Petersburg Memorial Cemetery, Scranton
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Petersburg Memorial Cemetery is located in the 900 block of Paul Ave. in the Petersburg or East Scranton section,

Scranton.  The cemetery is largely neglected and often overgrown.  Many of the stones are broken and/or badly worn.

Surname

First Name

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Note

SAAR

Johann Jacob

September 24, 1829

August 16, 1907

Son of Nicolaus & Eliz. SPINDLER SAAR.  Information was taken

 

 

Birkenfeld,

Scranton

from the records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg)

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

Page 315 and Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 83153

 

Catharina

August 12, 1829

September 13, 1868

Wife of Jacob SAAR.  Age 39 years, 1 month, 1 day.  Information

 

SCHMIDT

Nabollenbach,

 

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

(Petersburg), Page 292.

 

Anaa Catharina

September 8, 1868

April 7, 1872

Daughter of Jacob SAAR.  Age 3 years, 6 months, 30 days.

 

 

Petersburg

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 295

 

George

June 7, 1876

November 30, 1880

Son of Jacob SAAR.  Age 4 years, 5 months, 23 days.  Information

 

 

 

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 299 and Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 1001.

 

Wilhelm

August 28, 1860

November 11, 1885

Son of Jacob SAAR.  Age 25 years, 2 months, 14 days.  Information

 

 

Scramton

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 299 and Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. .2465.

SAAR

Elizabeth

January 17, 1849

June 24, 1894

Age 45 years, 5 months, 7 days.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Kurhessen

Scranton

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 307

 

 

 

and Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 17171.

SAAR

Jacob, Jr.

August 22, 1855

August 2, 1899

Age 43 years, 11 months, 11 days.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Scranton

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 309, and

 

 

 

 

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 26049

SAAR

Joseph

April 1, 1882

October 21, 1912

Son of Jacob & Mary MATIN SAAR.  Information was taken from

 

 

 

Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 96352 and The Scranton

 

 

 

 

Republican, Wednesday, October 23, 1912, Page 16

SCHAEFER

Johann

June 26, 1869

July 7, 1869

Son of Peter SCHAEFER.  Age 11 days.  Information was taken

 

 

 

from the records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg),

 

 

 

 

Page 293.

 

Louise

18 December 1881

June 2, 1884

Daughter of Peter & Louise ENGEL SCHAEFER.  Age 2 years,

 

 

Scranton

5 months, 15 days.  Information was taken from the records of

 

 

 

 

German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 301

 

Peter

August 19, 1871

April 12, 1872

Son of Peter SCHAEFER.  Age 7 months, 24 days.  Information

 

 

Petersburg

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 295.

 

Wilhelm

April 26, 1873

February 27, 1875

Son of Peter SCHAEFER.  Age 1 year, 10 months,  1 day.

 

 

 

Petersburg

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 296.

SCHEPPLEMAN

See

 

 

 

 

SHEPPLEMAN

 

 

 

SCHERER

Peter

February 2, 1813

July 19, 1879

Husband of Barbara GRUNNER.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Miehlbach,

Scranton

recirds of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages 430-431 and the Board of

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 363.

 

Maria Catharina

September 25, 1860

Daughter of Peter SCHERER.  Information was taken from the

 

 

 

 

reciors of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 291

SCHICK

Auguste

 

July 30, 1888

Age 27 years.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certficate No. 6305

SCHILLING

Michael

December 19, 1904

April 20, 1890

Aged 75 years, 2 months, & 3 days.  Information was taken from

 

 

 

the records of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Page 348, and the

 

 

 

 

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 8984

SCHILLING

Ursula

 

July 27, 1890

Age 85 years.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certficate No. 9438.

SCHLACK

Fred

January 28, 1905

Feburary 26, 1907

Information was taken from Pennsylvania Death Certificate No.

 

 

Germany

Scranton

20907 and The Scranton Times, Thursday, February 28, 1907.

 

 

 

Page 315 and Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 83153

 

Emma Amanda

December 26, 1856

October 10, 1892

Wife of Fried. SCHLACK.  Information was taken from the 

 

KEHR

 

Scranton

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 306

 

 

 

and Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 12837

 

Gustav

July 10, 1891

July 10, 1891

Son of Fred & Emma SCHLACK.  Age 5 hours.  Information was

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 10863.

SCHLAGER

Infant Male

September 29, 1891

September 29, 1891

Son of George SCHLAGER.  Stillborn.  Information was taken

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

from Board of Health of the City of Scranton  Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 11193

SCHLANKER

Johanna

 

 

Gravetone is difficult to read

SCHLANKER

Infant

 

January 9, 1923

Infant of Floyd G. & Anna C. SCHLANKER 

SCHLOSS

Louisa

December 2, 1876

August 16, 1886

Daughter of Daniel & Anna BACHMAN SCHLOSS.  Information

 

 

Scranton

was taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages

 

 

 

548-549 and Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 3296

SCHLOSS

Daniel

 

October 5, 1890

Age 68 years.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certficate No. 9810.

