TOMBSTONES
Ludwig (Lewis) and Sophia (?) Waltemeyer

Click on the Tombstone to enlarge the thumbnail.  Click "back" on your browser to return to this page and select another tombstone.

Back to Ludwig Page    Back to Family Chronicles

Records indicate that Ludwig Waltemeyer (and presumably his close family) were buried in the Lower Bermudian Lutheran Churchyard.  As you can see from the photos of this churchyard, most of the stones are deteriorated and illegible and many are fallen (with inscriptions facedown).  In addition, there is a pile of tombstones that had fallen and been scattered over time - all were broken or facedown and otherwise illegible.  The long and short of it, is that there is no tombstone for Ludwig or his family.  It's not unexpected for tombstones dating from the 18th century, but disappointing nonetheless.  For what it's worth, here are the pictures of the church and the churchyard....

                

DSCN0374.JPG (663564 bytes)    DSCN0375.JPG (743257 bytes)    DSCN0376.JPG (694572 bytes)    DSCN0377.JPG (742872 bytes)    DSCN0378.JPG (705029 bytes)

 

            

       
      Jacob Waltemyer

                       
John and Margaret (Roser) Grove           Agnes Grove Smith

      
Allen & Ruth A. Davidson

    
Catharine Waltemyer

Back to Ludwig Page    Back to Family Chronicles