Death records from Church Ledger of St Matthew's Ev. Lutheran Church from 1909-1928, Colfax & Kline, Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan. Submitted by Cindy Bryant ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ This is an old German speaking church and the records are in German. Spelling was inconsistant, and handwriting at times hard to decipher. The records give name, birthdate, death date and sometimes other information. Adam, Samuel, 25 Feb 1883 - 7 Dec 1917 Albrecht, Gottlieb, 24 Aug 1850 - 12 Feb 1923 Anders, Rudolph Eward, 16 Apr 1885 - 14 Jan 1916 Appel, Carl Heinrich, 31 Marz 1913 - 7 Sep 1917 Appel, Rudolph Reinhold, 18 Apr 1917 - 7 Sep 1917 Arndt, Emma, 26 Mai 1892 - 2 Jan 1915 Arndt, Ferdinand, 4 July 1906 - 20 Mar 1926 Arnold, Julius, 30 Oct 1881 - 25 June 1928 Bach, Adolph, 28 Dec 1882 - 14 Nov 1919 Bach, Violet Edna, 12 Feb 1917 - 18 Feb 1917 (9 Mos, 1 wk, could be Dec) Bartel, Henritte, 28 June 1845 - 15 Jan 1916 Baumeister, Ludwig Ch., 5 July 1864 - 21 July 1921 Biastell, Alwine, nee Hauch, 22 Oct 1888 - 30 June 1911 Bischof, Dorothy Louise, 8 June 1927 - 18 Oct 1927 Bolt, Gustav, 11 Jan 1914 - 18 Marz 1914 Borchwald, Auguste, nee Schwert, 14 --- 1841 - 29 Mai 1911 Borchwald, Johann Carl, 2 Dec 1849 - 2 Mai 1917 Chap, Emilie, 1874 - 8 Apr 1915 Dass, Albert W., 5 June 1859 - 17 July 1927 Dass, Francis Auguste, 21 Sep 1890 - 27 Mar 1917 Dauss, Otilie Alwine, 10 Jul 1900 - 28 Nov 1916 Dickau, Gottfried, 23 Aug 1879 - 16 Mar 1928 Domke, Wm Gustav, 20 Feb 1891 - 12 July 1925 Elsner, Johann Gottlieb, 5 Jan 1868 - 24 Dec 1928 Felton, Heward George, 28 Feb 1825 - 1 Apr 1925 Fenske, Christine, nee Schmeichel, 25 Nov 1851 - 8 Mai 1928 Ferchoff, Robert, 30 marz 1901 - 24 Oct 1918 Fierns, Johanna Elfrieda, 15 Apr 1917 - 11 Jun 1917 Firehammer, George, 19 Jan 1916 - 23 Mai 1917 Firkus, Auguste, 18 June 1844 - 13 Marz 1914 Fischer, Fred Ernst, 14 Nov 1856 - 8 Mar 1928 Forban, Hedwig, 2 Marz 1917 - 26 Sep 1917 Forban, Henriette, 14 Aug 1844 - 26 Nov 1915 Forban, Henritte, 14 Aug 1844 - 26 Nov 1916 Forban, Johann, 8 Mai 1880 - 20 Jan 1918 Forban, Olga, 16 Dec 1913 - 21 Marz 1914 Freier, Bernice Jenette, 11 Nov 1923 - 21 Dec 1923 Freier, Daniel, 28 Jan 1847 - 7 Dec 1924 Freier, Edward, 21 Mar 1916 - 21 Dec 1919 Freier, Elner Georg, 