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Near Anna is her cousin, Maria Elisabeth Bierbaum--daughter of Gerhard and Caroline (Walke) Bierbaum. Baby Maria was born in 1858 and died in 1859. Maria's parents, Gerhard and Caroline Bierbaum, are buried at Ceres, too.
Pioneer Rock Church was originally founded in 1858 as St. Peter's German United Evangelical Lutheran Church. Among its first members was Clayton County, Iowa pioneer Gerhard Bierbaum referred to in the foregoing paragraph. It was from Bierbaum's quarry that rock was obtained to build the picturesque church that did appropriately then become known as "Pioneer Rock Church." It is also known as Ceres Church and Cemetery.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
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Near Anna is her cousin, Maria Elisabeth Bierbaum--daughter of Gerhard and Caroline (Walke) Bierbaum. Baby Maria was born in 1858 and died in 1859. Maria's parents, Gerhard and Caroline Bierbaum, are buried at Ceres, too.
Pioneer Rock Church was originally founded in 1858 as St. Peter's German United Evangelical Lutheran Church. Among its first members was Clayton County, Iowa pioneer Gerhard Bierbaum referred to in the foregoing paragraph. It was from Bierbaum's quarry that rock was obtained to build the picturesque church that did appropriately then become known as "Pioneer Rock Church." It is also known as Ceres Church and Cemetery.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
Family Members
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Catherine Bierbaum
1855–1855
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Caroline Catharine Bierbaum Overbeck
1856–1899
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Maria Elenora "Mary" Bierbaum Overbeck
1860–1908
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Anna Bierbaum
1862–1910
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John H. Bierbaum
1864–1921
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Gerhard Henry Bierbaum
1865–1953
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Margaret E. Bierbaum Bonker
1868–1960
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Elsie Bierbaum
1870–1870
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John Christoph "Chris" Bierbaum
1871–1957
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Wilhelmine L. "Minna" Bierbaum Nieman
1873–1911
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