Saunders County NEGenWeb Project
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Union Cemetery(Cedar Township)Submitted by Clarabelle Mares Lewis-Clark Chapter DAR Fremont, Nebraska |
Union Cemetery located in Cedar Township Saunders County Nebraska in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec 15-16-7. Well kept cemetery.
Recorded by Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont, Nebraska and Assisted by Diane Buch. Started on June 6, 1976 and completed on June 13, 1976.
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Names Index
Page 1 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Starting at east end and working west by rows.
Row 1 south to north
Claus H Lubker
26 Mar 1842 27 June 1919
Frauke Odefey, wife of Claus H Lubker
4 Mar 1843 15 Oct 1910
John F Lubker wed to Alvine M on 16 Mar 1902
1877 - 1969
two unmarked graves
Andrew J Anthony Elizabeth M Anthony
1892 - 1970 1891 - 1970
wed on 12 Feb 1913
Claus Bosholm
15 Jan 1875 29 June 1921
Darrell Deane Bosholm, son Edw & Selma
b & d 1936
Christian Christiansen Johanna Christiansen
1 Jan 1861 4 Jan 1945 26 Apr 1868 30 Apr 1946
John P Christiansen
6 Feb 1890 26 May 1924
Row 2 north to south
Ida M Anthony
1889 - 1928
unmarked grave
Fern K Lubker, dau of Henry & Ruby
28 Nov 1924 6 Dec 1924
Filda, dau of John & Alwine Lubker
28 May 1909 24 Nov 1919
Hinrich Jurgens
23 Dec 1862 7 Aug 1909
unmarked grave
Margaretha Holcomb
18 Oct 1869 26 Apr 1945
Page 2 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 3 south to north
Johan N Jessen
11 Aug 1905 15 Nov 1972
Cynthia Elaine Jessen
b & d 21 Nov 1959
George H Wittmersehouse Matilda A Wittmersehouse
1882 - 1925 1884 - 1937
Elsie J Wittmersehouse, dau
12 Jan 1909 9 Feb 1909
Charlie Wittmersehouse
13 June 1897 21 July 1938
Detlef Bahde Minnie Bahde
15 Apr 1868 10 Sep 1954 9 Sep 1875 24 Sep 1964
Momme Jacobsen
14 Apr 1851 16 Dec 1946
Cresde C Petersen Jacobsen, wife of M
8 Feb 1850 13 Sep 1907
Fedder A Jacobsen, son of M & C C
17 June 1886 27 July 1886
Johann S Jacobsen
10 Mar 1890 1 Nov 1910
Ferdinand Brodersen
1887 - 1920
Henry J Hoffman
10 Aug 1891 3 July 1965
Theodor Ulrich Jahn
21 May 1902 22 May 1902
Donald William Hull
b & d 3 Nov 1935
three unmarked graves
Hans C Jurgens Emma F Jurgens
2 Feb 1868 7 Nov 1949 2 June 1870 11 Jan 1951
John A Harding Anna C Harding , wife of J A
20 Aug 1861 12 May 1946 31 May 1865 25 Sep 1932
unmarked grave within plot
Albert N Cummins
1878 - 1958
