Tombstone Tuesday – 02/16/10

 

Adam [?]eist
June 23, 1829?
Nov. 1, 19[?]8

Adam is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Bloomington.

Tombstone Tuesday – 09/08/09

John G.
Kober
1915-1918

Genevieve
Kober
1906-1907

John and Genevieve are buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Bloomington.

Tombstone Tuesday – 09/01/09

The Hertschuh family, buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Bloomington.

 

Sebastian
Hertschuh,
Died Oct. 16, 1893,
Aged 71 years.

Elizabeth Blanke,
Wife of
Sebastian
Hertschuh,
Died Feb. 6, 1899,
Aged 76 years.

Tombstone Tuesday – 08/25/09

This is a tombstone for Anna Maria.  The surname is partially in the ground and is covered by grass.  I’m guessing she was a child when she died since there is a lamb on the stone.  She is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Bloomington.

Tombstone Tuesday – 08/18/09

This tombstone is a little hard to read.  It is that of Emma Imbach.  It looks like Emma was born in 1863 and died in 1881.  Emma is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Bloomington.

Tombstone Tuesday – 08/11/09

This tombstone is for Harry Marskey(?) who died 6 February 1887.  Harry is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Bloomington.

Tombstone Tuesday – 08/04/09

The inscription is very faint and is written in German.  From what I can tell, the stone is for Joseph Pebry(?), who was born in October 1905 and died in February 1906.  Joseph is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Bloomington.

Robert Joseph Durst Dauber (1970-1973)

The topic for the August 2009 edition of the Graveyard Rabbits Carnival is: favorite photo.

Choose your favorite cemetery-related photo and bring it to the carnival. Post the photo to your blog, along with a short description of the photo, where it was taken, and why it’s your favorite.

These photos were taken just the other day during a tour of St. Joseph’s Cemetery, in Bloomington.  Rain was on it’s way so I just began to snap photos without really paying much attention to what I was photographing.  It wasn’t until I went back to the photos that I noticed something I hadn’t noticed when I took these two photos.

Upon first glance, you see the a small statue of a child, one the backside of the headstone.  But if you look closer, you can see that the child is cradling a bird.  What I think is neat about this photo, is that there is dried-out grass around the bird, which looks like a nest.  So it looks like the child is holding a nest with a bird in it.

The headstone and statue belong to Robert Joseph Durst Dauber, who was born 11 October 1970 and died 7 May 1973.

Preserving Cemetery Data in Bloomington-Normal Cemeteries

There are many ways in which we can preserve cemeteries.. When we think of preservation, we often think of physical restoration-type activities.  But the type of preservation project this article discusses is something we rabbits do all the time:  collect and preserve cemetery data.

Data can be in many forms, from various sources, and presented in several ways.  Of the most popular are gravestone data, such as photographs, transcriptions, and rubbings.  Another form of data comes from the collection transcription of actual cemetery records.

There are so many projects going on across the globe.  Cemeteries aren't getting any younger and preserving the data is becoming dire.  Data is showing up in many ways, from traditional books to various types of websites, such as Find A Grave.

In terms of Bloomington-Normal cemeteries, much work has been done by the McLean County Genealogical Society.  There are currently 20 volumes of cemetery records for McLean County compiled and more on the way.  Below is a listing of the volumes that pertain to Bloomington-Normal cemeteries:

• Volume 3 - Bloomington Township Cemeteries  (B-N cemeteries covered in this volume: Blooming Grove, Grassy Ridge, Jewish, Orendorff, Woodlawn)
• Volume 5 - Dale Township Cemeteries (B-N cemeteries covered in this volume: Scogin Hill)
• Volume 8 - Dry Grove Township Cemeteries (B-N cemeteries covered in this volume: East Twin Grove, Lantz)
• Volume 10 - Old Town & Downs Township Cemeteries (B-N cemeteries covered in this volume: Bishop)
• Volumes 14-1 to 14-3 - St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
• Volume 15 - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
• Volume 17 - Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
• Volume 19 - Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
• Volume 20 - Park Hill Cemetery

All of these books are available in the MCGS library or can be ordered using this form.

This article was written for the May 2009 edition of the  Graveyard Rabbits Carnival.