Translations of some foreign terms found on the stones.
CATO TWP. | |
(1) Cato Heights Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(2) Gjerpen Cemetery | All tombstones photographed Oct. 2010 by Joan Geraldson |
(3) Grace Lutheran Church Cemetery | |
(4) Old Clark Mills Cemetery | |
(5) Our Savior Lutheran Cemetery | near Valders |
(6) St. Mary's Cemetery | near Clarks Mills |
(7) St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery | in Whitelaw |
CENTERVILLE TWP. | |
(8) Kassa Cemetery | Also called St. John's cemetery in many of the obits. It's run by the St. Johns Graveyard Ass'n. |
(9) St. George Catholic Church Cemetery | Began around 1861, the church was demolished in 1953 with only the cemetery remaining. |
(10) St. John Lutheran Cemetery | Now know as St. Johannes/St. George |
(11) St. John's Ebeneezer Reformed Church Cemetery | |
(12) St. John Reformed Church Cemetery | |
(13) St. Wendel Catholic Church Cemetery | |
(14)Saxon Cemetery |
COOPERSTOWN TWP. | |
(15)Eastside Cooperstown Township Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(16)St. James Catholic Cemetery | |
(17)St. John's Lutheran Cemetery | Rosecrans area |
(18)St. Wenceslaus Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(19)Westside Cooperstown Cemetery | Now belongs to St. John's church |
EATON TWP. | The Presbyterian church that served this area is now located at the Pinecrest Historical Village in Manitowoc co. |
(20)Eaton Union Cemetery | |
(21)St. Gregory Church Cemetery - St. Nazianz | Please read the sources page that comes up when you click on the cemetery |
(22)St. Gregory Church Death Records - St. Nazianz | Please read the sources page that comes up when you click on the cemetery |
(23)Society of the Divine Savior Cemetery | Oschwald Mausoleum & priest and brothers cemetery |
(24)Streckert Family Cemetery | |
(25)J. O. Tyler Cemetery | Although this cemetery was called the Niles Church Cemetery, it did not belong to the church. |
There was a Becker cemetery no longer in existence |
FRANKLIN TWP. | |
(26)St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(26A)Hubbard Cemetery | It measures 35' x 37', and is located approximately 1/2 mile west of the intersection of San and Hempton Lake Roads, on the north side of the road. |
GIBSON TWP. | |
(27)Jambo Creek Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(28)Larrabee Church Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(29)Melnik Presbyterian Cemetery | |
(30)St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(31)Town of Gibson Cemetery Association | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
KOSSUTH TWP. | |
(32)Knollwood Mausoleum | |
(33)Knollwood Memorial Gardens | |
(34)Kossuth Bohemian Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(35)Kossuth Evergreen Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(36)Kossuth National Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(37)Old First Baptist Cemetery | Began in 1850, the congregation moved to Manitowoc in 1943. Only the cemetery remains. Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(38)St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery | |
(39)St. Augustine's Catholic Cemetery/Reifs Cemetery |
LIBERTY TWP. | |
(40)Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery | |
(41)West Valders Cemetery | |
(42)Pleuss Family Cemetery & Schnell Family Cemetery |
MANITOWOC TWP. | |
(43)Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum | |
(43a)St. Mary Catholic Cemetery | This was known as the Polish Cemetery |
(43b)St. Mary Catholic Cemetery-Sisters Section | This was somehow missed when I originally put the cems. online. Found when updating the cems.-2011. |
(44)Evergreen Cemetery | Records at the cemetery only go back to 7/27/1860. Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(44a)Potters Field Section | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(44aa)County Hospital Section-Manitowoc Co. Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
MANITOWOC RAPIDS TWP | |
(45)Branch Evergreen Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(46)Franciscan Sisters Cemetery | There are a number of lay people buried in the Sisters cemetery also. |
(47)St. Joseph Alverno Cemetery | Also called the Silver Lake cemetery |
(48)Old St. Mary's Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
MAPLE GROVE TWP. | |
(49)Emanuel Evangelical - E.U.B. Cemetery | |
(50)Friedens U.C.C. Cemetery | in Reedsville To find on findagrave.com it's called Frieden Cemetery |
(51)Holy Trinity Kasson Cemetery | The church, established in 1875, was located in the village of Kasson. Over time the congregation diminished until in 1961 the church was torn down leaving only the cemetery. The records of the church were subsequently moved to St. Mary Parish in Brillion, WI. |
(52)Kasson Evergreen | |
(53)St. John - St. James Ev. Lutheran Church Cemetery | in Reedsville - Old part #53 new part #76, Rockland twp. |
(54)St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery (Old Section) | in Reedsville - Old part #54 new part #77, Rockland twp. |
(55)St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery |
MEEME TWP. | |
(56)Bethel UCC Church Cemetery | |
(57)Holy Trinity Cemetery - School Hill | |
(58)Meeme Center Cemetery | |
(59)St. Fidelis Catholic Cemetery | Started with a log church around 1857, with a school being added in 1858. In 1875 new facilities were built which served until 1960 at which time because of the small membership and the condition of the buildings the membership and the students were transferred to Osman Wisconsin. The church was demolished, but the cemetery remains. |
(60)St. Isidore Catholic CemeteryThe cemetery adjoining St. Isadore's | St. Isidore is now St. Thomas The Apostle See cemetery #71A |
(61)St. James United Church of Christ Cemetery | Spring Valley, aka St. Jacobi, aka Bohne's cemetery |
MISHICOT TWP. | |
(62)Holy Cross I | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(63)Holy Cross II | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(64)Maack Cemetery | Tombstone photos here |
(65)National Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(66)St. Mary Catholic | aka St. Isidore the Farmer Parish Cemetery |
(66a)Progressive Farmers | I've sorted this one from St. Mary. They are side by side but separated by a road. |
(67)Saxonburg Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
NEWTON TWP. | |
