I live in Eastern Wisconsin. My ancestral surnames include: Barts, Boerner (Börner), Csida, Dambrowski, Edwards, Gaedtke, Gerber, Haynes, Hinman, Hoehnke (Höhnke), Homan, Igowski, Koeppen (Köppen), Kolberg, Konz, Lasickza, Marsh, Pospychala, Siede, Soczka, Stencil, Szczerba, Winkel, Witte, Wood, among others.

I'm not related to the majority of the memorials I've added. If you are a relative, and would like to have a memorial transferred to you, just ask. Include your FindAGrave ID#.

If you add grave photos to a memorial, please submit the necessary edits to the memorial, to reflect any new or different information found on the gravestones or at the graveside. Many memorials are created based on death or burial records, and a photo of the gravestone may reveal slightly different information. Please update the memorial to match the gravestone. (I am not notified when a photo is added to a memorial, unless I'm the one requesting a photo.)

If you have any edits or corrections to a particular memorial, please use the FindAGrave edit system to submit these. I usually respond promptly. And I do verify the edits I receive, as I would expect others to do, on any edits I submit. Misinformation spreads like wildfire. We should all do our research and be able to verify the information sent and received, and do our best to make sure the information is accurate.

Note that I will not always accept edits that connect a memorial to a parent or spouse with an unknown burial location. Quoting FindAGrave regarding this:

"Burial Details Unknown: Find a Grave's purpose is to catalog and make available final disposition information. If burial information is unknown for an individual, Find a Grave is probably not the right place for their information."

If you have any other questions or anything else to add, just contact me through FindAGrave or through the memorial in question.

∼If you're looking for obituaries in Sheboygan county, note that these are available on Microfilm at the Sheboygan Mead Public Library, in Sheboygan city, at the 2nd floor genealogy department. Several newspapers are printed in the German language.

The following historical newspapers and date ranges are available at the Sheboygan Mead Public Library, on Microfilm:

• Evening Telegram/Sheboygan Telegram: Sept. 6, 1887 - Aug. 2, 1921
• Evergreen City Times/Sheboygan Times: Mar. 24, 1854 - Oct. 22, 1898
• Lake Shore Advocate: Mar. 23, 1859 - Oct. 5, 1859
• National Demokrat: Feb. 16, 1861 - Feb. 15, 1862; May 27, 1875 - July 14, 1932
• National Demokrat and Sheboygan Zeitung: May 29, 1873 - May 20, 1875
• New Deal: May 4, 1934 - May 15, 1936
• Nieuwsbode: Jul 12, 1853 - May 8, 1861
• Northwestern Record: Aug 7 & 21, 1867
• Plymouth Correspondent: Jan 16, 1890 - May 19, 1898
• Plymouth Reporter: Oct 8, 1872 - Jan 21, 1927
• Plymouth Review: Nov 13, 1895 - Apr 29, 1971
• Plymouth Sun: Oct 14, 1881 - Nov 3, 1882
• Saturday Star: Jan 7, 1899 - Dec 26, 1903
• Sheboygan Amerika: May 28, 1903 - Jan 4, 1936; Jul 19, 1939
• Sheboygan County Herald: Sep 11, 1867 - Nov 12, 1868
• Sheboygan County News: Aug 28, 1878 - Feb 28, 1957
• Sheboygan Herald: Jul 16, 1869 - Jan 10, 1927
• Sheboygan Journal: Jul 17, 1856 - Jul 13, 1865; Sep 14, 1891 - Dec 20, 1891
• Sheboygan Lake Journal: Jul 9, 1851 - Jun 10, 1856
• Sheboygan Mercury/Weekly Mercury: Feb 19, 1849 - Jul 17, 1852
• Sheboygan Press: Dec 17, 1907 - present
• Sheboygan Volksblatt: Dec 24, 1898 - May 10, 1905
• Sheboygan Zeitung und Sheboygan Tribune/Sheboygan Zeitung: Jul 23, 1880 - Apr 1927
• Sheboygan Zeitung-Tageblatt: Jul 1, 1898 - Jun 30, 1902

Only the Sheboygan Telegram (starting from 1887) and the Sheboygan Press (starting from 1907) are available online - on Newspapers.com. All other historical newspapers are available only on Microfilm at the library.

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2024-2025: I have personally walked and largely to fully photograped a number of rural cemeteries in the area including:

• Concord Cemetery, Howards Grove.
• Saint Paul Cemetery, Howards Grove.
• Salem Plankroad UCC Cemetery, Sheboygan Falls.
• Saint Lucas Lutheran Cemetery, Sheboygan Falls.
• Saint Marks Cemetery, Mosel.**
• Saint Pauls Cemetery, Mosel.
• Saint Wendel Catholic Cemetery, Cleveland.*

∼2025-2026 (currently in progress): Wildwood Cemetery, City of Sheboygan. I am currently working to fully add all burial records to this cemetery. The burial records are online here: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/genealogy/cem70.htm.

This work-in-process should be completed in 2026. Note that these are added from burial listings, and there may be mistakes, errors, misspellings, etc, which is typical for burial records. Feel free to contact me concerning any questions about memorials within Wildwood Cemetery in Sheboygan.

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About my virtual cemeteries.

Citizens of Early Sheboygan County History

This virtual cemetery lists many Early Settlers, Pioneers and Prominent & Representative Citizens in Sheboygan County History.

The people here have notable biographies or biographical sketches recorded as part of the history of Sheboygan. These biographies provide significant detail and information about the individuals, their lives, their families, and their importance to, or their role in, the history of Sheboygan. The biographies are found online here: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/genealogy/1.htm

I am working to add a memorial and biography, to FindAGrave, for each and every one of these individuals. This is a rather lengthy list and is still a work in progress. (Will update here when the project is completed).

Sheboygan's Captains of the Great Lakes.

This virtual cemetery includes many of Sheboygan's well-known Captains who sailed the Great Lakes, as well as several of Sheboygan's ship builders, ship owners, pioneer fisherman, and drowned sailors.

I find the maritime history of Sheboygan to be fascinating, and the lives of these captains even more so. I have done extensive research on these captains. If you ever have time to read some very fascinating stories, these captains have had some amazing adventures!

I recommend reading about Capt. Edward McGraw. He sailed the Cape of Good Hope; he saw Napoleon'grave; and he crossed African mountains barefoot.

There's also Capt. Rasmus Johnson. He sailed the Cape Horn; and sailed to Egypt, where he saw a live camel.

There's also Capt. John Kane. He survived, but was severely injured, when the "Cortland" sunk in Lake Erie on June 20, 1868. He witnessed the hungry Lake swallow humanity that day, as several hundreds souls were lost.

Capt. John Olson sailed the sea worldwide, beginning his career at Fano Island, and having sailed both Cape Horn and the Cape Of Good Hope.

There's also Capt. Oley Groh, of the U. S. Life Saving Station, the precursor of the Coast Guard. Capt. Groh and his life saving crew are responsible for saving many lives and many rescues.

Capt. John Thompson was aboard the ship "Mary" when she sunk in the Atlantic Ocean on Feb 15, 1854. Capt. Thompson and the survivors floated for 5 days upon the ocean before they were rescued.

And then there's Captain Edward Jonathan Stoakes. He was killed instantly in an accident in the harbor at Goderich, Canada. He was only 24 years old.

He had some very good friends, the best you could ask for, who cared for him deeply. His obituary is heart-rending, emotional and moving.

• Capt. Edward Jonathan Stoakes: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26682475/edward-jonathan-stoakes