SCHLOSS

Martha

September 21, 1831

July 24, 1899

Age 67 years, 25 days.  Information was taken from the records of

 

BACHMANN

Germany

Scranton

German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 309 and Board of

 

 

 

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 25988

SCHMIDT

Anna Maria

November 17, 1870

September 25, 1871

Daughter of Philipp Christian SCHMIDT.  Age 10 months, 8 days.

 

 

Petersburg

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 294.

SCHMIDT

Catharina

 

Jume 9, 1856

Wife of Ph. C. SCHMIDT.  Age 33 years, 7 months.  Inforamtion

 

 

 

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 290

SCHMIDT

Edward C.

February 8, 1914

June 3, 1914

Son of Edward D. & Louise SCHNEIDER (or SNYDER)

(church records)

 

Scranton

Scranton

SCHMIDT.  Information was taken from the records of German

     of

 

 

PresbyterianChurch (Petersburg), Page 320 and Pennsylvania

SMITH

 

 

Death Certificate No. 61068

(death certificate)

 

 

 

 

SCHMIDT

Johannes

December 5, 1804

February 20, 1875

Age 73 years, 6 months.  Information was taken from the records

 

 

Oldenberg

 

of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 296.

 

 

 

 

SCHMIDT

Juliane Caroline

February 24, 1905

July 25, 1884

Daughter of George & Atten GRIFFEN SCHMIDT.  Age 1 year,

 

 

Scranton

11 months.  Information was taken from the records of German

 

 

 

Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 301 and Board of Health of

 

 

 

 

the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 1161.

SCHMIDT

Katherne

 

September 5, 1918

Daughter of Jacob & Lou8ise LINKERMANN SAAR.  Age 47

 

SAAR

Scranton

years.  Informateion was taken from Pennsylvania Death Certificate

 

 

 

No 102582 and The Scranton Times, Monday, September 9, 1918

 

 

 

 

Page 2

SCHMIDT

Kath. Louise

November 19, 1881

November 26, 1881

Daughter of Henry & Anna WELLNER SCHMIDT.  Information

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

was taken from the Zion Lutheran Church, Pages 532-533.

SCHMIDT

Margarethe

 

June 1, 1858

Daughter of Jacob & Catharina BAUMANN SCHMIDT.

 

 

 

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 291

SCHMIDT

Mary

 

June 10, 1883

Daughter of John SCHMIDT.  Age 17 years, 7 months. 

 

 

Scranton

Information was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 196.

SCHMIDT

Caroline

July 7, 1855

November 9, 1884

Daughter of Carl & Juliane SCHMIDT.  Age 29 years, 4 months,

 

Philippine

Scranton

2 days.  Information was taken from the records of German

 

 

 

Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 302 and Board of Health of

 

 

 

the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 1501.

 

Mathilde Gertraud

May 16, 1864

April 29, 1872

Daughter of Carl SCHMIDT.  Age 7 years, 11 months, 13 days.

 

Caroline

Dunmore

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 295.

SCHMIDT

Phillipp Christian

1822

November 1, 1878

Son of Philipp C. Schmidt.  Age 58 years, 6 months.  Information

 

 

 

Scranton

was taken from Board of Healht of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 14

 

Heinrich

February 6, 1852

March 29, 1872

Son of Phil. Christ. & Kath. SCHAEFER SCHMIDT.  Inforamtion

 

 

Asslar,

Scranton

was taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages

 

 

Rheinland-Preussen

 

416-417.

SCHMIDT

Catharian HEINZ

16 September 1781

18 April 1870

Aged 88 years, 7 months.  Inforamation was taken from the records

 

 

Nabollenbach,

Petersburg

of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 294

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

 

SCHNEIDER

George F.

June 18, 1882

Son of Nicholas & Katharine SCHNEIDER.  Age 1 year,

 

 

Scranton

11 months, 27 days.  Information was taken from Board of Health

 

 

 

of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 674.

SCHNEIDER

Heinrich Carl

February 27, 1905

October 13, 1885

Son of Conrad & Wilhelmine BUSCH SCHNEIDER.  Age

 

 

Scranton

4 months.  Information was taken from the records of German

 

 

 

Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 302 and Board of Health

 

 

 

 

of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 2405.

SCHNEIDER

Johannes

December 30, 1904

March 6, 1881

Age 55 years, 1 month.  Information was taken from the records of

 

 

Asslar,

 

German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 299.

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

 

 

Clara SCHLEGEL

December 30, 1904

June 25, 1889

Wife of Johannes SCHNEIDER.  Age 62 years, 8 months. 

