Michael Von der Porten
- Member for
- 15 years 2 months 16 days
- Find a Grave ID
Bio
I am in Santa Rosa, California.
My mother's father's family is the Corrick family out of West Virginia where the Battle of Corrick's Ford was fought in 1861. My mom's mother's family comes from the Hungarian Jewish community of northern Chicago.
My father's family comes out of the Hamburg, Germany area (grandfather) and the Munich, Germany area (grandmother). They came to the US between WW I and WW II.
Names of interest include
Corrick,
Von der Porten,
Sohnle,
Rosenbaum,
Rusnak,
Wolfskill,
Cox,
Beasley,
Marteney.
I am quite interested in the Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery including the mausoleum. I am working on getting all people in the mausoleum into Find-A-Grave. (This can be visited, but you have to ask for a key or help -- not as easy as borrowing a key for the other mausoleums at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.)
Here's the link to the virtual cemetery:
https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1419021
I am actively working on adding GPS throughout the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Maryjo Weller Kingsbury (Josway) passed away in 2023. She had put many people into the IOOF records, but that was before GPS. Interested in helping? Contact me!
I have also organized and led walking tours of the SR Odd Fellows Lawn and Lot Cemeteries. Of course, we can only highlight a few stories, but there are millions of stories behind those stones.
When I add photos, I often include one area view so people can get an idea where the grave is located. And, I love to get GPS added in!
A new (2024?) feature is that if you add a photo taken with a smart phone that has GPS, when the photo is uploaded, the GPS is "read" into Find A Grave! So, when I find a memorial that is missing GPS, but has a photo, I often add a new photo to get the GPS entered. In some cases, the photo may almost duplicate an existing photo, but often it's 10 years later, so there is value in seeing how the marker has changed. As of November 2025, the GPS of the IOOF Lawn Cemetery is just about complete.
In adding thousands of photos in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, I don't have time to carefully clean each stone. My goal is that the legend is visible. If you'd like a really clean photo of a monument, let me know.
Big thanks to those who have helped me with photo requests --across the USA and even to Europe.
I am also active with the Sonoma County Historical Society and the Drake Navigators Guild.
Feel free to contact me about anything of interest.
My mother's father's family is the Corrick family out of West Virginia where the Battle of Corrick's Ford was fought in 1861. My mom's mother's family comes from the Hungarian Jewish community of northern Chicago.
My father's family comes out of the Hamburg, Germany area (grandfather) and the Munich, Germany area (grandmother). They came to the US between WW I and WW II.
Names of interest include
Corrick,
Von der Porten,
Sohnle,
Rosenbaum,
Rusnak,
Wolfskill,
Cox,
Beasley,
Marteney.
I am quite interested in the Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery including the mausoleum. I am working on getting all people in the mausoleum into Find-A-Grave. (This can be visited, but you have to ask for a key or help -- not as easy as borrowing a key for the other mausoleums at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.)
Here's the link to the virtual cemetery:
https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1419021
I am actively working on adding GPS throughout the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Maryjo Weller Kingsbury (Josway) passed away in 2023. She had put many people into the IOOF records, but that was before GPS. Interested in helping? Contact me!
I have also organized and led walking tours of the SR Odd Fellows Lawn and Lot Cemeteries. Of course, we can only highlight a few stories, but there are millions of stories behind those stones.
When I add photos, I often include one area view so people can get an idea where the grave is located. And, I love to get GPS added in!
A new (2024?) feature is that if you add a photo taken with a smart phone that has GPS, when the photo is uploaded, the GPS is "read" into Find A Grave! So, when I find a memorial that is missing GPS, but has a photo, I often add a new photo to get the GPS entered. In some cases, the photo may almost duplicate an existing photo, but often it's 10 years later, so there is value in seeing how the marker has changed. As of November 2025, the GPS of the IOOF Lawn Cemetery is just about complete.
In adding thousands of photos in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, I don't have time to carefully clean each stone. My goal is that the legend is visible. If you'd like a really clean photo of a monument, let me know.
Big thanks to those who have helped me with photo requests --across the USA and even to Europe.
I am also active with the Sonoma County Historical Society and the Drake Navigators Guild.
