The Ancestry of Esther Kraus
Church Records
St. Paul's Evangelical (UCC), Columbia, Illinois
Extracts from Death & Burial Records:Se-Z
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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.
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Last Name
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First Name
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Maiden Name
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Book
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Spouse(s)
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Parents
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Birthdate
Birthplace |
Death Date
Death Place |
Burial Date
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Notes
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| Seyfferdt | Louis Ernst | Book 1 1894 #3 | Henriette Wenkel | October 18, 1858
Tittibara__a, Saginaw, Michigan |
January 23, 1894
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
married November 4, 1882 in Columbia | ||||
| Steffenauer | Heinrich August | Book 2 p. 367 #13 | Conrad Steffenauer & Anna Barcaba | August 14, 1883
Columbia |
June 29, 1912
Youngstown, Ohio |
July 2, 1912
St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery, Columbia |
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| Stumpf | Philipp | Book 2 p. 371 #16 | Therese Herold | Johann Stumpf & Elisabeth Rodemich | December 11, 1841
Columbia |
July 27, 1913 | married on March 10, 1870 | |||
| Stumpf | Philipp | Book 3? P. 172 #9 | Anna Margaretha Kraus | Philipp Stumpf & Therese Herold | August 24, 1871
New Hanover |
June 2, 1922 | married Feb. 17, 1901; 6 children | |||
| Stumpf | Susanna Therese | Herold | Book 2 p. 379 #13 | John Stumpf; Philipp Stumpf | February 9, 1840
Weissensee bei Erfurt, Sachsen, Preussen |
June 9, 1916 | married John on 20 Jan. 1861, 3 children, he died in 1869; married Philipp, brother of John, on 18 March 1870, 5 children, he died on 27 Jul 1913 | |||
| Theobald | Jacob | Book 1 1881 #11 | March 30, 1829
Schnellweiler, Rhein Baiern |
July 8, 1881 | July 9, 1881 | |||||
| Tunze | Louise Caroline | Luehrig | Book 2 p. 384 #2 | Friedrich Rick Tunze | March 10, 1849
Konigs. Hannover? |
February 2, 1918
East St. Louis, Illinois |
February 6, 1918
St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery, Columbia |
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| Vogt | Wilhelm Sr. | Book 2 p. 367 #11 | Juliane Weldig | Peter Vogt and ? Lepire | August 12, 1834
Ahlebach am Rhein |
April 13, 1912
Columbia |
April 17, 1912
Concordia Cemetery, Millstadt |
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| Wedel | Wilhelm | Book 2 p. 362 #2 | Maria Magdalena W. Miller | Peter Wedel & Katharine Dittmann | April 6, 1837
Floraville, Ill. |
January 3, 1911
Columbia |
January 5, 1911
St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery, Columbia |
see image for other information | ||
| Wehinger | Albert | Book 2 p. 367 | Friederike Lott (born Steinhagen); Katharina Hanebutt (born Steinhagen) | Martin Wehinger & Margaretha ? | January 31, 1829
Dornbirn, Tirol |
June 8, 1912
Columbia |
June 11, 1912
[illegible - not St. Paul's] |
marriage to Friederike: January 4, 1876; marriage to Katharina August 2, 1887 | ||
| Weiss | Frau Wilhelmine | Harold | Book 1 1858 #20 | [age 24 years 5 months 19 days] | September 25, 1858 | September 26, 1858 | ||||
| Wenkel | Alvine Mathilde Lina | Book 2 p. 347 | Carl Conrad Wenkel & Marie Dahmer | March 22, 1902
Columbia |