 

 

Asslar, Preussen

Scranton

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 304 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

 

Scranton Death Certificate No. 7655.  Listed as widow in church

 

 

 

 

records

SCHNEIDER

Julius

February 23, 1905

January 25, 1902

Age 20 years, 9 months.  Information was taken from the records

      or

 

Scranton

of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 311 and Board

SNYDER

 

 

 

of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 31147.

SCHNEIDER

Minnie

January 7, 1889

Daughter of William & Lena SCHNEIDER.  Age 15 years.

 

 

Scranton

Information was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 6933.

SCHNEIDER

Wilhelm

September 15, 1799

January 29, 1879

Age 79 years, 4 months, 14 days.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Wetzlar, Preussen

 

records of the German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 298.

SCHNEIDER

Wilhelmine

October 16, 1871

August 13, 1872

Daughter of Philipp SCHNEIDER.  Age 9 months, 28 days.

 

 

Petersburg

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 295

SCHOREN

William

 

August 26, 1891

Age 54 years.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 11088.

SCHORT

Dorothea

July 30, 1867

July 21, 1869

Daughter of Stephan SCHORT.  Age 1 year, 11 months, 21 days.

 

Catharina

 

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 293.

SCHOTT

John, Jr.

 

November 29, 1888

Son of John & Katharine SCHOTT.  Age 10 years, 4 months.

 

 

Dunmore

10 days.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the City

 

 

 

 

of Scranton Death Certificate No. 6860.

SCHRADER

Johann

September 18, 1820

February 5, 1878

Stone is broken off.  Only top of stone remains. Age 68 years,

 

 

Mecklenberg-

Petersburg

2 months.  Other information was taken from the records of German

 

 

Schwerin

 

Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 297

SCHRANKE

Christian

 

January 28, 1884

Age 32 years.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 721.

SCHULLER

Nicholas, Sr.

 

March 15, 1883

Age 70 years.  Information was taken from the Board of Health of

 

 

 

Scranton

the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 100.

SCHULZ

Heinrich

April 5, 1828

November 18, 1868

Age 40 years, 7 months, 13 days.  Information was taken from the

      or

 

Weissenbach,

 

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 292.

SCHULTZ

 

Wurttemberg

 

 

 

Henriette

 

September 16, 1856

Daughter of Henry & Sophia SCHULZ.  Age 1 year, 14 days.

 

 

 

Infromation was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 290.

 

Harry

 

November 14, 1894

Son of Henry & Yettie SCHULTZ.  Age 11 months, 16 days.

 

 

 

Scranton

Information was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 17777.

 

Wilhelmine

March 15, 1863

August 7, 1869

Daughter of Heinrich SCHULZ.  Age 6 years, 4 months, 23 days.

 

Dorothea

 

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 293.

SCHWEITZER

Clara

 

January 28, 1892

Age 39 years.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 11720.

 

Catharina

 

July 21, 1888

Daughter of Phillip & Clara SCHWEITZER.  Age 1 year, 7 months.

 

 

Scranton

Information was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 6229.

SCHWEITZER

Dorothea

December 4, 1869

September 17, 1870

Daughter of Conrad SCHWEITZER.  Age 9 months, 13, days.

 

 

Petersburg

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 294.

SCHWEITZER

Johann Georg

December 12, 1904

February 28, 1878

Stone difficult to read.  Age 69 years, 10 months, 11 days. 

 

 

Asslar, Preussen

Petersburg

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Chruch (Petersburg), Page 298

SEHART

Ant. Joh.

15 August 1806

November 13, 1865

Daughter of Wolfgang & Marg Kath. GEASER LEMMERICH

 

Elisab. Lehart

Coburg Sachsen

Petersburg

Information was taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church,

 

LEMMERICH

 

 

Pages 400-401

SHEPPELMAN

Elisabethe

 

December 14, 1881

Daughter of Theodor SCHEPPELMANN.  Age 11 years,

 

 

Scranton

11 months.  Information was taken from the records of German

 

 

 

 

Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 299

SHEPPELMAN

Theodore

February 17, 1872

October 19, 1909

Son of Theodore and Katharine KROLL SHEPPLEMAN.

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

Information was taken from Pennsylvania Death Certificate

 

 

 

No. 96169 and The Scranton Truth, Thursday, October 21, 1909

 

 

 

 

Page 1

SHORT

John F.

1815

May 20, 1854

Year of gravestone is difficult to read.

 

Antonette

1812

November 15, 1866

 

SIESECKER

Rosa

 

May 3, 1884

Daughter of George SIESECKER.  Age 8 months.  Information

 

 

 

Scranton

was taken from Board of Healht of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 973

SLACK

Haryy

May 5, 1906

March 6, 1917

Son of Paul & Carrie HEDGLIN SLACK.  Information was taken

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

from Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 32550 and The Scranton

 

 

 

 

Republican, Thursday, March 8, 1917, Page 5..

