Saint Alphonsus Cemetery
Corners of Schaefer and Calhoun Roads
Dearborn, Michigan
Wayne County
cemetery is located to the left of the Church

St Alphonsus is marked a Michigan Historical Site. The 4 acres of land donated by Peter & Catharina ESPER, was first used in 1846 for a school; in 1849 for the cemetery; and by 1852 the Church had been build.

40 German speaking families from Rhineland-Westphalia settled here between 1825 and 1848. The first Catholic Mass was held in 1851, in the home of the Esper's, prior to the building of the actual Church.

Most of the remains from the cemetery have been moved only to locate them off Schaefer Road, when it was extended. There were some graves where there was no identification as to who was buried here, these were left in their original sites, and would today be under Schaefer Road. It contains over 250 grave sites, with only about 6 completely unreadable stones.

ASSENMACHER, Louis W. "father" 1915 - 1971
ASSENMACHER, Otillia "mother" 1885 - 1920
ASSENMACHER, Peter "father" 1878 - 1931
ASSENMACHER, Marcus M. 1908 - 1968 "married September 4, 1930"
ASSENMACHER, Marie R. 1908 - 1993

BROWN, Joan L. "devoted wife and mother" born April 19, 1931 died December 20, 1999

BLESER, John "gest den" 6-Jan 1887 "alter 73 jahr" 3 "monat 21 tage"

BOEHMER, John V. "son of J.J. & F. A. born June 28, 1913 died March 14, 1914
BOEHMER, Kathryn 1922 - *blank*
BOEHMER, Frank J. 1912 - 1992
BOEHMER, Casper "father" 1883 - 1940
BOEHMER, Rose "mother" 1887 - 1918
BOEHMER, Anthony born March 4, 1858 died October 28, 1913
BOEHMER, Mary "his wife" born August 3, 1863 died April 12, 1931
BOEHMER *Cross Monument with no names*

BERTRAM, Mary Ann "mother" 1858 - 1914
BERTRAM, John "father" 1850 - 1926

BURGER, Joseph born March 17, 1842 died December 18, 1901
BURGER, Mary "wife" born January 2, 1852 died December 22, 1913
BURGER, Jacob born September 18, 1818 died August ??, 1887

COOPER-SMITH, Elizabeth 1878 - *blank*
COOPER, August 1867 - 1937

CRAMER, Elizabeth 1835 - 1880
CRAMER, August 1823 - 1888

DEMICK, Peter 1860 - 1947
DEMICK, Mary 1865 - 1901
DEMICK, Theresa Sr born September 7, 1891 died June 23, 1955
DEMICK, Elizabeth 1827 - 1882
DEMICK, John 1809 - 1874

DORNOFF, Adeline L. "mother" 1892 - 1981
DORNOFF, Joseph S. "father" 1881 - 1947
DORNOFF, Edward J. born August 21, 1918 died January 1, 1922
DORNOFF, Lucille P. born November 23, 1913 died June 20, 1914
DORNOFF, John "father" 1855 - 1920
DORNOFF, Maria "mother" 1864 - 1925
DORNOFF-OSSENMACHER, Catherine 1892 - 1955
DORNOFF, Frank J. 1889 - 1958 "to know them was to love them"

ESPER, Edward Brian "darling son" born September 30, 1947 died October 3, 1947
ESPER, Marcus F. "Michigan PFC 358 Inf 90 Inf Div World War II" born September 13, 1919 died September 8, 1944
ESPER, Frank A. "father" 1872 - 1957
ESPER, Rose "mother" 1877 - 1951
ESPER, Aloys 1883 - 1928
ESPER, Mary "mother" 1886 - 1918
ESPER, Bernard "brother" 1880 - 1929
ESPER, Gertrude E. "mother" 1890 - 1978
ESPER, Anthony M. "father" 1888 - 1963
ESPER, Anthony 1880 - 1892
ESPER, Mary 1870 - 1942
ESPER, Henry 1871 - 1949
ESPER, Frank 1868 - 1913
ESPER, Julia 1873 - 1943
ESPER-TERNES, Maria 1880 - 1901
ESPER, Eleanor 1894 - 1943
ESPER, Edmund 1897 - 1898

EXEL Francis "father" 1908 - 1979
EXEL, Marie E. "mother" 1912 - 1990

FLADZINSKI, Frank P. 1895 - 1966
FLADZINSKI, Angeline 1895 - 1948

GREENWELL, Helen born June 14, 1917 died December 28, 1971
GREENWELL, Joseph born December 1, 1918 died December 26, 1958

GRUBER, Mary 1845 - 1910
GRUBER, Marion "daughter" 1882 - 1892
GRUBER, Mary "daughter" 1877 - 1880

