August Soeldner 29 September 1844 – 20 April 1929 Louise Soeldner 24 October 1849 – 19 May 1921 The Soeldners were German immigrants who came to the US as young people and met and married in Chicago. The couple had seven children, three suriving them. Two sons tragically died as young adults and two daughters […]
16 November 1898 – 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 […]
Cecelia Tang 1930 – 2013 Cyril Chung Ying Tang 1930 – 2018 This isn’t exactly a mausoleum, but I’m not sure what else you would call it except for incredibly tranquil and beautiful. Mr. Tang died in 2018 and I believe that this must have just been finished as the landscaping isn’t completed yet. It […]
8 June 1888 – 2 March 1904 Henriette was the middle child and third daughter of German immigrants Joseph and Henriette Doehring Stolz. All the children were born in Champaign, Illinois, where their father was a farmer, but at some point after 1890 when youngest Edmond was born, they moved to Chicago. In 1900, Joseph […]
Clara Anna Maria Rohn Western Electric employee 2 April 1897 – 24 July 1915 Lydia Anna Ida Rohn worked at a tailor shop 24 December 1898 – 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 […]
30 August 1895 — 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 […]
1 September 1874 – 13 August 1896 Because of when she was born and died, finding information on Emma is difficult, but we can find a bit more about her parents with whom she shares the headstone. Christian (1 May 1843 – 18 August 1914) and Wilhelmine “Mina” Reppin Schultz (5 February 1840 – 29 […]
15 November 1889 – 6 January 1944 Otto was the second youngest and youngest son of Herman and Augusta Sieloff Bornzin, German immigrants who came to the US after their older children were born. Otto and his nearest-older brother and younger sister, however, were born in Chicago. In 1910, Otto was still living at home […]
This one is a bit of a puzzler. On one side of this family monument, Minnie Krause Jacobi Zink’s name and dates are inscribed (7 September 1883 – 20 March 1911)* and on the reverse are her younger siblings Olga (23 October 1888 – 18 April 1910) and Harry (31 October 1886 – 6 October […]
23 January 1897 – 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 […]