Saunders County NEGenWeb Project
 photo courtesy of Clarabelle Mares. (June 1976) |
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
Tombstone Records
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