HORGER, George M. 1858 - 1920
HORGER, Gertrude 1857 - 1923
HORGER, Sophie born September 5, 1851 died November 3, 1916
HORGER, Joseph born October 12, 1850 died October 16, 1925
HORGER, Alma born October 4, 1848 died *unreadable*
HORGER, Anthony born July 16, 1842 died February 2, 1917
HORGER, Leona D. "daughter of Wm J. & V.E. Horger" born September 28, 1905 died January 6, 1913
HORGER, Frank J. born January 2, 1875 died March 30, 1925
HORGER, Elizabeth W. born May 15, 1879 died January 8, 1944

HELLNER, Joseph 1846 - 1913
HELLNER, Barbara 1849 - 1920
HELLNER, Katharina died 1890 "aged 77yrs"

HORST, Regina 1856 - 1943

KORTE, William 1860 - 1948
KORTE-SMITH, Gertrude 1872 - 1906
KORTE, Elizabeth 1874 - 1955
KORTE, Ann Mary "daughter" 1900 - 1981
KORTE, Albert 1889 - 1889 "5mths 5dys"
KORTE, Joseph 1821 - 1889
KORTE, Elizabeth born March 25, 1837 died *unreadable*

KARMAN, Mary born April 19, 1830 died July 3, 1911

LOUIS, Mary Sister "O.S.D." died May 29, 1904 "aged 27yrs" "Rest In Peace"

LIPTACK, Louis L. 1899 - 1973
LIPTACK, Justine A. 1908 - 1991

LaPOINTE, Elizabeth "dear wife" died July 28, 1954

LAUTH, Anna C. "mother" born February 18, 1888 died May 24, 1968
LAUTH, Edward William "father" born September 6, 1885 died October 9, 1955

MESSINGER, Harold J. "son" 1938 - 1978

MAURER, Mathias born December 31, 1808 died March 12, 1883

MORGAN, John W.T. "our son" born December 7, 1887 died March 12, 1911

NOEKER, Wilhelmina died December 10, 1910 "aged 69"
NOEKER, Barbara 1876 - 1900
NOEKER, Anthony 1867 - 1942
NOEKER, Henry 1848 - 1924
NOEKER, Margaret 1858 - 1927
NOEKER, Harry "son" *no information*

OLBRICH, Raymond Schlaff 1902 - 1926
OLBRICH, "father" 1849 - 1924 *no given name*
OLBRICH, "mother" 1848 - 1923 *no given name*
OLBRICH, Theodore "son" 1872 - 1942

OSSENMACHER, Margaret "mother" born September 2, 1873 died July 5, 1931
OSSENMACHER, John "father" born March 9, 1873 died March 27, 1948
OSSENMACHER, Katherine 1906 - 1994
OSSENMACHER, William P. 1905 - 1981

OLDEREN, Patrick died June 1, 1882 "aged 84yrs"

PATHS, Nichalas 1800 - 1875
PATHS, Elizabeth "his wife" 1812 - 1878

PETRI, Theodore *rest of stone unreadable*
PETRI, Anna 1814 - 1882

RUETER, Louis 1889 - 1918
RUETER, Mary 1859 - 1938
REUTER, Peter 1857 - 1894
REUTER, Joseph "son" 1908 - 1914
REUTER, Anthoney J. "son" 1915 - 1922
REUTER, Francis P. "son" 1922 - 1938
REUTER, Leo E. "husband" born October 12, 1911 died March 23, 1974 "married June 20, 1934"
REUTER, Bernice T. born October 12, 1914 died July 13, 1990
REUTER, Frank P. "father" 1885 - 1962
REUTER, Mary A. 1879 - 1952
REUTER, Anthony P. 1892 - 1926
REUTER, Ida R. 1898 - 1989
REUTER Mary A. "mother" 1892 - 1968
REUTER, Edward A. "father" 1887 - 1957

RECKINGER, Nicholas 1889 - 1953
RECKINGER, Rose born June 24, 1893 died September 20, 1981
RECKINGER, John P. 1885 - 1933
RECKINGER, Howard J. 1887 - 1959
RECKINGER, Nicholas 1852 - 1932
RECKINGER, Tillie C. 1890 - 1975
RECKINGER-GREENE, Dolores M "dear wife and mother" born March 26, 1910 died November 6, 1962

RYAN, Clara M. "mother" 1892 - 1960

ROLAND, Frank 1853 - *unreadable*

SCHLAFF, Michael born March ??, 1812 died July 21, 1883
SCHLAFF, Katherine 1816 - 1855
SCHLAFF, Benedict "World War I" born May 8, 1890 died November 14, 1960
SCHLAFF, Peter born June 1, 1845 died June 8, 1898
SCHLAFF, Maria born October 7,1852 died August 16, 1906
SCHLAFF, Peter "beloved husband of Elizabeth Schlaff" born February 12, 1884 died February 17, 1911

SCHAEFER, Frank "father" 1881 - 1933
SCHAEFER, Anna "mother" 1882 - 1967
SCHAEFER, Joseph born November 24, 1823 died January 18, 1897