6 Nov 1917 - 1 Dec 1917 Freyer, A., 2 Sep 1912 - 11 Sep 1912 Freyer, Huldine, 29 Aug 1905 - 25 Sep 1913 Freyer, Justine, nee Penske, 19 J-- 1853 - 29 M-- 1913 Garnerd, Adolph, 11 Marz 1921 - 30 Apr 1921 Geick, Lydia Elsa, 6 Aug 1909 - 9 Aug 1909 Geik, Fred, 13 Feb 1900 - 21 Mai 1921 Gnotke, Carl August, 24 Oct 1861 - 2 Mai 1925 Gunter, Johann, 13 June 1906 - no date , on 1912 page, 6 yrs Guse, Albert Julius, 12 Aug 1902 - 17 Aug 1921 Haase, Robert Ergang, 12 Aug 1925 - 12 Jan 1926 Hapke, Christov, 12 Apr 1891 - 4 Mai 1915 Hartmann, August, 6 Oct 1855 - 3 Oct 1926 Hasse, Friedrich, 30 Marz 1917 - 12 Apr 1917 Hauch, Ella Evelyn, 23 Ma- 1913 - 29 Aug 1921 Hefer, Elmer Louis, 28 Apr 1924 - 9 Jul 1924 Heifer, Emil, 15 June 1888 - 29 July 1916 Heimlich, Heinrich, 21 Dec 1894 - 9 Dec 1918 Heisulich, G., 27 Dev 1894 - 9 Dec 1918 Herman, Juliana, 14 Aug 1892 - 19 Sep 1927 Hinkelmann, Franz Gustav, 25 July 1869 - 16 Nov 1915 Hinkelmann, Otto, 8 July 1895 -21 June 1909 Hora, Hester Bertha, nee Nickel, 27 Sep 1903 - 30 Jan 1928 Jung, Phillip, 7 Sep 1852 - 28 Oct 1914 Kasischke, Karl Julius, 6 Dec 1840-13 Nov 1910 Kepp, Friedrich, 2 Mai 1887 - 17 Oct 1918 Kepp, Lydia Maria, 13 Oct 1917 - 23 Oct 1918 Keppner, Albert, 6 July 1864 - 22 Feb 1919 Keppner, Caroline Henriette, 6 June 1862 - 30 Jul 1922 Keppner, Martha Mathilde, 10 Feb 1903 - 27 Aug 1911 Kieler, Carl Gustav, 15 Apr 1927 - 17 Aug 1928 Knuth, Johanna, 13 Jul 1836 - 6 Dec 1928 Kochele, Margareth, 24 Dec 1828 - 4 Marz 1910 Koern, Herman Emanuel 10 Aug 1921 - 29 Aug 1921 Koern, Paul Heinrich, 10 Aug 1921 - 26 Aug 1921 Krause, Heinrich Carl, 28 Jan 1887 - 26 Oct 1918 Krieger, Gottlieb, 28 Oct 1879 - 16 Mar 1925 Krieger, Hedwig, 7 Feb 1916 - 25 Apr 1917 Kroening, John, 21 Mar 1875 - 26 Dec 1927 Lachmann, Eugen Emil, 8 Jun 1916 - 10 June 1916 Lambrecht, Ernst, 6 Dec 1889 - 28 Sep 1922 Laugner, George, 16 Mai 1860 - 22 Feb 1913 Lietz, Henrietta, 11 Dec 1848 - 19 Jan 1915 Luetke, Wilhelmina, 25 Oct 1869 - 20 Marz 1925 Lyons, Henrietta, 28 Nov 1844 - 15 Feb 1915 Malmann, Heinrich, 10 April, 1904 - 29 July 1909 Maschke, Bertha, 11 Mar 1886 - 19 June 1919 Mattner, Leonard Adolph, 28 Nov 1926 - 20 Apr 1928 Mensinger, Samuel, 8 June 1893 - 5 Apr 1925 Michael, Agnes Louise, 7 Aug 1915 - 12 Feb 1916 Miller, Gertrude Helene 