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Zion Lutheran Church and Cemetery
near
Tobias, Saline Co., NE

Early Burials

The old Zion Lutheran Cemetery is located about 1/2 mile south and 1/2 mile west of the church. There is a newer cemetery located on the current church property.

Surnames: Bartels, Buhmann, Dunse, Endorf, Haake, Hahn, Heidemann, Joerdening, Nolte, Rohr, Schaefer, Schermer, Schoenbeck, Schweer, Schwisow, Struckmann, Windheim.

Driving north.

Looking south.

Pastors
1879-1894 Simon Meeske
1895-1907 Theo Hartmann
1907-1914 A. K. Schroeder
1915-1929 E.O. Potratz
1930-1941 Wm. Nau
1941-1946 C.F. Schrein
1946-1953 Emil Winckler
1954-1959 Edwin Beckler
1960-1961 Emmet Rogness
1962-1972 Eric Prance
1973 Elmer Griesse

Jordening

Johann Heinrich HENRY Joerdening
Born: 17 NOV 1850 Gr. Nenndorf, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 02 MAY 1911
Son of Johann PHILIPP Joerdening and Maria Sophia Wehmhoyer
Married: 28 OCT 1874 Zion Frederking, Kankakee Co., IL
Caroline FRIEDERIKE Charlotte Heidemann
Born: 13 JUN 1858 Rosenthal #5, Deckbergen, Germany
Died: 25 AUG 1919
Daughter of Friedrich August Heidemann and Rebecca DOROTHEA Buhmann

Schweer

Heinrich AUGUST Schweer
Born: 09 JAN 1873 Crete, Will Co., IL
Died: 30 SEP 1915 Tobias, Saline Co., NE (gallstones, survived by wife, 2 sons, 3 daughters - obit.)
Son of Friedrich FRED Schweer from Lauenhagen, Germany
and Engel MARIA Sophia Windheim from Ludersfeld, Germany
Married 06 JAN 1898
Anna Sophia Philippine Bartels
Born: 29 NOV 1877 Beecher, Will Co., IL
Died: 30 SPR 1944 Ritzville, WA
Daughter of FRED Christian Bartels and Anna SOPHIA Dorothea geb. Bartels.

Heidemann

Friedrich August FRITZ Heidemann
Born: 04 MAR 1822 Rosenthal #5, Deckbergen, Germany
Died: 25 JAN 1908 Tobias, Saline Co., NE
Son of ???
Married: 08 DEC 1844/46 St. Petri Church, Deckbergen, Germany
Rebecca Dorothea Buhmann
Born: 25 APR 1823 Coverden, Hessen-Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 27 OCT 1905 Tobias, Saline Co., NE
Schaumburger Auswanderer #2952: To America 13 MAR 1861.

Bartels

Hans Heinrich Christoph Bartels
Born: 28 JUN 1816 Horsten #30, Apelern, Germany
Died: 27 JUN 1882
Son of Cord Heinrich Bartels from Horsten and Maria Dorothea Charlotte Matthias from Beckedorf.
Married: 18 FEB 1844 Beckedorf, Germany
Engel Maria Dorothea Hahn
Born: 01 MAY 1818 Lauenhagen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: __ ___ 1904
Daughter of Johann Friedrich Hahn from Beckedorf #69 and Catharina Maria Eleonore Probst of Hulshagen.
Schaumburger Auswanderer #4214/1: To America 1871.

Dunse

Johann Friedrich Conrad Dunse
Born: 07 JUL 1833 (06 AUG 1833) Apelern #51, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 19 DEC 1905
Son of ?Johann Friedrich Dunse from Gr. Hegesdorf, Germany and Sophia Charlotte Dreyer from Apelern.
Married: __ ___ 1861 Apelern Germany
Sophia Dorothea Schermer
Born: 17 JUL 1834 (15 AUG 1834) Gr. Hegesdorf, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 10 SEP 1915
Daughter of Johann Christoph Schermer from Gr. Hegesdorf and Engel Maria Sophia Bolsing from Lindhorst.
Schaumburger Auswanderer #4116: To America 1869. Live at Beecher, Will Co., IL in 1870, to Nebraska by 1876.

Endorf

Friedrich Wilhelm Endorf
Born: 19 JUL 1846 Deckbergen, Schaumburg, Germany
Notes from obituary Tobias Express 28 SEP 1917:
Moved to Holland in 1864; immigrated to Will Co., IL in 1869;
Married Caroline Heidemann in 1870;
One of Zion's charter members in 1879; 13 children/10 and wife survive.
Died: 22 SEP 1917 Tobias, Saline Co., NE
Married: 06 NOV 1870 St. John UCC, Beecher, Will Co., IL
Caroline Heidemann
Born: __ ___ 1851
Died: __ ___ 1940
Daughter of ???Friedrich Heidemann and Dorothea Buhmann.