(68)Newton Methodist Cemetery | Now Zion Methodist Cemetery |
(69)St. Casimir Church, Northeim | |
(70)St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery | |
(71)St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery | There is no longer a church with this cemetery. Beginning in 1947, the members began worshiping at the St. John Evangelical Lutheran church. |
(71A)St. Thomas The Apostle Cemetery | This is a new Catholic Church that is located on 8100 Brunner Rd Newton, WI, with an adjoining cemetery. |
(72)St. Peter Catholic Cemetery | The first church burned and was rebuilt. The new building was used until 1929, when it was sold and torn down. |
(73)Salem Ebenezer Reformed Church Cemetery |
ROCKLAND TWP. | The Presbyterian church that served this area is now located at the Pinecrest Historical Village in Manitowoc co. |
(74)Friedens Cemetery | |
(75)Rockland Cemetery | |
(76)St. John - St. James Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery | in Reedsville down the road from old part #53 in Maple Grove twp |
(77)St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery | Also known now as Holy Family Cemetery |
(78)St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery | |
(79)Zion Evergreen |
SCHLESWIG TWP. | |
(80)Bethel Methodist | |
(81)Bethlehem UCC Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(81A)Hillside Cemetery | This is a new cemetery in Schleswig twp. |
(82)Kiel Public Cemetery | |
(83)St. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery | |
(84)Schleswig Cemetery | |
(85)Ucker Cemetery | |
(86)Union Cemetery | Union cemetery history This is posted in the cemetery. |
(87)Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery | Louis Corners |
TWO CREEKS TWP. | There are no known existing cemeteries in this township. |
TWO RIVERS TWP. | |
(88)Tannery Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
The city records are integrated into the following transcriptions to give you the most information possible. City info is in brackets.[ ] | See a short history below this table |
(89A)Pioneer Rest Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. The dividing line between Pioneer and Calvary is a row of trees that run on the right side of the bandstand. |
(89B)Calvary Cemetery | Tombstone photos - right click and save what you need. |
(89C)Forest View Cemetery | Photographed by Jim summer/fall 2011 |
(89D)Holy Cross Cemetery | Photographed by Jim summer/fall 2011 |
(89E)Neshoto Cemetery | There was a church on the 1878 plat map in Neshoto and it was located on the corner of Johnston Dr. and Hwy B, about where River Falls restaurant is located. This is in Section 29 and was owned by 2 gentlemen who essentially owned the whole section. According to one of the burials at Neshoto the newspaper said the cem. was next to the church. Located by Rev. Bruce Huffer |
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY | |
(90)Schwarzwald Cemetery | This cemetery was the nearest for the people who lived near the county line. Many Manitowoc county people are in it. |
"If The Tombstone Could Talk What A Tale It Would Weave" No, the City of Two Rivers is not including a mystery novel here in this year's calendar. Yet, there are many tales that could be told here in our City owned cemeteries. Buried here are many of the hard working pioneers of Two Rivers. Most of them were "common folk" with tales of many hardships as they picked up their roots and made their way to the "new world" Early records are very incomplete and little is known on the cemeteries' beginnings. The earliest known burial is that of Henry Stockwell, who died in 1847. there were people in this area before that time, so it is possible that the cemetery was formed even before that. Pioneers' Rest and Calvary Cemeteries make up the "old cemetery" as it is known by local folk. Originally, there was an area of the "old cemetery" known as "Potter's Field." Here persons who lived in the Town or City of Two Rivers had the right to a free burial. The "new cemetery", Holy Cross and Forest View, were formed about 1909. A tale of a sad tragedy happened October 28,, 1887, when the S.S. Vernon sank off the coast of Two Rivers and all but one of the 40 persons aboard drowned. Eight sailors, who were never identified, are buried in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery. A monument was erected by the local people in their memory, and in 1965 the Two Rivers Historical Society erected another marker including more information. One of the most well known landmarks in the cemeteries is the "Voshardt Mausoleum" which was built in 1914. "A first-class piece of work in every respect" is what H.F. Voshardt of Chicago, Illinois had commissioned Chas. G. Blake & Co. to construct. The mausoleum has a white polished marble interior with sixteen entombments within, the surnames of: Voshardt, Kahlenberg, and Mueller. It was decided in 1923 that the City owned cemeteries needed names, so a contest was held. The City Council choose the names from all entries and awarded $5.00 to Miss Minta Schneider, daughter of Henry Schneider, Sexton, for her submission of "Forest View" and $5.00 was awarded to Thomas Hayes, son of Alderman Hayes, for his submission of "Pioneers' Rest." Originally, Calvary and Holy Cross Cemeteries were owned by The Catholic Cemetery Society of Two Rivers. With permission granted by Bishop Paul Rohde, these cemeteries were turned over to the City in 1929. Because records were very poorly kept in the early days and vandalism of the old tombstones, there are several "unknown" burials. Now with over 11,000 burials, The City of Two Rivers has installed a computer in the Cemetery Office. All records will be entered and rechecked for accuracy. Already, a couple of "unknown" graves have been identified by sorting through the old books and records. Year round the Cemetery Department consists of three full time employees and one part-time secretary. To keep the grounds mowed, trimmed, and looking great, addition part-time people are added during the warmer months. We wish to invite you to take a walk through your City Cemeteries and see for yourself the history that surrounds you and the beautifully kept grounds. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or visit our office. James Presl, Sexton (Note: I have no date for this. The cemetery office said was written at least 20 years ago.)
by Kay Nooker(former Secretary) and James Presl (past Sexton)
