9 June 1895 – 13 September 1918 Lt. Jones was shot down over France when his squadron (the 103rd led by Major William Thaw) was attacked by eight German chase planes. The combat was fierce, and Gene and his comrades shot down four enemy planes; Gene was the only allied casualty of that battle. Though […]
2 July 1896 – 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 […]
Both Edward and Anna were born in Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) and came to the US before they married in 1890. They had seven children together, five surviving childhood. In 1900, Edward worked as a molder; in 1910, he was a clerk; and in 1920, he owned his own grocery store and employed his two […]
March 1876 – 2 August 1910 Originally posted February 7, 2021; Updated November 22, 2021 My first post on my @PostsInTheGraveyard instagram was of Beulah “Bulah” Corley’s headstone. I wondered what the story behind it was as it seemed lonely and tragic, the inscription protective and a bit defiant, so I decided to revisit it […]
Every time I try to add some records to findagrave.com quickly, my research mode kicks in, and I inevitably end up disappearing down a rabbit hole, and this family turned out to be a real mystery. Albertine Lemanski and Herman Niemoth married in 1887, six years after Albertine immigrated to the US in 1881 (where […]
9 September 1884 – 24 July 1915 This is the latest in my series on The Eastland Disaster which focuses on the victims buried at Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, and their families. Obituary from Chicago Tribune, July 31, 1915 edition ZIERVOGEL — Emil, 30 years old, 2812 S. Keeler-av., a foreman, is survived […]
2 August 1877 – 24 July 1915 This is the latest in my series on The Eastland Disaster which focuses on the victims buried at Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, and their families. Henry’s parents married less than seven months before he was born. His father Joseph Schuett was more than ten years older […]
The details on this Egyptian-style mausoleum are exquisite. There are 8 niches inside, but my photo didn’t capture all the names, and to be honest, I presumed someone else would have documented this one already, but that was not the case! Three generations are definitely entombed within, including Colonel Joseph Triner, Jr, who fought in […]
1 November 1894 – 15 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 […]
28 May 1898 – 26 January 1917 According to findagrave.com, G. Harold Watts (1898 – 1917), whose name is over the door of this mausoleum, died in a car accident at the age of only 18 years old. Even more tragically, Harold was his parents’ only child. His father George (1862 – 1935) was born […]