Old Settlers Cemetery, Cook County, Illinois
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Copyright 1999 Brian Litteral
Old Settlers Cemetery
Located in present-day Berkeley, Cook County, IL
As recorded and translated by Brian Litteral. All rights are
reserved by the Author.
The Old Settlers Cemetery was formerly known as the Bohlander
Family Burial Grounds.
The property was donated by Peter Bohlander in 1845 for the
use of family, friends and neighbors.
The cemetery is at the SE corner of St. Charles Road and Taft
Avenue in Berkeley, IL. It has many graves that are merely
marked by wooden crosses, blank stones, plants or barely marked
at all.
I suspect that there are many more graves there that have no
markings whatsoever. Many of the graves have no markings or
identifying information.
Most of the inscriptions are in German. I have attempted to
translate them here to the best of my very limited ability.
My apologies for any errors in translation or transcription.
Between the sometimes illegible letters, the gothic lettering
and subtleties of translation, I can offer no guarantees as
to the accuracy of my work.
My comments are in square brackets with asterisks '[*** ***]',
inscriptions and their translations are in double quotes.
Names are in approximate alphabetical order, grouped according
to proximity, headstones or apparent family groupings.
Banholzer, Christian b. 20 Dec 1827 d. 28 Apr 1885
Banholzer, Katharina (Mueller) b. 25 Nov 1838 d. 7 Jun 1910
[*** apparently the Wife of Christian Banholzer ***]
Banholzer, John b. 25 Mar 1861 d. 21 Dec 1897
Bohlander, John b. 1760 d. 1850
"Father, born in Germany"
Bohlander, Peter b. 1803 d. 1870
"Son, born in Germany"
Bohlander, Dorothea (Schmidt) b. 1802 d. 1871
"Wife, born in Germany"
[*** apparently the wife of Peter ***]
Bohlander, Phillip b. 1836 d. 1891
"Grandson, born in USA"
Bohlander, Margaret L. (Lannguth) b. 1836 d. 1876
"Wife, born in USA"
[*** apparently the wife of Phillip ***]
Fippinger, Elizabeth
(see Glos, Elizabeth b. 13 Mar 1842)
Fippinger, Heinrich b. 21 Dec 1848 d. 15 Mar 1895
"hier ruhet in Frieden"- "Here rests in peace"
Glos, William F. b. 5 Jan 1881 d. 6 Oct 1910
"Wm F. Glos served on the USS Louisiana on
its cruise around the world and was honorably
discharged therefrom, April 1, 1909."
[one headstone with two entries, presumably
husband and wife]
Glos, Elizabeth (Muller) b. 11 Aug 1845 d. 25 May 1919
"Zu Odenbach Rheinfaltz. Bayern."
English: "To...?......Rheinpfalz, Bavaria"
Glos, Johannes b. 4 Oct 1838 d. 20 Feb 1911
"Zu Sembach Mahe Kaiser Laudern Rheinfaltz. Bayern."
English: "To....?.....?.....?.......?....Rheinpfalz, Bavaria"
[one headstone with two entries, presumably husband and wife]
Glos, Elizabeth (Fippinger) b. 13 Mar 1842 d. 14 Apr 1918
Glos, George b. 14 Feb 1830 d. 1 Jan 1903
"in (F?)öringen Rheinphak Baieren ausgewandernach Amerika 1853"
English: "(Born) in Föringen, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria immigrated
to America in 1853."
[*** one large headstone bearing Hoelscher, smaller headstones
bearing first names ***]
Hoelscher, Mathilde b. 1871 d. 1872
Hoelscher, Moritz b. 1828 d. 1875
Hoelscher, Julius Henry b. 1864 d. 1926
Jung, Stephan d. 18 Aug 1855
"Son of Franz and Margaretha Jung"
"Age 19 years, 4 months"
Lannguth, Margaret L. (see Bohlander, Margaret L.)
[*** one headstone with two entries,
presumably husband and wife ***]
Meier, Johann G. b. 13 Jan 1813 d. 6? Dec 1891
Meier, Kaitharina(?) G. b. 15 Jun 1814 d. 8 Jul 1888
[*** first name could be Kailjarina, Gailjarinn,
Aniljoriann,... ***]
Mueller, Katharina (see Banholzer, Katharina)
Mueller, Sarah (Schmittweiler) b. 14 Mar 1808 d. 27 Nov 1871
Muller, Elizabeth
(see Glos, Elizabeth b. 11 Aug 1845)
Schmidt, Dorothea (see Bohlander, Dorothea)
Schmittweiler, Sarah (see Mueller, Sarah)
Wellman, Johannes E. b. 16 Oct 1871 d. 29 Oct 1905
"hier ruhet in Gott" - "here rests in God"
"Zu früh schlug diese bitt're Stunde,
Die dirs aus unserer Mitte nahm,
Dorh trostend tönt aus unserem Munde
Was Gott thut, das ist wohlgetham."
English: "Too early this bitter hour,
which took him from among us,
Our comfort is struck down,
Grief sounds from our mouth
God says this is necessary"
Williams, Fordie b. 1889 d. 1894
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