, 1862 | July 1, 1862 | |||
| Brockhold | Frau Catharina Mersch | Book 1 1881 #5 | July 12, 1796
Westerkappel, Preussen |
January 31, 1881 | February 2, 1881 | ||||
| Carle | Frau Margarethe | Eckert | Book 1 1898 #? | Joh. Louis Carle | May 8, 1830
Hessen-Darmstadt, Deutschland |
July 24, 1898 | came to America 1858, married August 1858 in ___town, St. Clair County | ||
| Carle | Georg | Book 1 1887 #82 | Louis [illegible] & Margeretha Eckart | September 20, 1869 | August 19, 1887 | September 20, 1887 | |||
| Conrad | Friedrich Sr | Book 2 p. 368 #21 | Magdalena Daab | Daniel Conrad & Anna Katharina Eckert | July 28, 1841
Nonnroth?, Hessen Darmstadt |
October 18, 1912
Sugar Loaf, St. Clair County |
October 21, 1912
Baltz Cemetery |
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| Conrad | Katharina | Eckert | Book 1 1891 #16 | Daniel Conrad | February 23, 1813
Bierbach, H. Darmstadt |
August 4, 1891 | 1837 married, 1850 husband died, 1850 came to America | ||
| Daab | Louise | Book 1 1881 #9 | Georg Daab & Maria Roskop | February 8, 1880 | April 25, 1881 | ||||
| Davis | William August | Book 1 1892 #15 | John Davis & Lily Ulrich | October 6, 1892 | November 1, 1892 | November 2, 1892 | |||
| Doerr | Sohnlein [little son] | Book 2 p. 364 #11 | Carl Doerr & Mathilde Reichert | June 17, 1911 | July 9, 1911 | July 10, 1911 | |||
| Doerr | Wilhelm | Book 1 1890 #7 | Katharine Hoffmann, [also Mathilda Daab?? ] | July 29, 1821
Sonnenberg, Wiesbaden, Nassau |
[day? Month?] 1890 | came to America in 1837, married Katharine Hoffmann in 1846, [ Mathilda Daab in 1870 ???] | |||
| Dyroff | Katharine | Harres | Book 1 1884 #6 | Louis Dyroff | October 1, 1850 | February 23, 1884 | |||
| Eckert | Anna | Book 1 1880 #10 | Johannes Eckert & Julai Bergmann | August 22, 1879 | August 6, 1880 | ||||
| Eckert | Barbara | Book 1 1899 #7 | Johann Eckert | December 26, 1904
Selzen bei Meinz |
May 13, 1899 | ||||
| Eckert | Caroline | Book 1 1878 #7 | Joh. Eckert & Julie Bergmann | June 10, 1877 | April 16, 1878 | ||||
| Eckert | Elisabeth Margarithe | Felger | Book 1 1892 #14 | Johannes Eckert | July 29, 1806
Gr. Biberau, Hesse-Darmstadt |
October 27, 1892 | October 29, 1892 | 1868 - Johannes died[?], lived in St. Louis, MO [note: Elisabeth's maiden name may actually be Fo] | |
| Eckert | Emilie Mina | Book 2 p. 343 #1 | Philipp Eckert & Katharina Knebfler | April 13, 1899
Columbia |
February 7, 1902 | February 9, 1902 | |||
| Eckert | Emma Henriette | Krauss | Book 2 p. 366 #2 | Johann Eckert | Philipp Kraus & Maria Koskula | November 7, 1883
New Hanover |
January 26, 1912
Columbia |
married Nov. 22, 1904 | |
| Eckert | Frau Sophie Ernastine Elisabeth | Bethe | Book 2 p. 358 #24 | Valentin Eckert | January 4, 1854 | November 14, 1909 | November 17, 1909 | married November 25, 1875; widowed 23 July 1907 | |
| Eckert | Georg | Book 2 p. 361 #25 | Maria Lang | Philipp Eckert & Magdalena Lang | April 28, 1835
Chambersburgh, Franklin Co., Penn. |
September 17, 1910 | lived in Millstadt, St. Louis; married May 20, 1860 [note; mother's maiden name actually Oldendorph] | ||
| Eckert | George Martin | Book 1 1870 #28 | Martin Eckert | December 7, 1866 | October 11, 1870 | ||||