2 Jan 1918 - 6 Nov 1919 Minchinge, Hermann, 6 Jan 1909 - 8 Jan 1909 (may be 1910) Mineckel, Caroline, 6 mai 1868 - 11 Oct 1926 Minnchinger, E., 4 Oct 1912 - 6 Oct 1912 Nickel, Harry Wm, 10 Mai 1917 - 27 Oct 1918 Nimtz, August, 16 Dev 1849 - 28 Sep 1928 Novack, Minna Ella, 22 Oct 1871 - 7 Feb 1916 Otto, Rosa, 7 Feb 1892 - 16 May 1923 Pinno, Ludwig, 26 Nov 1887 - 5 Aug 16, on 1912 page Polfus, Rosa, 28 Feb 1921 - 22 Aug 1921 Popke, George, 23 Apr 1867 - 25 Feb 1922 Priebe, August, 22 June 1865 - 5 Mar 1926 Radetzke, Bruno, 6 Oct 1909 - 1 Jul 1913 Radke, Benjamin, 12 Oct 1890 - 19 May 1924 Radke, Gustav, 8 Apr 1893 - 19 Jan 1918 Radke, Martha, 15, Oct 1917 - 10 Oct 1917 Reinschke, Emilie, 25 Apr 1847 - 11 Oct 1915 Reischke, Julius, 28 Feb 1840 - 23 July 1922 Rimpel, Reinhold, 2? June 1908 - 16 Oct 1925 Rosenthal, Olga, 8 Jan 1919 - 24 mar 1919 Rubleske, Arnold, 14 --- 1913 - 4 Sep 1913 Ruppel, Auguste, 2 Feb 1892 - 15 Aug 1915 Rutz, Henritte, 8 Nov 1886 - 1 Dec 1928 Schaedler, Gustav, 22 Apr 1892 - 10 Mai 1917 Schaedler, Helen Marie, 8 Aug 1894 - 14 Feb 1925 Scherer, Caroline, 31 Marz 1844 - 3 Oct 1919 Scherer, Cecil, 5 M-- 1833 - 29 Mai 1913 Schlegel, Adolph, 6 Apr 1846 - 21 Dec 1927 Schlegel, Wilhelm, 18 Aug 1860 - 9 Oct 1928 Schlender, Emil, 10 Dec 1892 - 20 Oct 1910 Schmid, Reinhold, 4 July 1897 - no date but on 1923 page Schmidt, Carl Edward, 26 Jun 1913 - 17 Apr 1915 Schultz, Herman, 20 Mai 1913 - 6 Dec 1915 Schuschmann, Joseph, 24 Jul 1913 - 11 Nov 1913 Schuschmann, Lydia, 28 Dec 1916 - 11 Feb 1917 Schuschmann, Michel, 29 Sep 1916 - 15 Jan 1916 Schuschmann, Mick, 31 Aug 1914 - 6 Mai 1915 Songere, Herman, 21 Sep 1890 - 14 Feb 1917 Spliese, Herold, 25 Oct 1924 - 24 Jul 1926 Steinke, Adolph Sam, 21 Mai, 1827 - 27 Feb 1923 Steinke, Carl, 10 Oct 1879 - 3 Jul 1916 Steinke, Johanna, nee Heinemhmm??, 11 Nov 1825 - 14 Aug 1911 Tober, Caroline, 11 Nov 1859 - 16 Sep 1926 Wendzel, Gottfried, 10 Apr 1862 - 6 Aug 1913 Winkler, Wm, 24 Feb 1893 - 5 Nov 1918 Yunkler, Herman, 10 Aug 1891 - 7 Nov 1918 Zeppich, Gertrude, 16 Jan 1916 - 23 Nov 1921 Zimmermann, Norman Julius, 3 Jul 1890 - 9 Oct 1911 Zindler, Amalie, 21 Feb 1863 - 8 Apr 1926 Zindler, Friedrich August, 6 Oct 1886 - 28 Dec 1911 Zindler, Irma, 17 June 1907 - 31 Dec, 1908 Zwar, Wm Fried., 19 Apr 1926 - 18 May 1926