History of Muskoka District

Draper Township

Germania Lutheran Church and Cemetery & The Gilbert Family Burial Plot

Name: Muskoka, Parry Sound Genealogy Group
Address: Huntsville, Bracebridge & Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada

Approximate GPS Location: 44.95493, -79.21980

The book, “These Our Ancestors Were”, lists two cemeteries in Germania, Draper Township. There is actually only one cemetery in Germania at the Lutheran Church, with the Gilbert Family Burial Site located on the Church Cemetery grounds. The church was built in 1875.

Epitaphs were transcribed and photos were taken 20070817

Adorjan, Marie — ADORJAN
MARIE
1891 – 1978

Borneman, Frieda — FRIEDA
BORNEMAN
DIED 1901
WIFE OF CHARLES

Bornemann, Chas — IN
MEMORY OF
CHAS BORNEMANN
BORN
FEB. 21, 1828
DIED
FEB. 11, 1890

Dietz, Adam<br />Dietz, Wilhelmina — ADAM DIETZ
BORN JULY 25 1832
DIED JUNE 11 1909
HIS WIFE
WILHELMINA
DIED MAY 24 1901
AGED 66 YEARS

Dietz, Annie — ANNIE DIETZ
BORN
JAN. 14, 1865
DIED FEB. 2, 1882

Ferdinang, Pastor Emil — PASTOR EMIL
FERDINANG
BORN 1868
DIED 1893

Gibert, Edwin — GILBERT
IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
EDWIN GILBERT
OCTOBER 19, 1885
OCTOBER 17, 1957

Gibert, William<br />Gilbert, Margaret — WILLIAM GILBERT
DIED NOV. 19, 1896
AGED 57 YEARS 2 MONTHS
ALSO HIS WIFE
MARGARET
DIED JAN. 7, 1914
AGED 66 YEARS
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Gilbert, Bruce W. — GILBERT
BRUCE W
1949 – 1985
SON OF
WIB AND JEAN
GILBERT

Gilbert, George<br />Gilbert, Kathrina — GEORGE
GILBERT
DIED
JUNE 4, 1917
AGED
76 YEARS

KATHRINA
GILBERT
DIED
JUNE 28, 1942
AGED
92 YEARS

Gilbert, Leonhard<br />Gibert, Elizabetha<br />Gilbert, Alexander — IN MEMORY OF
LEONHARD GILBERT
DIED AUG. 15, 1894
AGED 26 YEARS 4 MOS.
ELISABETHA GILBERT
DIED NOV. 18, 1883
AGED 7 YEARS 9 MOS.
ALEXANDER GILBERT
DIED JUNE 28, 1882
AGED I MONTH 20 DAYS

Gilbert, Margaret — MARGARET
GILBERT
DIED
JAN 20, 1948
AGED
77 YEARS

Gilbert, P. J. Wib — P. J.
WIB GIBERT
NOV. 1914 – MAY 1981
BELOVED

Gilbert, Philip<br />Coldner, Bertha C. — AT REST
PHILIP GILBERT
BORN JAN. 8, 1883
DIED OCT. 9, 1930
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
BERTHA C. COLDNER
AUG. 22, 1885
JULY 14, 1945

GILBERT

Gilbert, Sydney George<br />Matthias, Winnifred M. — GILBERT
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SYDNEY GEORGE
1913 – 1985
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
WINNIFRED M. MATTHIAS
1919

Morrison, Angus Wallace Carroll — ANGUS WALLACE CARROLL
MORRISON
OCT. 11, 1907 – OCT. 17, 1989
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
VIOLET LILLIAN HARBRIDGE
AND
JEAN BRUCE GILBERT

Ortwein, Father<br />Ortwein, Mother — ORTWEIN
FATHER
AGE 91

MOTHER
AGE 87
AT REST

Speicher, Godfrey<br />Schinbein, Elizabeth — SPEICHER
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GODFREY SPEICHER
1871 – 1944
HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH SCHINBEIN
1863 – 1960

Speicher, Hannah M. — SPEICHER
HANNAH M. SPEICHER
MAY 23, 1901 – OCT. 13, 1996
BELOVED DAUGHTER OF
GODFREY AND ELIZABETH

HANNAH

Speicher, Nicholas<br />Zender, Magdalene<br />Speicher, Charles — SPEICHER
AT REST
NICHOLAS SPEICHER
1846 – 1929
HIS BELOVED WIFE
MAGDALENE ZENDER
1853 – 1935
CHARLES SPEICHER
1888 – 1985

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

Speicher, Rudolf<br />Speicher, Louisa Elizabeth — SPEICHER
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
RUDOLF
DEC. 29, 1874 – MAY 2, 1950
AND HIS BELOVED WIFE
LOUISA ELIZABETH
DEC. 20, 1883 – FEB. 23, 1975

Walser, Amelia — IN
LOVING
MEMORY OF
AMELIA WALSER
FEB. 12, 1892
SEPT. 29, 1998
WALSER

Walser, Charles H.<br />Robins, Ethel F. — WALSER
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLES H. WALSER
1908 – 1960
HIS BELOVED WIFE
ETHEL F. ROBINS
1904 – 1994

Walser, Elizabeth A. — ELIZABETH A. WALSER
1900 – 1973

Walser, Gertrude — WE SHALL MEET AGAIN
WALSER
AT REST
GERTRUDE WALSER
BELOVED WIFE OF
EDWARD J. WALSER
FEB. 15, 1862 – AUG. 1, 1942

Walser, Joseph<br />Walser, Hilda — OUR
LOVED ONES
AT REST
JOSEPH WALSER
BORN NOV. 1, 1887
DIED JAN. 8, 1919
HILDA WALSER
BORN AUG. 11, 1905
DIED JAN. 1, 1927

Weismiller, Ludwig — WEISMILLER
HIER RHUT IN COTT LUDWIG
GOHN VON NERMAN AND MARIA
1858 DEN. 9, TEND APRIL
GEST 1880 DEN 24 TEN JUNE

Wettlaufer, George<br />Faires, Ellen — WETTLAUFER
IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE WETTLAUFER
1871 – 1951
HIS BELOVED WIFE
ELLEN FAIRES
1881 – 1949

Wettlaufer, John<br />Wettlaufer, Gertrude — JOHN
WETTLAUFER
BORN
24 JUNE 1827
DIED
31 DEC. 1916
HIS WIFE
GERTRUDE
BORN
9 AUG 183?
DIED
10 NOV. 1900

Wettlaufer, Katherine — KATHERINE
WETTLAUFER
1873 – 1956

WETTLAUFER
AT REST
NICHOLAS WETTLAUFER
1844 – 1925
HIS WIFE
AUGUSTINE
1851 – 1937

IN GOOD CARE

Zurcher, Robert<br />Rakestrow, Maud — ZURCHER
IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT ZURCHER
DIED AUG. 9, 1931
HIS WIFE
MAUD RAKESTROW
DIED SEP. 8, 1945

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