SMITH

See SCHMIDT

 

 

 

SMITH

Julia C.

 

July 25, 1884

Daughter of George SMITH.  Age 1 year, 11 months.  Information

 

 

 

Scranton

was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 1161.

SNYDER

See SCHNEIDER

 

 

 

SNYDER

Clara

 

June 25, 1889

Age 62 years, 8 months, 5 days.  Information was taken from

 

 

 

Scranton

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certficate No. 7655.

SNYDER

Henry

November 10, 1830

November 10, 1907

Son of Fred & Mary GARDNER SNYDER.  Information was

 

 

Germany

Scranton

taken from  Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 110522.

SNYDER

Nicholas

October 10, 1855

September 20, 1903

Age 47 years, 11 months 10 days.  Inforamtion was taken from

 

 

Germany

Scranton

Board of Health Death Certificate No. 34098 and The Scranton

 

 

 

 

Republican, Tuesday, September 22, 1903, Page 4.

SPANGENBERG

Caroline

April 1, 1867

July 20, 1906

Wife of Levi SPANGENBERG.  Daughter of Jacob & Caoline

 

GROSSHARDT

Oberstein,

Scranton

MILLER SPANGENBERG.  Infromation was taken from the

 

Birkenfeld,

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 314

 

Oldenberg

and Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 69465.

 

Anna

March 12, 1905

January 31, 1899

Daughter of Levi & Caroline SPANGENBERG.  Age 10 months,

 

 

Scranton

2 days (church records) or 9 months, 20 days (death certificate).

 

 

 

Information was taken from the records of Garman Presbyterian

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 309 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

 

 

Scranton Death Certficate No. 25092.

SPENCER

Charles

May 4, 1854

August 22, 1913

Son of James & Elizabeth WHEELER SPENCER.  Information

 

 

Scranton

was taken from Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 82025 and

 

 

 

 

The Scranton Republican, Monday, August 25, 1913, Page 14

STARK

Jacob

January 23, 1852

December 13, 1905

Son of Philip Jacob & Margarethe HAUSROTH STARK.

 

 

Dunmore

Scranton

Information was taken from the records of Garman Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 312.

 

Sophia Charlotte

February 27, 1852

April 4, 1915

Wife of Jacob STARK.  Daughter of Joseph &  Sophia Elizabeth

 

FARBER

Petersbur

Dunmore

ENGEL FARBER.  Information was taken from the records of

 

 

 

German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 321 and

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 34747

STARK (cont'd)

Howard Joseph

May 6, 1891

July 28, 1891

Son of Jacob & Sophia Charlotte FARBER STARK  The Stark

 

 

Dunmore

Dunmore

Family Bible lists hes birth as June 6, 1891, but his baptismal record

 

 

 

from German Presbyterian Church (Patersburg), Page 22, lists it as

 

 

 

 

May 6, 1891.  His death is listed in the Bible, but not the church

 

 

 

records.

 

Joseph Jacob

August 16, 1873

July 27, 1884

Son of Jacob & Sophia Charlotte FARBER STARK. Age 10 years,

 

 

 

Scranton

11 months, 11 days.  Information was taken from the records of

 

 

 

German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 301 and Board of

 

 

 

 

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 1178

 

Louis Walter

February 3, 1890

July 7, 1890

Son of Jacob & Sophia Charlotte FARBER STARK.  Age

 

 

 

6 months, 4 days.  Information was taken from the records of

 

 

 

 

German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 305

 

Sophia Carolina

May 25, 1875

February 22, 1886

Daughter of Jacob & Sophia Charlotte FARBER STARK.  Age

 

 

 

Scranton

10 years, 8 months, 28 days.  Information was taken from the

 

 

 

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 303

 

 

 

and Board of Heatlh of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No.2726.

STARK

Julius William

 

July 26, 1886

Son of William & Kate STARK.  Age 7 weeks.  Inforamtion was

 

 

 

Scranton

taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

Certificate No. 3203

STARK

Phillip Jacob

October 23, 1818

October 19, 1869

.

 

Margarethe

September 16, 1825

May 15, 1910

Wife of Phillip Jacob STARK.  Information was taken from

 

HAUSROTH

Germany

Scranton

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

No. 50653 and The Scranton Times, Tuesday, May 17, 1910.

 

 

 

 

Page 3

 

Catherine

September 16, 1854

December 29, 1856

Daughter of Philip Jacob & Margarethe HAUSROTH STARK.

 

 

 

Separate gravestone

 

Phillip

January 31, 1905

February 10, 1905

Son of Philip Jacob & Margarethe HAUSROTH STARK

 

 

 

 

 

STEIN

Auguste Marie

December 29, 1884

October 21, 1890

Daughter of Wilhelm & Carolina BAUMANN STEIN.  Information

 

 

 

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 305

 

Carolina Cath.