Vernon R Cummins
Nebr WW II
Pfc 120 Inf BSM
19 Feb 1917 21 Mar 1951
Hinrich Hansen born in Schleswig, Ger
15 Nov 1833 7 Feb 1883
Page 3 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Hans Anthony Anna Anthony, wife
7 Aug 1840 15 Mar 1915 15 Apr 1853 1 Feb 1938
Row 4 north to south
Ella M Sievers, daughter
6 Sep 1892 2 July 1969
Peter Sievers Jurgen Sievers
1884 - 1953 1858 - 1931
Minnie Sievers
1868 - 1957
Claus J Osterman
13 July 1863 6 Oct 1940
Dorothea K Harding Osterman, wife
28 Feb 1870 11 Nov 1951
Hans Stolley Caroline Stolley
1872 - 1955 1873 - 1951
Gust O Ostrand
1907 - 1973
Myrtle N Johnson, his wife
21 Dec 1910 23 Jan 1941
Barbara Ostrand
1934 - 1975
Johann F Jurgens, son of G H & AM
1904 - 1909
Clara K Jurgens
1891 - 1909
Row 5 south to north
Evelyn M Rabbass
30 Jan - 7 Feb 1950
David Charles Bahde, son C R & W
29 Nov 1944 19 Mar 1946
Peter Bahde
3 Oct 1865 29 Nov 1947
Anna N Bahde
20 Apr 1879 25 May 1936
Margaret W Bahde
15 Oct 1901 26 Nov 1901
Ray Wittmersehouse Emma Wittmersehouse
1892 - 1939 1894 - 1972
Wayne Wittmersehouse
1921 - 1939
Page 4 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Peter Jurgens
15 Jan 1835 30 July 1915
Anna C Jurgens, wife of Peter
29 Sep 1831 4 Dec 1889
Christina M Jurgens, wife of Peter
15 Jan 1870 9 Aug 1899
Eliese Jurgens, wife of Peter
24 Dec 1847 30 Oct 1927
Anna Arb
d 7 Oct 1889 60 years
Elizabeth Miller, wife Rev R Miller
d 12 Mar 1878 25 yr 3 mo 12 days
Alice A Orme, dau G & M Orme
17 Sep 1866 31 Dec 1879
Harriet Prentis, wife John B Prentis
d 25 Jan 1889 60 yr 4 mo 6 days
Hans Stolley wife, Anna M Stolley
13 Apr 1843 16 June 1925 7 Sep 1844 31 Dec 1920
Detlef Stolley
11 Apr 1873 26 Sep 1915
Hans N Mewes wife, Anna M Mewes
1845 - 1932 1839 - 1929
Thomas H M Harding Anna M Stock Harding
7 Nov 1832 Uelueshill, Ger d 3 Feb 1879 (born 1853)
died ?
Baby Harding
no dates
John Anthony Antje Wiegand Anthony
19 Sep 1838 8 Feb 1914 2 Oct 1841 27 Sep 1918
Row 6 north to south
Joy Ann Wiegand
b & d 1940
Jurgen H Wiegand, grandfather
1817 - 1897
Anna C Wiegand, grandmother
1827 - 1910
Heinerich Rahn Jurgen Rahn, father
4July 1864 10 Mar 1881 4 May 1822 14 Oct 1899
David Jones Anna Jones
6 Jan 1844 13 Aug 1930 22 Feb 1853 3 Jan 1944
Harry D Jones Anna M Jones
7 Sep 1874 5 Feb 1948 1 Dec 1877 17 Dec 1956
Louie H Jones Eddie H Jones
22 Sep 1897 19 Nov 1897 30 July 1904 10 Apr 1905
Page 5 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Hans A Jessen Anna W Jessen