SCHNEIDER, Nicholas born March 9, 1854 died March 2, 1913
SCHNEIDER, Mary A. "his wife" born May 26, 1854 died September 9, 1938
SCHNEIDER, Julia E. "mother" 1885 - 1944
SCHNEIDER, John J. "father" 1884 - 1954
SCHNEIDER, Monica "daughter" born September 12, 109 died June 23, 1995

SCHADEN, Frank born June 17, 1821 died April 17, 1890

SCHOEB, Hubert "father" 1860 - 1919

SWIFT, Alvina C. born May 19, 1912 - *blank*
SWIFT, Edward J. born November 29, 1913 died November 25, 1983

THEISEN, Rita C. "beloved daughter of William and Eleanor" born January 19, 1920 died September 14, 1962
THEISEN, Eleanor B. "dear wife - mother" born December 20, 1891 died June 16, 1974
THEISEN, William J. "dear husband - father" born November 5, 1885 died September 12, 1974
THEISEN, Delrose "dear daughter and sister" born December 7, 1917 died May 8, 1920
THEISEN, Aloysius E. "son" 1906 - 1935
THEISEN, Edna 1885 - 1938
THEISEN, Nicholas "father" 1864 - 1938
THEISEN, Margaret "mother" 1871 - 1957
THEISEN, Frank J. 1880 - 1952
THEISEN, Jacob "father" 1859 - 1946
THEISEN, Antoinette "mother" 1857 - 1933
THEISEN, Catherine 1864 - 1941
THEISEN, John W. 1861 - 1949
THEISEN, Catherina died 1859 "aged 50yrs"
THEISEN, Michael born December 25, 1846 died December 3, 1928
THEISEN, Anna G. born January 9, 1849 died December 1, 1923
THEISEN, John 1883 - 1959
THEISEN, Angela 1904 - 1939
THEISEN, Leo J. 1896 - 1937
THEISEN, Mary 1868 - 1899
THEISEN, John born July 5, 1927 died July 7, 1927
THEISEN, Louisa born May 30, 1904 died December 22, 1904
THEISEN, Julia 1892 - 1904
THEISEN, Hilda C. born March 19, 1898 died March 3, 1994
THEISEN, Lawrence J. "PFC US Army" born February 4, 1895 died February 3, 1972

THILKE, Theodore 1848 - 1926
THILKE, Theresa 1852 - 19*blank*
THELKE, Theresa M. 1877 - *blank*
THELKE, Mary M. 1880 - *blank*

TISHLER, Frank Leo "World War I" born February 13, 1888 died August 15, 1964
TISHLER, Mary Clara born February 13, 1893 died April 22, 1971

TERNES, Margaretta 1844 - 1890
TERNES, Delia M. born April 8, 1916 died February 20, 1990

TAUBITZ, Joseph born July 27, 1827 died May 21, 1905
TAUBITZ, Margaretta A. born December 27, 1829 died November 1, 1903
TAUBITZ, Otto "son of Florian & Mary" born February 8, 1897 died November 23, 1897
TAUBITZ, Joseph born February 8, 1866 died April 21, 1880
TAUBITZ, Mary born March 25, 1864 died January 5, 1888
TAUBITZ, Paul born May 2, 1858 died February 2, 1933
TAUBITZ, Clara M. "daughter" 1904 - 1983
TAUBITZ, Leo "son of Flor & Mary" born February 27, 1907 died April 10, 1907
TAUBITZ, Mary "mother" born June 23, 1874 died April 6, 1963
TAUBITZ, Florian "father" born June 21, 1862 died February 22, 1935
TAUBITZ, Cecelia "daughter of Flor & Mary" born July 5, 1911 died February 8, 1913
TAUBITZ, Joseph 1894 - 1978
TAUBITZ, Angela 1897 - 1978

WITTERSHEIM, Joseph P. "father" 1887 - 1947
WITTERSHEIM, Helen G. "mother" 1888 - 1947
WITTERSHEIM, Genevieve A. "daughter" 1917 - 1920
WITTERSHEIM, John "son" born November 20, 1888 died December 1, 1888
WITTERSHEIM, Michael "son" born November 30, 1889 died December 9, 1911
WITTERSHEIM, Nicholas "father" born February 22, 1852 died May 7, 1926
WITTERSHEIM, Caroline born March 2, 1865 died May 8, 1942
WITTERSHEIM, Mary born February 21, 1886 died April 12, 1908
WITTERSHEIM, Michael born December 15, 1826 died May 13, 1901
WITTERSHEIM, Margaret born June 26, 1826 died August 8, 1907

WICIACHOWSKI, Katie 1873 - 1937
WICIACHOWSKI, Edward born June 12, 1906 died July 2, 1907

WICHISER, Valma 1920 - 1921

Contributed by Linda Ball