November 18, 1882

September 19, 1890

Daughter of Wilhelm & Carolina BAUMANN STEIN.  Information

 

Helena

 

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 305

STEIN

William

December 22, 1819

May 27, 1884

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernardine

April 4, 1827

March 6, 1904

Wife of William STEIN.  No death date on stone.  Inforamtion was

 

 

Germany

Scranton

taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 35031.

 

Helena Maria

Aoril 1, 1863

February 14 , 1866

Daughter of Wilhelm & Lena KEIPER STEIN.  Information was

 

 

Petersburg

Petersburg

taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Page 402-403.

 

Jane

October 22, 1847

February 5, 1862

Daughter of Wilhelm & Lena KEIPER STEIN.  Information was

 

 

Wesel,

Petersburg

taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Page 392-393.

 

 

Rheinpreussen

 

 

 

Maria

 

January 4, 1858

Daughter of Wilhelm & Dina STEIN.  Information was taken from

 

 

 

 

the records of Germany Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 290

STEIN or STINE

William Allen

September 17, 1859

June 25, 1908

Son of William & Bernadie KEIPER STEIN.  Information was

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

taken from Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 58821,  The

 

 

 

Scranton Republican, Monday, June 28, 1908, Page 6, and the

 

 

 

 

records of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Pages 238-239.

STEINDER

Gustav Herman

 

May 26, 1895

Age 3 weeks.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 18636.

STIPP

Catharine Barbara

December 15, 1904

October 18, 1887

Wife of Jacob STIPP.  Age 76 years, 5 months, 7 days. 

 

LANDSIDEL

Standenbuhl,

(church records)

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

Rhineand-Pfalz

October 20, 1887

Church (Petersburg), Page 303 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

 

(death certificate)

Scranton Death Certificate No. 5079

STIPP

Laura

July 12, 1888

July 28, 1888

Daughter of David & Mary STIPP.  Age 16 days.  Information was

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Cetificate

 

 

 

 

No. 6290.

STIPP

Wilhelmine

August 12, 1864

May ?, 1887

Infromation was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 4183.  Gravestone difficult to read

STUPLES

Sadie

 

March 28, 1895

Daughter of Sadie STUPLES.  Age 2 months.  Informateion was

 

 

Scranton

taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 18386.

SWINGLE

Lyndia M.

 

November 8, 1887

Daughter of William T. & Jennie L. SWINGLE.  Age 11 months,

 

 

Scranton

25 days.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the City

 

 

 

 

of Scranton Death Certificate No. 5160

TAYLOR

George

March 15, 1839

June 4, 1917

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

Lincolnshire,

Scranton

Church (Petersburg), Page 323 and Pennsylvania Death Certificate

 

 

England

 

No. 67699.

TEMPEL

Margarethe

August 9, 1893

March 11, 1894

Daughter of Jacob & Grace TEMPEL.  Information was taken from

     or

 

New York City

Scranton

the records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 306

TEMPLE

 

 

and Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 16717.

TERNES

Charlotte

May 30, 1860

2 October 1861

Daughter of Jacob & Kath. HAACH TERNES.  Information was

 

 

Petersburg

Petersburg

taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages 392-393.

TEUFEL

Jacob

December 13, 1828

February 27, 1894

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

Friedrich

Germany

Scranton

Church (Petersburg), Page 306 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

 

Scranton Death Certificate No. 16653.

 

Charlotte ENGEL

April 1, 1823

October 8, 1887

Wife of Friedrich TEUFEL.  Age 69 years, 6 months, 7 days.

 

 

Allenbach,

Scranton

Inforamtion was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 303 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

 

 

Scranton Death Certificate No. 5043.

THAUER

Kath.

November 14, 1821

September 24, 1904

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

SCHWESINGER

Sachse-

Scranton

Church (Petersburg), Page 312 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

Meiningen

 

Scranton Death Certificate No. 36264.

THAUER

Heinrich Moritz

August 15, 1861

January 14, 1891

Son of John & Kath. SCHWESINGER THAUER.  Information

 

 

Scranton

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 305 and Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 10192.

 

John Moritz

January 16, 1827

November 25, 1885

Age 58 years, 10 months, 9 days.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Sachsen Cobug

Scranton

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 303

 

 

 

and Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

No. 2493

 

 

26 December 1863

February 9, 1864

Daughter of John M. THAUER.  Information was taken from the

 

 

 

 

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 291

THAUER

Caroline Pauline

December 28, 1879

November 16, 1884

Daughter of Christian & Caroline MAIER THAUER. Age 4 years.

 

 

Scranton

11 months, 19 days. Information was taken from the records of

 

 

 

German Presbyterian Church (Petrersburg), Page 302 and Board

 

 

 

 

of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 1552.