1876 - 1915 1878 - 1940
Peter N Jessen
Nebr WW II
Pvt 1751 STA COM Unit
15 Jan 1905 26 Feb 1971
Wife, Martha A Huscher Jessen
1903 - 1933
Infant son of John & Mary Smith
d 19 Nov 1886 2 days
Oscar G Smith, son of J & M S Smith
d 11 Apr 1876 2 yr 4 mo 16 days
Inf son of Jacob & Emma Smith
d 28 Feb 1879 1 mo 5 days
Emma Smith, wife of Jacob Smith
d 23 Jan 1879 33 yr 9 mo 29 days
Charles Wittmersehouse Josephine Wittmersehouse
1855 - 1930 1860 - 1945
Peter N Jessen Anna C H Jessen, wife
1841 - 1928 1847 - 1925
Karl C Jessen
1887 - 1891
Rose Marie Jessen, dau Johan & Marie Jessen
b & D 20 June 1944
Emma C Jessen Jens Peter Jessen
22 Oct 1882 22 Sep 1928 1 Jan 1880 14 June 1963
Jurgen Dockweiler wife, Maria C Dockweiler
26 Sep 1835 15 Sep 1910 21 Feb 1837 21 Jan 1922
Claus Hansen wife, Caroline Hansen
1868 - 1918 1873 - 1921
Anna N Otzen, wife Peter Otzen
23 Dec 1866 11 Aug 1904
Claus Hansen, grandfather
16 Feb 1839 23 Feb 1925
Henning Siemsen Sophia M Siemsen, wife
27 Oct 1935 27 Dec 1910 7 Apr 1834 7 May 1909
Marie Siemsen
27 Nov 1868 22 June 1919
Adolph H Jurgens Mary Jurgens
1888 - 1948 1887 - 1936
Kenneth L Mahrt, son Kathleen & H
b & d 21 Oct 1934
Leona Lou Mahrt Adele M Mahrt
d 7 Oct 1941 7 hours 11 Oct 1888 26 June 1927
John M Mahrt
10 Aug 1884 15 June 1958
Page 6 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 7 north to south
Claus H Mahrt
1882 - 1935
George Mahrt
2 Feb 1852 24 Mar 1925
Elize Thisen Mahrt, wife
11 July 1856 ?
Anna M Harding, wife George Mahrt
5 Jan 1859 26 June 1887
Catherina Jons wife George Mahrt
8 Oct 1854 4 Apr 1895
Maria Knutzen, wife Heinrich
31 Dec 1826 11 Aug 1899
Heinrich Knutzen
29 Aug 1818 20 Feb 1900
? Knutzen
1864 - 1959
five unmarked graves
Wilhelm Bartels
25 Mar 1856 7 Jan 1940
Johanna K Bartels
17 Apr 1875 29 Apr 1950
brother, Johann Bartels
25 Mar 1856 10 July 1905
Henry Knutzen
1897 - 1948
H G Bartels
27 Feb 1853 29 Aug 1876
Margaretha Bartels
16 Jan 1824 15 Feb 1897
Inf dau of J B & E B Broadbooks
d 23 Aug 1878 no age
base only of a marker - no names or date
Johan Jurgens
7 June 1842 24 Apr 1911
Karoline Ehrike Augusta Rabbass
30 Jan 1827 8 Nov 1895 21 Nov 1854 4 Apr 1931
Friederick Rabbass
4 Apr 1851 28 May 1929
Rudolf R Rabbass
1897 - 1970
Soren Miller Caroline Jessen Miller
1874 - 1926 1883 - 1970
Louie D Miller, son of S & CK Miller
31 Dec 1902 13 Apr 1904
Page 7 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Jacob H Harding Thelma R Harding
14 Jan 1898 18 Mar 1957 27 Feb 1902 3 Dec 1960
Jacob H Harding Emilie Augusta Harding
23 July 1864 31 Mar 1955 29 Dec 1866 1 July 1931
son, Rudolf F Harding Henry A Harding
18 July 1889 20 Oct 1966 Nebr WW I
Pvt Med Det 353 Inf
4 Mar 1894 21 Feb 1953
Gustav A Anthony Katherine M Anthony
12 Feb 1883 24 Jan 1968 5 June 1895 29 Apr 1974
Wilma C Anthony, dau Leon E Anthony, son
5 June 1928 17 Mar 1929 26 Mar 1927 2 Apr 1927
Row 8
south to north
Margaret Hensen Hans J Hensen
13 Aug 1889 21 Nov 1975 1863 - 1950
Maria Hensen
1860 - 1940
Emma D Mommsen Christoph H Mommsen