Bartels

Friedrich Christian Bartels
Born: 27 NOV 1830 Meerbeck #9, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 07 AUG 1895 Tobias, Saline Co., NE
Son of Hans Heinrich Bartels from Hulshagen and Engel Maria Eleonore Laue from Meerbeck.
Married 06 NOV 1853 Lauenhagen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Anna Sophia Dorothea geb. Bartels
Born: 30 MAR 1837 Hulshagen #12, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: __ ___ 1926
Daughter of Toennies Heinrich Bartels of Hulshagen and Engel Maria Leonore Boese from Lauenhagen.
Schaumburger Auswanderer #4110: To America 1869 with 5 sons. His wife was his first cousin.

Rohr

August CHRISTIAN Rohr
Born: 03 MAY 1839 Pohle, Apelern, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: August to December 1919
Son of ???
Married 09 FEB 1877 St. Peter Lutheran, Arlington Heights, Cook Co., IL
Engel MARIA Sophia Windheim, widow of Friedrich Wilhelm Schweer from Lauenhagen (1837-1875)
Born: 30 MAR 1839 Ludersfeld #30, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 12 DEC 1909 Tobias, Saline Co., NE
Daughter of Johann Otto Windheim and Engel Hasemann.

Schwisow

Christian Schwisow
Born: 07 MAY 1867
Died: 31 DEC 1948
Son of Johann Friedrich Schwisow and Maria Harnack
Married: 1892 Zion Lutheran Tobias, NE
Wilhelmine MINNIE Niederklein
Born:05 MAR 1875
Died: 14 JUL 1925
Daughter of

Bartels

Johann Heinrich HENRY Bartels
Born: 10 MAR 1859 Germany
Died: 05 APR 1931
Son of Friedrich FRED Christian Bartels from Meerbeck, Germany and Sophia geb. Bartels from Hulshagen.
Married:
Maria Haake
Born: 07 JUL 1871 Roedinghausen, Westphalia, Germany
Died: 26 NOV 1942
Daughter of

Bartels

Friedrich WILHELM Bartels
Born: 21 MAR 1864 Germany
Died: 09 OCT 1905
Son of Friedrich FRED Christian Bartels from Meerbeck, Germany and Sophia geb. Bartels from Hulshagen.

Bartels

Friedrich GOTTLIEB Wilhelm Bartels
Born: 06 JAN 1868 Germany
Died: 22 JUL 1934
Son of Friedrich FRED Christian Bartels from Meerbeck, Germany and Sophia geb. Bartels from Hulshagen.
Married: 1894 Zion Lutheran Church, Tobias, NE
Bertha Lau
Born: 07 JAN 1876
Died: 24 SEP 1929
Daughter of

Haake

Hermann H. Haake
Born: 03 FEB 1831
Died: 20 JAN 1890
Son of
Married:
Wilhelmine Henke
Born: 08 APR 1838
Died: 05 SEP 1919
Daughter of

Struckmann

George Struckman
Born: 01 MAR 1864
Died: 14 APR 1906
Son of
Married:
Lena Niedernklein
Born: 29 JUN 1872
Died: 28 JAN 1955
Daughter of

Heidemann

Wilhelm WILLIAM Heidemann
Born: 03 FEB 1856
Died: 15 JAN 1939
Son of ?Friedrich August Heidemann and Rebecca Dorothea Buhmann
Married:
Maria Germer
Born: __ ___ 1868
Died: 12 SEP 1909 (poison ivy the previous summer-obit, 41y, 7m, 10d)
Daughter of

Schaefer

Heinrich Schaefer
Born:
Died:
Son of
Married:
Wilhelmine MINNA Most
Born: 09 OCT 1875
Died:13 JAN 1914 (of tuberculosis)
Daughter of Henry and Dorothea Most

Schoenbeck

Carl Schoenbeck
Born: 14 MAR 1853
Died: 23 OCT 1924
Son of
Married:
Sophia Rodenbeck
Born: 17 DEC 1858
Died: 13 MAR 1915
Daughter of

Nolte

John C. Nolte
Born: 21 JAN 1861
Died: 12 DEC 1953
Son of
Married:
Aurelia (SURNAME)
Born: 07 APR 1868
Died: 28 MAR 1924
Daughter of

Heidemann

John S. Heidemann
Born: 23 NOV 1893
Died: 12 JAN 1927
Son of

Endorf

Hermann G. Endorf
Born: 15 MAR 1880
Died: 26 AUG 1952
Son of
Married: 1904 Zion Lutheran Church, Tobias, NE
Sophia Schoenbeck
Born: 17 MAY 1885
Died: 12 JUL 1931
Daughter of

Zion Lutheran5 Cemetery, near Tobias, NE

Endorf

William C. Endorf
Born: 22 MAR 1876
Died: 08 JUL 1934
Son of
Married: 1902
Clara L. Doehring
Born: __ DEC 1884
Died: 20 FEB 1950
Daughter of

Bartels

Herman F. Bartels
Born: 25 MAR 1889
Died: 22 NOV 1937
Son of
Married: 1912 Zion Lutheran Church, Tobias, NE
Frieda Endorf
Born: 26 SEP 1892
Died: 24 FEB 1953
Daughter of