Kansas History and Heritage Project-Smith County Deaths

Smith County Deaths
Christ Lutheran Church Funerals, 1884-1937


The following records were handwritten in German--the transcriber apologizes for any errors.

Name Residence Date and place of birth Cause of death Date of Death Date of funeral
Barbara Niedermeyer Harvey Twp. Sept. 14th, 1828 not given March 15th, 1884 March 18th, 1884
Helene Auguste Kline Banner Twp. June 5th, 1886 in Banner Twp. summer complaint Aug. 21st, 1886 Aug. 22nd, 1886
Maria Sophie Christine Gebers Gaylord Sept. 22nd, 1878 in Nemaha Co, Neb. brain fever March 14th, 1887 March 17th, 1887
Wilhelmine Julianna Korenke Cedarville July 22nd, 1888 in Cedarville cramps Sept. 28th, 1888 Sept. 29th, 1888
Julius Zierlein Harvey Twp. Aug. 28th, 1889 in Harvey Twp. encephalitis Jan. 18th, 1890 Jan. 20th, 1890
Anna Martha Suchsland Lane Twp. April 29th, 1884 in Barnes Twp. diphtheria Jan. 20th, 1891 Jan. 22nd, 1891
Maria Magdalene Suchsland Lane Twp. March 1st, 1891 in Lane Twp. diphtheria June 21st, 1891 June 23rd, 1891
Viola Zierlein Banner Twp. June 13th, 1891 in Banner Twp. encephalitis Dec. 16th, 1891 Dec. 18th, 1891
Johann Georg Guhn Bloom Twp., Mitchell Co. June 3rd, 1891 in Tipton cold due to teething Jan. 23rd, 1892 Jan. 25th, 1892
Maria Anna Schroth nee Bepscher/Besscher Beloit Feb. 22nd, 1841, Waterloo, W. Canada burned with gasoline July 20th, 1891 July 22nd, 1891
Sophie Karoline Maria Gebers nee Westfal Gaylord Oct. 5th, 1861 in Mecklenburg, Germany abcess of lung Oct. 4th, 1891 Oct. 5th, 1891
Ferdinand Ottersberg Gaylord Oct. 8th, 1885, Nemaha Co., Neb. typhoid fever Jan.14th, 1892 Jan. 15th, 1892
Johann Wilhelm Frieling Harvey Twp. Sept. 9th, 1893 in Harvey Twp. typhoid fever Sept. 21st, 1893 Sept. 23rd, 1893
Maria Dorothea Boese Harvey Twp. May 2nd, 1880 in Graue, Hanover, Germany heart disease and dropsy Feb. 2nd, 1894 Feb. 4th, 1894
Johann Heinrich Borgmann Gaylord Jan. 14th, 1833 in Friedenswald, Westphalia, Germany nasal cancer Feb. 15th,1894 Feb. 17th, 1894
Wilhelm Boese Harvey Twp. Feb. 2nd, 1853 in Harbergen, Hanover, Germany angina pectoris Oct. 25th, 1894 Oct. 26th, 1894
Heinrich Dietrich Graverholz Harvey Twp. Aug. 21st, 1893 in Elkcreek, Nemaha Co., Neb. cholera infantum Oct. 20th, 1894 Oct. 22nd, 1894
Anna Magdalene Beckman not given April 23rd, 1895 not given; daughter of August Beckman and Emilie nee Spilker Feb. 22nd, 1896 Feb. 23rd, 1896
Emma Sonnenberg nee Niedermeyer Gaylord Jan./June 7th, 1871 [sorry, this one hard to read] March ?, 1896 not given
Fritz Heinrich Kirchhoff not given March 13th, 1896 not given March 22nd, 1896 March 23rd, 1896
Christoph Gebers not given Dec. 18th, 1816 not given Jan. 22nd, 1897 Jan. 25th, 1897
Heinich Behrens not given Jan. 5th, 1851 not given Feb. 2nd, 1897 buried in Alton, Osborne Co.
unnamed child of August Henning and Bertha nee Kessler not given Dec. 8th, 1897 in Gaylord died at birth Dec. 8th, 1897 Dec. 9th, 1897
Minna Anna Christine Suchsland Athol Sept. 22nd, 1886 in Harvey Twp. illness of the head/neck March 30th, 1898 April 1st, 1898
Oscar August Meyer Athol Sept. 19th, 1896 in Smith Co. cramps April 20th, 1898 April 22nd, 1898
Sophia Maria Beckmann nee Kuhlmann Athol Sept. 15th, 1834, Graue, Hanover, Germany asthma April 23rd, 1898 April 26th, 1898
Wilhelm Suchsland Athol April 3rd, 1845, Unterellen, Saxony, Germany heart disease July 11th, 1899 July 12th, 1899
Diedrick Adolph von Frieling Gaylord August 16th, 1857, Brockdorf, Hanover, Germany typhoid fever Jan. 14th, 1900 Jan. 17th, 1900
Ella Maria Beckmann near Gaylord Jan. 7th, 1901 in Gaylord bronchitis March 12th/13th (midnight), 1901 March 14th, 1901
Elise Clara Henning near Gaylord Jan. 6th, 1901 in Gaylord unknown June 24th, 1901 June 25th, 1901
