St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

Concession 11, Lot 13

Aldborough Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada

Gravestone Inscriptions and Burials without Monuments

Elgin County gravestone photos on the Elgin OGS Flickr site

Elgin County Branch OGS
July 2003

Latest revision 19 July 2008 by CarolVanHarn

Transcribed by Nancy Henderson & Barbara Ingratta in 1977; revised by Norma Schnekenburger in 1982 and 1999, for the West Elgin Genealogical & Historical Society

Copyright by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1982 - 2005

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1. Small rose granite

KOURTZ / Jacob / 1827 - 1870 / his wife / Amelia HOFFMAN / 1836 - 1923 / son Christian / 1868 - 1875 /

2. Large rose granite in form of a cross

Otto Bismark / 1873 - 1966 / SCHLEIHAUF /

3. Small grey limestone

In memory of / Waneta Belle / daughter of / J. C. & S. A. SCHLEIHAUF / died May 6, 1898 / aged / 4 mos & 10 ds /

4. Large grey granite in form of a cross

Sarah Anne / SCHLEIHAUF / 1853 - 1918 /

5. Grey limestone in form of a cross (a lumberman's monument, with the stone of the cross and bark looking like a tree complete with ivy growing on it)

J. C. / SCHLEIHAUF / born / Jan. 6, 1837 / died July 13, 1908 /

6. White limestone with clasped hands on top

John Christopher / SCHLEIHAUF / died Jan. 23, 1879 / aged 70 years / The winter of trouble is past / The storms of affliction are o'er / His struggles are ended at last / And sorrow and death are no more /

7. White limestone with clasped hands on top

Farewell / Elizabeth / wife of Christopher / SCHLEIHAUF / died / June 24, 1875 / aged 61 years /

8. White twin limestone with clasped hands on top

Left - Catharine / SCHMELTZ / beloved wife of Henry BARNHARD / died / Nov. 8, 1875 / aged 32 yrs 5 mos /
Right - Catharine / infant daughter / of Henry and Catharine BARNHARD / died / Jan. 2, 1876 / aged 21 mos & 7 dys /

9. Flat red granite

David SCHLEIHAUF / 1880 - 1958 / infant children /

10. Infant

11. White limestone with clasped hands on top

Hier ruhet in Gott / Sophina / Ehefrau von / Golin BAHN / geborn / den 16. April 1852 / gest. den 22 Jan. 1871 / Nimm hin was drin ist Gott niemt hin / Ich will mir nicht drum gramen / Was von dir kommt ist mir Gewinn / Dein Gehen und dein Nehmen / Ich habe mir das G_______ / Das ihr zum opir dar / Ein stuck von dir and bleibt auch dein / Und soll man dein auf eiwig sein / Hilf das es mir beshered ser /

Translation: Here rests in God / Sophina / beloved wife of / Golin BAHN / born / the 16 April 1852 / died the 22 Jan 1871 / Take what is in here God take it / I will not be angry over this / What came from you is my success / Your going and your taking / I have this ______ / That you its ______ / A piece of my heart / It came from you and will remains yours / And will be yours eternally / Help that it should be this way /

12. Large white limestone

Gone but not forgotten / Son of man behold, I take away from thee / The desire of thine eyes with a stroke yet / Neither shall thou morn nor weep neither / Shall thy tears run down ______ / In life beloved in death lamented / In memory of / Annie / wife of / J. C. SCHLEIHAUF / died / June 21, 1869 / AE 25 ys 28 ds /

13. White limestone with clasped hands on top

Farewell / Christiana R. / daughter of / Elizabeth and Christopher / SCHLEIHAUF / died / June 3, 1869 / aged 27 years /

14. Large dark grey twin limestone

Left - In / memory of / John Philip / SCHMELTZ / who died / Oct. 11, 1864 / aged 64 y's /
Right - In / memory of / William / son of / J. P. & Catherine / SCHMELTZ / who died / Feb 16, 1885 / aged 31 y's /