September 14, 1902 | September 16, 1902 | ||||
| Wenkel | Auguste | Maul | Book 11856 #5 | February 9, 1928 | December 31 1855 | January 1, 1856 | ||||
| Wenkel | Auguste Minna Clara | Book 1 1870 #14 | Wilhelm Wenkel & Auguste Zweig | January 3, 1866 | January 3, 1870 | |||||
| Wenkel | Carl Friedrich | Book 1 1866 #6 | Wilhelm Wenkel & Auguste Zweig | March 12, 1864 | February 23, 1866 | |||||
| Wenkel | Christiane | Schuchart | Book 2 p. 385 #8 | Wilhelm Kuni; Wilhelm Wenkel | Wilhelm Schuchardt | July 16, 1842
Weisensee, Sachsen |
April 14, 1918 | came to America age 14; married Kuni in 1860 and Wenkel June 29, 1878; Willaim Wenkel died September 1, 1905 | ||
| Wenkel | Conrad | Book 1 1858 #17 | June 2, 1800 | June 2, 1858 | June 3, 1858 | |||||
| Wenkel | Emilie | Book 1 1879 #8 | Conrad Wenkel & Gertrude Joseph | May 13, 1877 | May 19, 1879 | |||||
| Wenkel | Frau Johanna Henriette Therese | Stumpf | Book 3? P. 164 #15 | Wilhelm Wenkel | Philipp Stumpf & Therese Herold | March 26, 1878
New Hanover |
January 28, 1920 | of Columbia Pct. RR | ||
| Wenkel | Friedrich | Book 1 1865 #2 | March 4, 1826 | January 21, 1865 | ||||||
| Wenkel | Henriette | Bierwirth | Book 1 1881 #10 | August 14, 1804
Großwenten, Prov. Sachsen, Preußen |
May 14, 1881 | May 16, 1881 | ||||
| Wenkel | Henriette Emilie | Book 1 1881 #13 | Wilhelm Wenkel & Christiana Schuckhardt | July 23, 1880 | July 11, 1881 | |||||
| Wenkel | Herr Johann | Book 2 p. 351 1905 #12 | January 1, 1832
Immenrode, Schwarzburg, Sonderhausen, Deutschland |
September 1, 1905 | September 3, 1905
St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery, Columbia |
[note: THIS IS WILLIAM WENKEL] | ||||
| Wenkel | John | Book 2 p. 387 #31 | Margarethe Lepp | Wilhelm Wenkel & Katharine Stumpf | July 19, 1853
Columbia |
December 1, 1918
Columbia Precinct, IL |
December 4, 1918
St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery, Columbia |
confirmed in New Hanover; married November 30, 1875; 8 children | ||
| Wenkel | Katharine | Stumpf | Book 1 1862 #10 | Georg Stumpf & Elisabeth ____ | November 22, 1835 | March 30, 1862 | March 31, 1862 | [wife of Wilhelm Wenkel] | ||
| Wenkel | Katherine | Book 1 1862 #13 | W. Wenkel & Katharine Stumpf | March 20, 1862 | June 7, 1862 | June 8, 1862 | ||||
| Wenkel | Lina[?] | Book 1 1900 #10 | Wilhelm Karl Wenkel & wife ____ Stumpf | March 4, 1899 | July 8, 1900 | [note: Emma Wilhelmina, daughter of Wilhelm Wenkel & Theresia Stumpf] | ||||
| Wenkel | Louise Auguste Dorothea | Zweig | Book 1 1874 #6 | Wilhelm Wenkel | September 21, 1844
Sömmerda, Regierung Luzert[?], Erfurt in Preußen |
April 11, 1874 | ||||
| Wenkel | Wilh. Carl | Book 2 p. 350 #6 | Wilh. Carl Wenkel & Theresia Stumpf | August 8, 1900
Columbia Precinct |
April 18, 1905 | |||||
| Wilde | Frau Helena | Ferkel | Book 1 1882 #7 | June 28, 1808
Gimling bei Neustadt an der Hardt, Rhein-Pfalz, Baiern |
July 4, 1882 | July 12, 1882 | ||||
| Williams | Wilhelmine | Book 2 p. 352 #6 | William Williams | September 11, 1867
Colum. City, Monroe County, Illinois |
May 3, 1906 | May 6, 1906 | Evangelical St. Paul Evangelical Cemetery | |||
| Wooters | Anna Mebel | Book 1 1881 #6 | William Jasper Wooters & Anna Stehr | October 13, 1880 | February 12, 1881 | February 13, 1881 | ||||
| Zahn | Georg Edwin Valentin | Book 2 p. 351 #13 | Valentin Zahn & Barbara Harres | January 1, 1895
Columbia Pr., ILL |
September 3, 1905 | September 5, 1905 | ||||
| Zinser | Margaretha | Book 1 1858 #22 | Jacob & Charlotte Zinser | January 22, 1842 | September 31, 1858 | October 1, 1858 |