THORPE

Augusta Frieda

November 22, 1897

July 29, 1900

Daughter of George & Elizabeth THORPE.  Age 2 years, 8 months,

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

7 days.  Information was taken from the records of St. Luke's

 

 

 

Episcopal Church, Pages 450-451, Register No. 4 and Board of

 

 

 

 

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 28243.

UNKNOWN

Mary Margaret

December 27, 1888

Age 4 months.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certificate.

WAGNER

Amelia ENGEL

 

October 28, 1895

Wife of Charles WAGNER.  Daughter of Charles & Catharina

 

 

Scranton

ENGEL.  Age 35 years, 10 days.  Informationwas taken from

 

 

 

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

No. 19343 and The Scranton Tribune, Tuesday, October 29, 1895,

 

 

 

 

Page 7.

WAGNER

Anna

November 3, 1860

November 6, 1864

Daughter of Peter & Sus. HOSTAMBE WAGNER.  Information

 

Petersburg

Petersburg

was taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages

 

 

 

 

398-399

WAGNER

Christine

April 8, 1868

March 29, 1872

Daughter of Herman & Appolonia. HIRTS WAGNER. Information

 

 

Oxford, New Jersey

Scranton

was taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages

 

 

 

 

414-415 & 416-417.

WAGNER

Christine

 

February 1, 1890

Age 71 years, 7 months, 22 days.  Inforamtion was taken from

 

 

 

Scranton

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 8656.

WAGNER

Freederich

February 17, 1818

November 7, 1902

Age 83 years, 8 months, 18 days.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Tuebinger,

Scranton

records of Germany Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 311,

 

 

Wurttemberg

 

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 32518, and The Scranton Times, Saturday, November 8, 1902

 

 

 

 

Page 15

WAGNER

Maria

 

March 22, 1890

Age 43 years.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

Scranton

City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 8862.

WAGNER

Peter

 

 

From The Scranton Republican, Monday, May 24, 1880, Page 3

WAGNER

Wilhelm Carl

August 14, 1819

September 25, 1889

Age 70 years, 1 month, 11 days.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Wetzlar, Preussen

Scranton

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 304

 

 

 

and Board of Heatlh of the City of Scrnaton Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 2090.

WAHLERS

Alex. Conrad

July 3, 1880

July 10, 1881

Son of Herman & Math. HOSTOMBE WAHLERS.  Information

 

Scranton

Scranton

was taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages

 

 

 

 

530-531.

WAHLERS

Herman August

November 14, 1869

September 18, 1870

Son of August WAHLERS.  Age 10 months, 4 days.  Information

 

 

Petersburg

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 294

WAHLERS

Maria

January 20, 1820

January 2, 1892

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 305

WALTER

George

December 16, 1884

Son of Michael & Annie WALTER.  Age 7 months.  Information

 

 

Scranton

was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

Certificate No. 1624.

WALTZ

Bertha

April 7, 1907

January 20, 1907

Daughter of Jacob & Antoinette WOLFF WALTZ.  Information

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 315 and Pennsylvania Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 110571

 

Norman Jacob

November 29, 1917

February 7, 1918

Son of  of Jacob & Antoinette WOLFF WALTZ.  Information

 

 

 

Dunmore

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 315 and Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 14424.

Surname

First Name

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Note

WALTZ

Eddie

 

March 11, 1888

Son of Jacob & Sophia WALTZ.  Age 9 months, 17 days.

 

 

Scranton

Information was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 5658.

WANACKE

Albert Johann

March 28, 1859

August 3, 1865

Son of W. & Kath BAUMANN WANACKE.  Information was

 

 

Petersburg

Petersburg

taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages 400-401.

WARD

Arthur

 

September 24, 1880

Son of Sylvester WARD.  Age 3 years, 22 days.  Information was

 

 

 

Scranton

taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 934.

 

Ernest

 

October 30, 1880

Son of Sylvester WARD.  Age 5 years, 9 months.  Information was

 

 

Scranton

taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 970.

 

Olive L.

 

September 29, 1890

Daughter of Sylvester WARD.  10 years,  1 months, 4 days.Information was

 

 

 

Scranton

taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 970.

WARNEAKE

Ernest H.

 

 

Gravestone is difficult to read

 

Katherina M.

 

 

Wife of Ernest H. WARNEAKE.  Stone difficult to read.

WARNEKA

Henry

 

May 3, 1914

Son of Henry & Katharine BAUMANN WARNEKA.  Age about

 

 

Germany

Scranton

65 years.  Information was taken from Pennsylvania Death

 

 

 

Certificate No. 51642 and The Scranton Truth, Monday, May 4,

 

 

 

 

1914, Page 10

WATERSON

Howard

August 1910

March 19, 1911

Son of William & Stella FRITZ WATERSON.  Information was

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

taken from Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 27437 and The

 

 

 

 

Scranton Republican, Wednesday, March 22, 1911, Page 15

WATTS

John

December 26, 1900

March 10, 1901

Son of James & Mary WATTS.  Age 2 months, 12 days.

