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| Pioneer
Rock
Cemetery (aka Ceres or Independence cemetery) Ceres, Sec. 34, NW/SW Garnavillo twp. |
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Ceres cemetery
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Bachaus, Henry | 1833 | 07/23/1898 | |
| Bachaus, Mary | 1844 | 11/04/1919 | |
| Backhaus, Carl H. | 1837 | 06/26/1917 | |
| Backhaus, Hanna | 1819 | 1866 | |
| Backhaus, Katherine | 1844 | 11/17/1911 | |
| Bauer, Carl | 1811 | 11/18/1889 | |
| Bierbaum, Anna F. | 1862 | 03/04/1910 | |
| Bierbaum, Gerhard H. | 1825 | 11/23/1907 | |
| Bierbaum, Caroline M. M. | 1836 | 03/17/1917 | |
| Clefisch, Anna | 1879 | 1898 | |
| Clefisch, Elmer | (no dates) | ||
| Clefisch, Herbert F. | 03/16/1906 | 01/04/1929 | |
| Clefisch, Sophia N. | 1879 | 05/15/1901 | |
| Duwe, August | 1866 | 09/15/1928 | |
| Duwe, Henry | 1833 | 11/06/1896 | |
| Duwe, Louise | 1838 | 11/06/1920 | |
| Hagen, Henry | 1856 | 1936 | |
| Hagensick, Anna | 1831 | 1880 | lot 20 |
| Hagensick, J. Mathias | 1826 | 1897 | lot 20 |
| Hagensick, Margeretha | 1826 | 1862 | lot 20 |
| Hagensick, Wilthelmina | 1841 | 1863 | lot 20 |
| Lewin, Ernastina | 1869 | 1899 | lot 43 |
| Lewin, Fredericka | 1855 | 04/04/1889 | |
| Lewin, Hildegard | 1892 | 1910 | lot 43 |
| Lewin, John | 1851 | 1927 | lot 43 |
| Lewin, Maria | 1838 | 08/15/1906 | lot 43 |
| Lewin, William | 1827 | 01/18/1896 | lot 43 |
| Muller, Johann | 1867 | 11/30/1886 | lot 21 |
| Niemann, Hermann H. | 1801 | 06/22/1890 | lot 2 |
| Niemann, Gerhardt | 1848 | 1932 | lot 15 |
| Niemann, Maria Engel | 1817 | 10/02/1909 | lot 2 |
| Overbeck, A. N. | 1860 | 11/06/1912 | lot 40 |
| Overbeck, Catharina | 1816 | 07/31/1886 | lot 40 |
| Overbeck, Johann A. | 1813 | 01/03/1868 | lot 40 |
| Overbeck, Katherine A. | 1862 | 05/12/1900 | lot 40 |
| Overbeck, Marie E. | 1845 | 04/12/1862 | lot 40 |
| Overbeck, Marie G. | 1849 | 12/16/1867 | lot 40 |
| Palas, Anlieas | 1788 | 10/22/1868 | |
| Plevisch, Engel | 1849 | 1933 | lot 24 |
| Plevisch, John J. | 1848 | 1920 | |
| Putzier, Carl | 1823 | 09/29/1902 | lot 65 |
| Putzier, Marie | 1822 | 08/15/1905 | lot 65 |
| Sadwasser, Aug | 1858 | 11/05/1882 | |
| Schall, Fred'k. | 1842 | 06/01/1902 | lot 63 |
| Schall, Joachim | 1835 | lot 63 | |
| Schlake, Elizabeth | 1811 | 09/04/1895 | lot 3 |
| Schlake, Joseph | 1823 | 11/15/1896 | lot 3 |
| Schlake, Lenore | 1800 | 12/13/1884 | lot 3 |
| Schmidt, J. H. | 1842 | 09/22/1863 | lot 48 |
| Schroeder, Albert | 1880 | 04/12/1908 | lot 14 |
| Schroeder, Caroline M. | 1864 | 02/16/1898 | lot 45 |
| Schroeder, Henrietta | 1821 | 03/06/1903 | lot 45 [see obit board] |
| Schroeder, J. F. | 1822 | 01/31/1888 | lot 46 |
| Schroeder, Wilhelm | 11/17/1887 | 04/21/1908 | lot 44 |
| Schutte, Anna Marie | 1823 | 05/27/1905 | lot 17 |
| Schutte, Heinrich | 1818 | 11/07/1893 | lot 17 |
| Thiese, Ferdinand Otto 'Ferdy' | 12/22/1914 | 12/24/1999 | [see Obituary Board] |
| Thiese, Gertrude L. | 10/02/1917 | 04/??/2000 | |
| Tuecke, Fred'k | 1806 | 05/17/1884 | lot 11 |
| Tuecke, Joseph | 1848 | 05/30/1896 | lot 52 (??) |
| Tuecke, Joseph Henry | 1851 | 10/10/1905 | |
| Tuecke, Maria | 1816 | 05/25/1863 | lot 11 |
| Tuecke, William F. | 1893 | 1921 | lot 52 |
| Walke, Anna | 1845 | 1899 | lot 5 |
| Walke, Catherine | 1803 | 05/01/1828 | lot 5 |
| Walke, Johann J. | 1864 | 10/28/1881 | lot 5 |
| Walke, John H. | 1834 | 03/24/1896 | lot 4 |
| Walke, Louisa | 1875 | 11/15/1899 | lot 22 |
| Walke, Maria M. | 1844 | 04/10/1864 | lot 5 |
| Walke, Wilhelmina | 1847 | 11/21/1920 | lot 5 |
| Wench, Heinrich | 1802 | 1882 | lot 32 |
| Wench, Wilhelmina | 1847 | 1883 | lot 32 |
| Wench, Wilhelmina | 1858 | 03/30/1936 | lot 32 |
| Winch, Ernest | 1834 | 08/19/1896 | lot 32 |
| Winch, George | 1880 | 1909 | lot 32 |
-source: WPA cemetery records unless
otherwise noted
-transcribed & submitted by Phyllis Montour
-note: comments found in [brackets] were added by the submitter
or the Clayton co. coordinator; comments found in (parenthesis)
or not enclosed, are from the WPA records
Important notice to researchers: WPA records are known to be
incomplete & may contain errors - please use as a guide only