| Eckert | Herr Joh. | Book 2 p. 355 #11 | July 24, 1839
Mittelbach bei Frankisch Crumbach, Detuschland (Rheinhessen crossed out) |
May 28, 1908 | |||||
| Eckert | Joh. | Book 2 p. 355 #11 | July 24, 1839
Mittelbach, Frankisch Crumbach, Deutschland |
May 28, 1908 | May 31, 1908 | ||||
| Eckert | Johann | Book 1 1869 #9 | Martin Eckert & Barbara Kopp | Decmeber 7, 1868 | September 18, 1869 | ||||
| Eckert | Johann Jakob | Book 2 p.355 #15 | Georg Eckert & Barbara Schlemmer | February 1, 1886
Columbia |
September 2, 1908 | September 5, 1908 | |||
| Eckert | Johann Jakob | Book 2 p. 355 #15 | Georg Eckert & Cara. Schlemmer | February 1, 1886
Columbia |
September 2, 1908 | ||||
| Eckert | Leonhart | Book 1 1875 #12 | July 1801 | September 29, 1875 | |||||
| Eckert | Maria | Lang | Book 2 p. 376 #11 | Georg Eckert | May 13, 1830
Millstadt |
April 15, 1915 | married May 20, 1860; widowed September 17, 1910 | ||
| Eckert | Mina Katharine | Book 2 p.342 #19 | Fr. Eckert & Pauline Wenkel | August 5, 1895
Columbia |
May 21, 1901 | May 23, 1901 | |||
| Eckert | Philipp | Book 1 #12 | March 29, 1828
Michelbach, Rheinbayern |
June 29, 1868 | |||||
| Eckert | Valentin | Book 2 p. 354 #11 | June 24, 1842
Michelbach, Frankisch Crumbach, Deutschland |
July 23, 1907 | July 26, 1907 | ||||
| Eschmann | Frau Ida Magdalena Wilhelmina | Wenkel | Book 2 p. 387 #28 | Theodor Eschmann | John wenkel & Margaretha Lepp | July 29, 1888 | November 12, 1918
Columbia |
November 14, 1918
St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery, Columbia |
baptized December 25, 1888; confirmed March 31, 1901; married August 11, 1907; 5 children |
| Fister | Casper | Book 1 1892 #13 | Anna Sachse | July 1828
Canton Zurich, Schweiz |
September 24, 1892 | September 25, 1892 | |||
| Frank | Barbara | Book 1 1882 #5 | Joseph Frank & Maria Scheller | May 2, 1882 | June 13, 1882 | June 14, 1882 | |||
| Giffhorn | Frau Caroline | Warnecke | Book 2, p. 351 #15 | Heinrich Conrad Christian Giffhorn | February 4, 1828
Werden[?], Herzogthum Braunschweig in Deutschland |
October 17, 1905 | October 19, 1905
St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery, Columbia |
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| Giffhorn | Johann Heinrich | Book 2 p. 342 #26 | June 9, 1823
Herzogthum Braunschweig, Deutschland |
July 28, 1901 | July 30, 1901 | ||||
| Gleiber | H. Conrad | Book 1 1858 #23 | March 6, 1814
Wernings |
January 3, 1858 [should be 1859] | January 4, 1859 | ||||
| Gleiber | Johannes | Book 1 1858 #18 | 1790
Wernings, Gr_____, Hessen-Darmstadt |
June 20, 1858 | June 21, 1858 | [mentions Waterloo, ILL] | |||
| Grammlich | Friedrich | Book 1 1881 #7 | Jacob Grammlich & Ida Hohenstein | March 1, 1880 | February 20, 1881 | February 21, 1881 | |||
| Gummersheimer | Johann | Book 2 p. 364 #19 | Maria Lepp | July 5, 1848 | July 31, 1911
Columbia |
August 2, 1911 | marriage date: November 21, 1869 | ||
| Gundlach | Frau Wilh. Henriette | Wenkel | Book 2 p. 344 #11 | Jakob Gundlach | March 8, 1842
Immenrode, Schwarzburg, Sonderhausen, Deutschland |
June 17, 1902 | June 19, 1902 | married July 16, 1870; widowed 1878 |
