December 10, 2012

Walraven



Daniel J. Walraven
Oakwood Cemetery, Township of Somers, Kenosha County
(Source:  Photo courtesy of Larry and Linda Kopet, USGenWebArchivesProjectWisconsin)

Walraven Unknown
(The above grave is hard to read but the letter Walraven can be read as well as the "born 1879".  This gravestone may belong to Mrs. Anna Bond Walraven.  She died at age 31 which would be about 1909/1910 the date of the obituary below.
Oakwood Cemetery, Township of Somers, Kenosha County
(Source: Photo courtesy of Larry and Linda Kopet, USGenWebArchivesProjectWisconsin)


"Mrs. Anna Bond Walraven died Thursday morning after a short illness of pneumonia and complication of diseases, aged 31 years.  Mrs. Walraven had resided in Somers, but a few months coming here, from the the Township of Paris.  A husband, four small children, father and mother survive to mourn her departure.
The funeral services were held from the Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. Wood.  Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.  The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community in this their hour of sadness."
(Source:  Racine Journal May 4, 1909)

U.S. 1910 Census - Lived in Township of Somers
Daniel J. Walraven, age 31, born about 1879 in Holland.
Immigration Year:  1895
Children:
Margaret, Alfred, Charles and Ruth

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