Gottfried's death is recorded in the records of St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Washington County, Fillmore, Wisconsin, and it relates that he was born 15 February, 1808 at Belitz, Reg. Bishopric Merseburg, Koenigreich, Preussen; that he married CHRISTINE WEIMANN in the year 1840 in Germany; that they had nine children, six boys and three girls; that they "came to this land in 1852"; and that he died 10 January, 1868, in Fredonia Township, Ozaukee County. The church record did not show the cause of death.
No record of his death was found in the Ozaukee County records at the county seat, Port Washington. This is not unusual, since the recording of births, deaths and marriages was not required by Wisconsin law until 1907 and it is estimated that before then less than a third of these events were recorded.
Gottfried's gravesite could not be found in St. Martin's Union cemetery, but there were many broken or undecipherable headstones and, apparently, gravesites without markers of any kind. Since his death was recorded in the church records, the staff was sure that Gottfried would have been buried in that cemetery.
No record of his death was found in the Ozaukee County records at the county seat, Port Washington. This is not unusual, since the recording of births, deaths and marriages was not required by Wisconsin law until 1907 and it is estimated that before then less than a third of these events were recorded.
Gottfried's gravesite could not be found in St. Martin's Union cemetery, but there were many broken or undecipherable headstones and, apparently, gravesites without markers of any kind. Since his death was recorded in the church records, the staff was sure that Gottfried would have been buried in that cemetery.
Gottfried's death is recorded in the records of St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Washington County, Fillmore, Wisconsin, and it relates that he was born 15 February, 1808 at Belitz, Reg. Bishopric Merseburg, Koenigreich, Preussen; that he married CHRISTINE WEIMANN in the year 1840 in Germany; that they had nine children, six boys and three girls; that they "came to this land in 1852"; and that he died 10 January, 1868, in Fredonia Township, Ozaukee County. The church record did not show the cause of death.
No record of his death was found in the Ozaukee County records at the county seat, Port Washington. This is not unusual, since the recording of births, deaths and marriages was not required by Wisconsin law until 1907 and it is estimated that before then less than a third of these events were recorded.
Gottfried's gravesite could not be found in St. Martin's Union cemetery, but there were many broken or undecipherable headstones and, apparently, gravesites without markers of any kind. Since his death was recorded in the church records, the staff was sure that Gottfried would have been buried in that cemetery.
No record of his death was found in the Ozaukee County records at the county seat, Port Washington. This is not unusual, since the recording of births, deaths and marriages was not required by Wisconsin law until 1907 and it is estimated that before then less than a third of these events were recorded.
Gottfried's gravesite could not be found in St. Martin's Union cemetery, but there were many broken or undecipherable headstones and, apparently, gravesites without markers of any kind. Since his death was recorded in the church records, the staff was sure that Gottfried would have been buried in that cemetery.
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