 

(church records)

Scranton

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

Ralph

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 310 and Board of Health of the City of

 

(death certificate)

 

 

Scranton Death Certificate No. 29518

WAXMAN

Infamt Male

 

August 23, 1891

Age 4 months, 25 days.  Information was taken from Board of

 

(twin)

 

 

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 11075.

 

Infamt Male

August 19, 1891

Age 4 months, 20 days.  Information was taken from Board of

 

(twin)

 

 

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 11050.

Surname

First Name

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Note

WAXMAN

Mabel

 

July 9, 1890

Age 7 months.  Information was taken from Board of Health of the

 

 

 

 

City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 9350.

WEHRUNG

George

October 21, 1821

January 31, 1893

Age 77 years, 2 montsh, 13 days.  Inforamtion was taken from

 

 

Scranton

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 14182

WEHRUNG

Infant Female

July 23, 1910

Jly 23, 1910

Daughter of Henry & Margaret NALON WEHRUNG.  Stillborn

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

Information was taken from Pennsylvania Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 70670.

WEHRUNG

Katharina

July 8, 1827

November 4, 1896

Information was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

Messinger,

Scranton

Death Certificate No. 21045 and The Scranton Tribune, Friday,

 

 

Wurttemberg

 

November 6, 1896, Page 5

WEINGARDT

Adam

December 11, 1904

January 2, 1862

Husband of Philippine SCHNEIDER (m. September 10, 1834)

 

 

Blaubach,

Petersburg

Son of Adam & Elisab. HELFENSTEIN WEINGARDT. 

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

Information was taken from the records of Zion Lutehran Church,

 

 

 

 

Pages 392-393.

WEINGARDT

Adam

September 5, 1835

May 5, 1907

Information was taken from the records of Christ Lutheran Church,

 

 

Beaubach, Bayern

 

Page 433

 

Wilhelm

April 8, 1872

August 21, 1872

Son of Adam & Philippine DOLPH WEINGART.  Information was

 

 

Scranton

Scratnton

taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages 418-419

WEINGARDT

Friedrich

October 10, 1844

April 29, 1878

Husband of Anna PATTERSON.  Son of Adam & Philippine

 

 

Blaubach, Bayern

Petersburg

SCHNEIDER WEINGARDT.  Information was taken from the

 

 

 

 

records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages 428-429.

WEINGARDT

Philomena

 

March 8, 1883

Age 70 years, 2 months. Information was taken from the Board of

 

 

 

Scranton

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 63.

WEISEL

Mabel

1887

March 7, 1910

Daughtger of Adam WEISEL.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Bethlehem,

Scranton

Records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 317

 

 

Northampton

 

and Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 28457.  Surname is listed

 

 

County

 

as WEISEL on death certificate and MEISEL in church records.

WELLNER

Julius

 

January 6, 1901

Son of Julius & Louise SCHNEIDR WELLNER.  Age 19 years.

 

 

Scranton

Informaiton was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 29110 and The Scranton Republican,

 

 

 

 

Thursday, January 10, 1901, Page 7.

 

Rosine

 May 9, 1887

October 24, 1888

Daugher of Juilis & Louise SCHNEIDER WELLNER.  Age 1 year,

 

Wilhelmine

Scranton

6 months, 15 days.  Information was taken from the records of

 

 

 

German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 304 and Board of

 

 

 

 

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 6698.

WENZEL

Caroline

June 1, 1872

August 17, 1873

Daughter of Conrad WENZEL.  Age 1 year, 2 months, 15 days.

 

Wilhelmine

Petersburg

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 296

WENTZEL

Dora

 

July 22, 1895

Age 62 years, 6 months, 23 days.  Inforamiton was taken from

 

 

Scranton

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certficate

 

 

 

No. 18877.

WENTZEL

Louisa C.

February 1, 1905

January 21, 1882

Wife of Karl WENTZEL.  Age 22 years, 5 months.  Inforamtion

 

SCHULZ

Scranton

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 299 and Board of Health of the City of Scranton

 

 

 

 

Death Certificate No. 404.E217

WENZEL

Heinrich

March 14, 1826

June 12, 1889

Age 63 years, 2 months, 29 days.  Information was taken from the

 

 

Kurhessen

Scranton

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 304

 

 

 

and Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate

 

 

 

No. 7610.