15. Small white limestone with weeping willow on top

James / son of / Adam and Ann / LIBERT / died Dec. 10, 1875 / aged 13 y'rs, 3 mos / & 4 d's
Alice / died Dec. 19, 1875 / aged 1 yr, 9 mon / & 21 days / They lie in Jesus and are blessed / How sweet their slumbers are / From sufferings and from sins released / And freed from every snare /

16. Large grey granite spire

North - In / memory of / Adam LIBERT / who died / Jan. 18, 1892 / aged 65 y's / 3 mos 3 d's / A native of Germany / He now rests in peace / LIBERT /
East - In memory of / James / who died / Dec. 10, 1875 / aged 13 yrs. 3 mos. 4 d. / Alice / died Dec. 19, 1875 / aged 1 yr. 9 mos / & 21 d's / children of / Adam & Ann LIBERT / They die in Jesus and are blessed / How sweet their slumbers are / From suffering and from sin released / And freed from every snare /

17. Small white limestone, broken and leaning against # 16

Sophia / daughter of / Jacob and Sophia / ANTHES / died Oct. 21, 1875 / [rest illegible]

18. Small white limestone leaning against # 12

In memory of / Dabolina Maria / daughter of / Vollrathzabkke / died / June 30, 1869 / AE 1 yr. 9 ms. 7 ds /

19. Small white limestone

Christiana / daughter of / Jacob and Sophia / ANTHES / died Oct. 26, 1875 / aged 10 yrs 2 mos & 26 ds /

20. White limestone

In memory of / Albert Edward / son of J. C. & Annie / SCHLEIHAUF / died June 5, 1869 / AE 1 y 8 m & 25 d / Weep not for me my parents dear / I am not dead but sleeping here /

21. Small white slab, sticking up about 2 feet from the ground

M. E. / died June / 4, 1869 / aged 13 ds /

22. Small white limestone

In memory of / Charles Louis / son of J. C. & Annie / SCHLEIHAUF / died Oct. 4, 1865 / AE 1 y 3 m & 17 d / Sleep on sweet child and take thy rest / God called thee home when he thought best /

23. Small white limestone leaning against a tree

Franklin / son of / C. & C. PRASCHAN / died / May ___, 1872 / aged / [rest illegible]

24. Very small white limestone, leaning against a tree

John / son of / Jacob and Sophia / ANTHES / died / Oct. 31, 1875 / aged / 5 mos & 3 ds /

25. Small white limestone

Gone but not forgotten / Richard E. / son of / Nicholas & Margaret / KIEFER / died / July 10, 1881 / aged / 2 yrs 6 m's & 7 ds / Thou are gone little Richard / Sweet child of our love / From earth's fairy strand / To bright mansions above /

26. Small white limestone with weeping willow on top

Our little / Susannah S. Margaret / died / May 1, 1872 / aged 2 y's 10 m / & 20 d / daughter of / Jacob S. & Catharine / MILLER /

27. Small white limestone with clasped hands on top

In / memory of / Martin ANTHIS / died / June 13, 1881 /

28. Flat red granite

Left - SLOAN / John R. / 1892 - 1954 /
Right - SLOAN / Sarah E. / 1891 - 1983 /

29. Leaning against a tree

Philip C. / son of / Philip and Catharine / SCHLEIHAUF / died Oct. 24, 1875 / AE 7 yrs 11 mos & 26 ds /

30. Leaning against a tree

Amelia / daughter of / Philip and Catharine / SCHLEIHAUF / died Oct. 26, 1875 / AE 2 yrs 2 mos & 20 ds /

Burials without Monuments

MUSSEHL - St Thomas Evening Journal, 4 June 1906, Page 4, c3 - Died - Adolph MUSSEHL, 93rd year, June 1 at the home of Henry SCHNEKENBURGER. Funeral June 3 to the Lutheran Cemetery. No monument found - CVH July 2008

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