Feel free to contact me about anything of interest.
I am in Santa Rosa, California.
My mother's father's family is the Corrick family out of West Virginia where the Battle of Corrick's Ford was fought in 1861. My mom's mother's family comes from the Hungarian Jewish community of northern Chicago.
My father's family comes out of the Hamburg, Germany area (grandfather) and the Munich, Germany area (grandmother). They came to the US between WW I and WW II.
Names of interest include
Corrick,
Von der Porten,
Sohnle,
Rosenbaum,
Rusnak,
Wolfskill,
Cox,
Beasley,
Marteney.
I am quite interested in the Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery including the mausoleum. I am working on getting all people in the mausoleum into Find-A-Grave. (This can be visited, but you have to ask for a key or help -- not as easy as borrowing a key for the other mausoleums at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.)
Here's the link to the virtual cemetery:
https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1419021
I am actively working on adding GPS throughout the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Maryjo Weller Kingsbury (Josway) passed away in 2023. She had put many people into the IOOF records, but that was before GPS. Interested in helping? Contact me!
I have also organized and led walking tours of the SR Odd Fellows Lawn and Lot Cemeteries. Of course, we can only highlight a few stories, but there are millions of stories behind those stones.
When I add photos, I often include one area view so people can get an idea where the grave is located. And, I love to get GPS added in!
A new (2024?) feature is that if you add a photo taken with a smart phone that has GPS, when the photo is uploaded, the GPS is "read" into Find A Grave! So, when I find a memorial that is missing GPS, but has a photo, I often add a new photo to get the GPS entered. In some cases, the photo may almost duplicate an existing photo, but often it's 10 years later, so there is value in seeing how the marker has changed. As of November 2025, the GPS of the IOOF Lawn Cemetery is just about complete.
In adding thousands of photos in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, I don't have time to carefully clean each stone. My goal is that the legend is visible. If you'd like a really clean photo of a monument, let me know.
Big thanks to those who have helped me with photo requests --across the USA and even to Europe.
I am also active with the Sonoma County Historical Society and the Drake Navigators Guild.
Feel free to contact me about anything of interest.
My mother's father's family is the Corrick family out of West Virginia where the Battle of Corrick's Ford was fought in 1861. My mom's mother's family comes from the Hungarian Jewish community of northern Chicago.
My father's family comes out of the Hamburg, Germany area (grandfather) and the Munich, Germany area (grandmother). They came to the US between WW I and WW II.
Names of interest include
Corrick,
Von der Porten,
Sohnle,
Rosenbaum,
Rusnak,
Wolfskill,
Cox,
Beasley,
Marteney.
I am quite interested in the Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery including the mausoleum. I am working on getting all people in the mausoleum into Find-A-Grave. (This can be visited, but you have to ask for a key or help -- not as easy as borrowing a key for the other mausoleums at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.)
Here's the link to the virtual cemetery:
https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1419021
I am actively working on adding GPS throughout the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Maryjo Weller Kingsbury (Josway) passed away in 2023. She had put many people into the IOOF records, but that was before GPS. Interested in helping? Contact me!
I have also organized and led walking tours of the SR Odd Fellows Lawn and Lot Cemeteries. Of course, we can only highlight a few stories, but there are millions of stories behind those stones.
When I add photos, I often include one area view so people can get an idea where the grave is located. And, I love to get GPS added in!
A new (2024?) feature is that if you add a photo taken with a smart phone that has GPS, when the photo is uploaded, the GPS is "read" into Find A Grave! So, when I find a memorial that is missing GPS, but has a photo, I often add a new photo to get the GPS entered. In some cases, the photo may almost duplicate an existing photo, but often it's 10 years later, so there is value in seeing how the marker has changed. As of November 2025, the GPS of the IOOF Lawn Cemetery is just about complete.
In adding thousands of photos in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, I don't have time to carefully clean each stone. My goal is that the legend is visible. If you'd like a really clean photo of a monument, let me know.
Big thanks to those who have helped me with photo requests --across the USA and even to Europe.
I am also active with the Sonoma County Historical Society and the Drake Navigators Guild.
Feel free to contact me about anything of interest.
Contributions
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