1897 - 1964 1897 - 1932
Christine M Wife of S Jessen Sonke Jessen
10 Aug 1884 5 Jan 1912 1874 - 1942
George N Jessen Dora M Jessen
6 June 1908 24 Dec 1908 1891 - 1941
Christian N Petersen Anna Marie Petersen
25 Mar 1859 17 Sep 1924 17 June 1852 6 June 1929
Caroline Petersen, grandma
14 Mar 1826 3 May 1896
Jurgen H Holtorf Theresa C Holtorf
17 Aug 1886 8 Aug 1960 24 Nov 1886 4 Sep 1968
Heinrich Kiesbye Anna Katharina, wife of Hans Kiesbye
9 Mar 1893 9 Mar 1893 13 Apr 1862 20 Oct 1899
Peter Friedrich Kiesbye, brother
9 Mar 1858 23 Nay 1915
J F Wilhelm Sukstorf Mary A Sukstorf
4 Mar 1854 13 June 1910 19 Oct 1966 27 June 1933
Mary Sukstorf Helen Sukstorf
6 Oct 1907 10 Oct 1933 B & D 1926
J F Wm Sukstorf
1887 - 1960
Hinrich Paustian Magdelina Paustian
1 May 1832 17 Apr 1904 23 Aug 1846 26 June 1942
Katharina M Paustian, dau
12 Apr 1876 17 Sep 1876
Page 8 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Herman C Rohwer Clara Rohwer
8 Apr 1876 27 Feb 1963 29 July 1877 17 Jan 1970
Louis A Rohwer
27 Nov 1907 8 July 1971
Helena Franzen John Franzen
22 May 1850 23 July 1932 21 Feb 1839 10 Dec 1922
Elizabeth Franzen
26 June 1834 8 Jan 1904
Claus F Jensen wife, Margaretha Jensen
4 Aug1845 6 Mar 1935 13 Jan 1857 24 Apr 1929
son, George F Jensen John H Jensen
17 July 1881 23 Jan 1889 14 May 1883 20 Feb 1944
Maria Jensen, wife
19 May 1887 12 July 1965
Row 9 north to south June 13, 1976
Hinrich D Marsau Katharine Marsau
1856 - 1927 1865 - 1902
Mathilda M Dockweiler
no dates
three child's markers no names or dates
Margaretha Matthiessen, wife George Dockweiler
10 Dec 1866 10 Dec 1937
Ervin J Dockweiler one unmarked grave
1896 - 1899
Henry P Dockweiler
1894 - 1908
Betty Lou Hagemann
b & d 1937
Gerald J Hagemann
1908 - 1924
Emma Hagemann, dau A G & L
17 Mar - 9 Aug 1900
Inf dau Hagemann
b & d 11 Mar 1899
Wilhelmine Ehrike Friedrich Ehrike
25 Dec 1858 31 Oct 1905 23 Nov 1838 16 Aug 1900
born in Marli Brandenburg, Ger
Catharine Hansen Marie B Hansen, wife of J D
8 Sep 1838 9 June 1880 1 Sep 1850 14 Aug 1897
J D Hansen
Oct 1839 May 1927
Anna C Allfart, wife of John Anna M Dau of J & A C Allfart
14 July 1870 4 Feb 1890 12 Jan - 28 Feb 1890
Page 9 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Hans Jensen Dorothea J Jensen, wife
1845 - 1925 1859 - 1890
Ernest J Schmarje Phoebe Schmarje
1863 - 1918 1858 - 1945
Johann F Schmarje Julius E Schmarje
1892 - 1893 5 Nov 1865 14 Feb 1940
Ella M Schmarje, wife of Julius
4 May 1882 7 Feb 1932
Hans H Jurgens Margaretha Jurgens
17 Jan 1840 19 Mar 1925 28 Dec 1840 17 Apr 1928
John H Jurgens
13 Jan 1872 8 Sep 1928
Minnie Jurgens
9 Apr 1874 14 Jan 1950
John H Knutzen Alvina K Knutzen
1873 - 1951 1887 - 1936
Anna Knutzen, wife of H Anna Tietjens
13 June 1849 24 Mar 1905 26 May 1820 21 Dec 1904
Panoma
no last name or dates
Henry Thiesen Margaret Thiesen
1869 - 1938 1873 - 1944
Alwine E C Glaser, dau of A & M Glaser
22 Sep 1895 3 Oct 1908
Jacob Roepcke Margaret Anthony Roepcke, wife
7 Sep 1856 25 Aug 1936 8 Dec 1852 26 July 1941
Row 10 south to north