 

Jacob Louis

January 1869

December 14, 1870

Son of Heinrich & Dorothea WENZEL.  Age 1 year, 11 months,

 

Heinrich

Petersburg

8 days.  Information was taken from the records of German

 

 

 

 

Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 294

 

Ernestine

May 20, 1862

February 23, 1872

Daughter of Heinrich & Dorothea WENZEL  Age 9 years, 

 

 

 

8 months, 24 days.  Information was taken from the records of

 

 

 

 

German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 295

WENZEL

Louise

May 18, 1887

June 3, 1887

Daughter of Carl & Catherine BUSCH WENZEL.  Age 6 days.

 

 

 

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 303 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

 

 

Scranton Death Certificate No. 4271.

WIEDMAYER

Maria Magdalena

August 20, 1819

August 14, 1888

Wife of Friedrich Wilhelm WIEDMAYER (m. 1844).  Daughter of

 

RUOFF

Konigsbronn,

Scranton

Jacob & Kath. MAYER RUOFF.  Information was taken from

 

 

Wutttemberg

 

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 6403

WILL

Anna Maria

September 1821

March 10, 1888

Wife of Johannes WILL.  Age 66 years, 6 months, 4 days. 

 

SCHMIDT

Asslar, Preussen

 (church records)

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

March 11, 1888

Church (Petersburg), Page 304 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

(death certificate)

Scranton Death Certificate No. 5666.  Listed as a widow in the

 

 

 

Scranton

church records.

WILLIN

Walter R.

February 18, 1905

March 27, 1905

WILLIS

Walter R.

June 8, 1876

June 3, 1913

Son of W. R. & Minnie WILLIS.  Information was taken from

 

 

New York 

Dunmore

Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 56684 and The Scranton

 

 

 

 

Republican, Wednesday, June 4, 1913, Page 5.

WOLFF

Louis Peter

November 17, 1836

August 4, 1915

Military stone "CO. 8, 15 MO. INF"  No dates on stone

 

(or Ludwig)

Worms,

Scranton

Son of Jacob & Margaret GEIL WOLFF.

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 321 and Pennsylvania Death Certificate

 

 

 

 

No. 78135+E825

 

Elisabeth Sophia

September 3, 1888

January 30, 1881

Daughter of Louis WOLFF.  Age 2 years, 5 months, 27 days.

 

 

Scranton

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 299

 

Maria Johanna

May 3, 1875

March 13, 1881

Daughter of Louis WOLFF.  Age 6 years, 10 months, 10 days.

 

 

 

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 299

 

Will Louis

 

July 29, 1885

Age 6 months, 24 days.  Information was taken from Board of

 

 

 

 

Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 2148.

WOLFF

Louis

November 28, 1894

October 3, 1912

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

Scranton

Gastonia,

(Petersburg), Page 319 and The Scranton Republican, Friday,

 

 

 

North Carolina

October 11, 1912, Page 16.  He was a veteran of the Civil War.

WOLFF

Jacob

June 26, 1876

December 7, 1895

Informaiton was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

Scranton

Church (Petersburg), Page 308 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

 

Scranton Death Certificate No. 19535

 

Mildred

December 4, 1894

August 9, 1895

Daughter of Jacob & C. WOLFF.  Age 8 months, 5 days.

 

 

Scranton

Information was taken from the records of German Presbyterian

 

 

 

Church (Petersburg), Page 307 and Board of Health of the City of

 

 

 

 

Scranton Death Certficate No. 18983

WOLNER

Infant Female

August 8, 1886

August 2, 1886

Daughter of William & Minnie WOLNER.  Stillborn.  Information

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

was taken from Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death

 

 

 

 

Certificate No. 3237.

WRAY

Clara

 

September 15, 1889

Age 22 years, 2 months, 12 days.  Information was taken from

 

 

 

Scranton

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 8060.

ZEHNER

Maria Christine

December 5, 1866

July 26, 1867

Daughter of Jacob ZEHNER.  Information was taken from the

 

 

 

 

records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 292.

ZEHNER

Philipp Christian

October 5, 1872

August 29, 1873

Son of Jacob & Johanette BERGER ZEHNER.  Information was

 

 

Scranton

Scranton

taken from the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Page 420-421

ZIMMERMAN

Heinrich Otto

 

January 28, 1860

Son of Jacob Otto ZIMMERMAN.  Information was taken from

 

 

 

 

the records of German Presbyterian Church (Petersburg), Page 291

ZUPP

Emma

March 1, 1878

March 12, 1879

Daughter of G. & C. BIBER ZUPP.  Information was taken from

 

 

 

Scranton

the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Pages 430-431.

ZUPP

George

August 14, 1874

May 5, 1876

Son of George ZUPP.  Age 1 year, 8 months, 21 days.  Information

 

 

Petersburg

was taken from the records of German Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

 

(Petersburg), Page 297.

ZUPP

Leon

 

October 12, 1889

Son of L. L. ZUPP.  Age 4 weeks.  Information was taken from

 

 

 

Scranton

Board of Health of the City of Scranton Death Certificate No. 8154.


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