References

  • Catholic Church, Arenshorst, Germany, Church Records.
  • Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY.
  • City Clerk’s Office, Vital Statistics Bureau, Buffalo, NY, Death Records.
  • City of Louisville, Birth Records, 1898-1910, Filson Club Historical Society, Louisville, KY.
  • City of Louisville, Death Records, 1866-1910, Filson Club Historical Society, Louisville, KY.
  • Clark County Clerk’s Office, Jeffersonville, IN, Marriage Records.
  • Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Frankfort, KY, Birth Records, Death Records, Marriage Records, Divorce Records.
  • The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, Obituaries.
  • Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville, KY.
  • Germans to America:  Lists of Passengers Arriving at U. S. Ports, 1850-, by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby, eds.,  Scholarly Resources, Inc., Wilmington, DE, 1988.
  • Hannover, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1684-1892, online database, Ancestry.com, Provo, UT.
  • Jefferson County Clerk’s Office, Louisville, KY, Marriage Records.
  • Jefferson County Historic Preservation and Archives, Louisville, KY, Naturalization Records.
  • Louisville, KY, City Directories.
  • Missouri Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records, Jefferson City, MO, Death Records.
  • Ortssippenbuch der Katholischen Kirchengemeinde Ostercappeln, by Herbert Horstmann, Osnabrück, Germany, 1999.
  • St. Johann der Täufer Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Engter, Germany, Church Records.
  • St. Luke Evangelical Church, Louisville, KY, Church Records.
  • St. Peter Evangelical Church, Louisville, KY, Church Records.
  • St. Walburgis Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Venne, Germany, Church Records.
  • Schoppenhorst Funeral Home, Louisville, KY, Funeral Records.
  • Social Security Death Index: United States, 1937-, online database, Ancestry.com, Provo, UT.
  • Die Stammbäume der Venner Vollerben, Halberben, und Erbkötter, by Adolf Mielke, Pastor in Venne, Hannover, J. O. Kisling, Osnabrück, Germany, 1919.
  • United States Census, 1790-1940.
  • Venne in America, by Udo Thörner, published by Arbeitskreis Familienforschung Osnabrück e.V., Osnabrück, Germany, 2008.
  • World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online database, Ancestry.com, Provo, UT.