Detlef Hensen Dora M Hensen
1865 - 1946 1870 - 1938
John Meyer Elena Meyer
1863 - 1934 1862 - 1936
Peter Franzen Anna Franzen
27 Jan 1853 2 Mar 1929 9 Feb 1867 17 Oct 1949
Alma P Franzen Beverly A Franzen
1 Oct 1897 2 Sep 1898 b 1931 d 1932
Carl H Franzen
14 Dec 1884 30 Mar 1905
Friedrich Hoffmann Emma Hoffmann
1865 - 1939 1870 - 1954
Fred A Hoffmann Bernhard H Hoffmann
1930 - 1961 14 Aug 1894 5 Jan 1895
Wilfred A Hoffmann
b & d 29 Feb 1928
Page 10 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Claus Anthony Anna Anthony
18 Dec 1843 19 June 1924 15 Sep 1844 3 Apr 1894
Wiebke Anthony
12 Sep 1863 30 Dec 1919
Inf son of Mr & Mrs Peter Sievers
b & d 31 July 1891
Louise C Winkelmmn
1883 - 1918
Mabel E Ludje Maggie Ludje
7 Aug 1908 10 July 1953 14 Oct 1876 29 Oct 1959
Henry Ludje Jurgen Ludje
22 July 1876 18 June 1941 13 Nov 1840 13 Dec 1921
Anna Christine Ludje, wife Jurgen George Ludje
23 Feb 1846 24 Jan 1903 5 Oct 1878 10 Oct 1883
John Ludje Emma Ludje
27 Aug 1880 19 Oct 1883 10 Oct 1888 5 June 1889
Katharine S Ludje
7 Feb 1885 11 Jan 1890
Johann Schlichting Christine W Schlichting, wife of Johann
23 Dec 1817 11 Feb 1886 25 Apr 1825 1 Sep 1898
Anna Schlichting, wife Wm Sukstorf
23 Sep 1860 4 July 1886
Wm Schlichting, hus of Agnes Schlichting
10 Oct 1852 22 Aug 1931
Agnes, wife of Wm Schlichting
7 June 1867 25 Oct 1927
Inf dau Schlichting
30 Sep - 8 Oct 1886
Inf son Schlichting
20 Sep - 23 Sep 1891
Inf son Schlichting
14 Sep - 17 Sep 1907
Claus Bosholm GAR
Co H
25 Ill Inf
Maria Bosholm
1 Feb 1839 24 July 1893
Alma Amande Bosholm
31 Oct 1877 4 Jan 1879
Emilith Hofkins, dau A & T H
4 Oct - 30 Dec 1880
Row 11 north to south
Henry Broadbooks B N Broadbooks, wife
13 Dec 1836 8 Dec 1905 5 Jan 1835 23 Aug 1875
Louisa Broadbooks, wife
11 Jan 1853 ?
Page 11 UNION CEMETERY (Cedar Twp) Saunders County, Nebraska
Dorothea Kruse, wife Peter Kruse
25 Apr 1840 3 Sep 1875
Emma Schlichting Lena Schlichting, wife Nicholas
12 Jan 1873 15 Sep 1878 d 19 Feb 1900 48 yr 10 mo 6 days
Nicholas Schlichting
d 18 June 1899 52 yr 4 mo 18 days
John H Matthiessen Frederick W Matthiessen
2 Apr 1872 8 June 1906 1874 - 1915
Alvine C Matthiessen
1876 - 1877
Matthias Matthiessen Margaretha Siemssen Matthiessen, wife
1833 - 1916 1840- 1924
Jacob H Wiegend Louise A Wiegand
1853 - 1928 1866 - 1957
son, John Wiegend
b & d 27 July 1889
Keith Harding Merz John H Harding
23 Feb 1927 30 Apr 1927 24 Jan 1886 29 Aug 1908
Hiram H F Harding, son John & Anna
4 Apr 1907 9 Apr 1907
Christian Dockweiler Gsena C Dockweiler
2 May 1871 31 Oct 1939 14 Oct 1878 22 Nov 1960
George C Dockweiler Elizabeth M Dockweiler, dau G & S
29 July 1898 6 June 1940 15 May - 22 Sep 1907
Peter Anthony Dorthea Anthony, wife
23 Jan 1847 3 Nov 1907 19 Oct 1848 3 Oct 1932
Forrest W Hagemann
1912 - 1976
Adolph G Hagemann Louisa W Hagemann
28 Sep 1872 20 Mar 1941 4 Mar 1875 11 Apr 1955
Noma Lee Vanshur
15 June 1943 12 Jan 1944
Earl H Vanshur Anton J Vanshur
15 Oct 1915 5 Aug 1941 13 June 1866 10 Feb 1948
Ida C Vanshur
1 July 1886 25 May 1951
