Salem Cemetery, Fresno County, CA Submitted by Cedric Reese 18 Jan 2006 This file is part of the California Tombstone Project http://www.usgwtombstones.org/california/californ.html ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. ********************************************************************** No one at the District Office knew the date the Salem Cemetery was began but it is thought started by the Salem Church about one-half mile south of East Jensen avenue and South McCall Avenue intersection on the East side of the road almost a mile away from the Salem Cemetery, Sanger, Fresno County, California. The current records were only created when the Sanger Del Rey Cemetery District took possession about 30 years ago. There is some thought it is more a "family plot" for the early German settlers in the South West Sanger region. The earliest buried appears to be 1909. One plot paper I saw had 1927 on it. I found two Headstones not in the Salem Cemetery records; Georg Andreas Hepfner and Marie C. Steitz. The recorded birth date for George Eckhardt differs from the headstone - written records are 5/13/1852 and the headstone is 5/13/1853. One unreadable headstone found is believed to read Marie Schwant, however this may actually be the gravestone for the grave record of Issat Schwant. I did not find a headstone for Issat Schwant. Marie Schwant is next to the unreadable headstone for August Schwant. The cemetery has no birth or death dates for August or Issat Schwant. Last Name First Name Birthdate Deathdate Age Other Information Eckhardt George 5/13/1853 11/16/1919 Block 1. Lot 20, Grave 3 Ferreira Edna A. 1/23/1917 2/19/1998 Beloved Wife & Mother – Anthony N., Block 26, Grave 2 Ferreira Anthony N. 1914 1981 Beloved Husband & Father – Edna A. Block 1, Lot 20, Grave 4 Hepfner Georg Andreas 10/5/1875 11/7/1916 Names and Dates in German – Last name and Months not clearly translated Kinzel Fred 1932 JR (Initials Upper RH) could be Jr. Block 1, Lot 21, Grave 7 Kister Emma 7/23/1910 11/7/1999 Alex and Emma – Image Grapes and Roses Kister Alex 8/12/1909 10/18/1987 Alex and Emma – Image Grapes and Roses, Block 1, Lot 22, Grave 3 Locke Fred 1874 1959 Father, with Mother Marie Locke Marie K. 1870 1913 Mother, with Father Fred Metzler Walter 7/16/1897 12/28/1918 Mary and Walter Metzler Metzler Sophia M. 7/17/1903 1/23/1991 In Memory of our Mom and Grandma Metzler Mary E. 4/20/1855 9/9/1932 Metzler Wilhelm 6/2/1913 0y0m15d Died June 2, 1913, Aged 15 Days Metzler Sophie K. 1837 1927 Metzler Mike 6/16/1862 1/18/1926 Block 1, Lot 24, Grave 5 Metzler Janet Nadine 7/11/1930 11/9/1931 Metzler Peter M. 6/2/1886 9/9/1982 In Memory of our Dad and Grandpa Metzler Mary 2/19/1899 12/25/1918 Mary and Walter Metzler Metzler Plot Christena 3/17/1888 12/17/1918 Metzler Plot – No last name headstone Infant Son 1918 Metzler Plot Christena – Infant Son 1918 Metzler Plot – Infant Son 1918 buried with Christena Scheidt Joanne 6/19/1938 9/30/1998 Block 1, Lot 23, Grave 6 Scheidt Donald Howard 11/3/1938 11/5/1998 Best Daddy, Papa, Brother, Uncle, Friend – symbols Peach Block 1, Lot 23, Grave 7 Scheidt Anna Christina 2/1/1915 5/17/1994 Block 1, Lot 23, Grave 5 Schwant Marie C. unreadable unreadable Same person as Issat Schwant ??? Marker Not legible – There is no Marie Schant in Cemetery Records. Schwant Issat - - Marker not legible, Block 1, Lot 33, Grave 2, side-by-side August Schwant Schwant August unreadable unreadable Marker not legible, Block 1, Lot 33, Grave 1, side-by-side Issat Schwant Shirley Evelyn Francis 1/27/1927 3/28/2004 No grave marker, Block 1, Lot 23, Grave 4 Steitz Marie C. 1874 1924 Mother Winter Margareta 7/15/1871 5/17/1921 Block 1, Lot 1, Grave 6 Winter Peter D. 8/9/1861 7/30/1947 Block 1, Lot 1, Grave 4 Winter Katharina 2/7/1865 5/29/1909 Blk 1, Lot 1, Grave 2 – Gute Nacht! Ich will sehn, was Jesus macht. (translation) Good night! I want to see what Jesus is doing. (Gate image ) At Rest Heaven