August Henning, jr. near Gaylord Aug. 10th, 1902 in Gaylord encephalitis Aug. 16th, 1902 Aug. 17th, 1902
Edward Wilhelm Windscheffel Gaylord Oct. 1st, 1902 in Gaylord hydrocephalus July 23rd, 1903 July 24th, 1903
Emil Joachim Heine Giesse Gaylord April 29th, 1904 in Gaylord unknown Sept. 24th, 1904 Sept. 26th, 1904
Ernstine Zierlein nee Krause Gaylord Jan. 20th, Furstensee, Pomerania, Germany typhus Sept. 30th, 1905 Oct. 3rd, 1905
Christoph Suchsland near Gaylord Sept. 6th, 1836 in Unterellen bei Eisenach, Saxony, Germany to Nicolaus Suchsland and Maria nee Preiser? influenza July 23rd, 1906 July 24th, 1906
Sophia Elisabeth Meyer near Gaylord Feb. 7th, 1842 in New Bremen, Ohio unreadable Feb. 1st, 1907 Feb. 3rd, 1907
Karoline Maria Beckmann Gaylord April 9th, 1875 in Nemaha Co., Neb. To Christian and Lydia Rockeman complications of childbirth Feb. 3rd, 1908 Feb. 6th, 1908
Haumann, Maria Elisabeth Gaylord Feb. 10th, 1882 in Wolfsburg bei Eisenach, Saxony, Germany to Nicolaus and Anna Dorothea Suchsmann tuberculosis March 29th, 1908 March 31st, 1908
Sophie Gebers Kensington May 2nd, 1821 in Schuesingen, Hanover, Germany old age Feb. 21st, 1910 Feb. 24th, 1910
Sophie Christine Albertina Westphal Gaylord July 14th, 1837 in Muhlsheim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany lung disease March 21st, 1911 March 23rd, 1911
Anna Maria Karolina Dorothea von Elling Gaylord July 5th, 1865 in Schuefedingen, Hanover, Germany lung disease April 3rd, 1911 April 5th, 1911
Ruth Emma Auguste Beckmann Gaylord Aug. 10th, 1915 in Gaylord not given Feb. 19th, 1916 Feb. 20th, 1916
Milo Jacob Fritz Geise R.R.#2, Athol Jan. 18th, 1918 in Athol pneumonia Jan. 30th, 1918 Feb. 1st, 1918
Emma Henning R.R.#2, Athol Sept. 13th, 1878 not given Nov. 16th, 1920 not given
Anna Hecht not given May 31st, 1861 not given April 1st. 1923 burial in Coldwater
Nettie Beckmann R.R.#2, Gaylord July 30th, 1890 not given June 22nd, 1923 not given
Elisabeth Westphal R.R.#4, Smith Center Dec., 25th, 1862 not given Aug. 9th, 1923 not given
Emilie Alwine Beckmann Lenora March 2nd, 1861 not given March 30th, 1925 April 3rd, 1925
Minnie Gebers Gaylord Jan. 1st, 1886 not given Aug. 31st, 1925 Sept. 3rd, 1925
Edward Reinhold Otto Stobbe Gaylord Dec. 24th, 1918 operation for appencitis March 18th, 1927 March 20th, 1927
Berthe Henning Gaylord Jan. 25th, 1865 cancer of kidneys Nov. 26th, 1928 not given
Carl Westphal Wichita Sept. 27th, 1857 cancer of stomach Jan. 13th, 1928 not given
Emilie Anna Emma Lydia Ackermann Albert March 29th, 1909 in Helena, Neb. blood poisoning Jan. 8th, 1929 not given
Dorothea Jensen Hammon, Okla. July 20th, 1845 in Schleswig, Germany heart attack April 4th, 1930 not given
William Meyer, sr. north of Gaylord Oct. 17th, 1863 in Guttenberg, Clayton Co., Iowa burned by explosion of a can of paint Oct. 12th, 1930 Oct. 14th, 1930
Henry Beckmann Gaylord March 12th, 1854 in Quincy, Ill. senility June 24th, 1931 June 26th, 1932
Myron Clyde Giese not given July 3rd, 1932 to Herman Giese pneumonia Feb. 4th, 1933 Feb. 6th, 1933
Mrs. William von Frieling not given Aug. 11th, 1871 nee Anna Katharina Meyer carcinoma of ovaries and peritonitis Sept. 12th, 1934 Sept. 15th, 1934
A. W. Dannenberg Gaylord June 6th, 1858 not given Nov. 15th, 1935 Nov. 19yh, 1935
Mrs. A. W. Dannenberg Gaylord July 6th, 1861 not given Oct. 17th, 1935 Oct. 20th, 1935
Mrs. Julius Beckmann not given Nov. 4th, 1884 nee Marie Sophia Sasse carcinoma Oct. 5th, 1936 Oct. 8th, 1936
Mrs. Henry Beckmann Sr. not given Jan. 29th, 1859 nee Maria Roggemann cerebral hemorrhage Oct. 24th, 1936 Oct. 27th, 1936
Henry Williasen Eggers not given Nov. 7th, 1885 artereosclerosis Oct. 26th, 1936 Oct. 28th, 1936
Marie Margaret Schiller nee Glock not given Aug. 19th, 1857 kidney stone Nov. 5th, 1937 Nov. 8th, 1937






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