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Cemetery Index


St. Michael's Cemetery
aka Kann cemetery

Section 3, Jefferson twp.

The cemetery is located off of Kale Ave. (X47) a short distance down an unimproved road. From Garnavillo, take Hwy. 52 south, to Kale Ave. Turn south (right) on Kale, traveling to the intersection of 290th St. Turn eastward onto the track road leading to the cemetery.


Kann cemetery - birdseye photo courtesy of Google maps

Kann cemetery - photo by Helen Jennings, 2008
photo by Helen Jennings, 2008

The brick bases of the entry arch each have an engraving...

On the left: "4 acres donated by Gottfried & Katrina Kann"

On the right: "St. Michael's Kann Mission 1858"


Gravestone photos from St. Michael's / Kann cemetery

Obituaries may have been contributed for some of the people buried in this cemetery.
Clayton co. Obituary Index

Sources used to compile the burial list:
~WPA cemetery records, transcribed by Phyllis Montour
~Information from gravestone inscriptions, obituaries, newspapers & other misc. sources


BURIALS

Name Birth Death Comments
Bauer, Jacob 10/05/1869 1871 2 y; s/o Christopher & Anna
Bauer, Margarette 05/06/1805 1885  
Bauer, Matthias 12/08/1872 not on stone s/o Christopher & Anna
Bauer, Michael 05/17/1877   s/o Chrisopher & Anna
Eggerth, Anna Maria 04/24/18?? 02/02/18?? d/o Franz & Emelia
Eggerth, Clara 04/08/1859 05/19/1862 d/o Franz & Emelia
Eggerth, Julian S. 11/16/1862 04/??/1863 s/o Franz & Emelia
Fassbinder, Cacelie nee Clank 02/28/1803 03/18/1886 w/o Werner
Fassbinder / Fazbinder, Hurbert 03/14/1844 09/16/1876 s/o Verner & Caclie
Fassbinder, Werner / Verner 05/08/1803 03/18/1888 h/o Cacelie
Kann, Anna Josephina 08/09/1863 09/25/1894 d/o J. & A.M.; died in La Crosse, WI
Kann, Anna M. nee Frohn 05/26/1841 07/14/1918 w/o Frederich
Kann, Anna Margaretha nee Dorweiler 10/19/1829 03/03/1894 w/o Johann
Kann, Anna Maria nee Scherbrock 08/25/1825 05/17/1898 w/o Wilhelm; Note: obit DOB= 09/09/1824
Kann, Edmund W. 10/07/1878 06/16/1903  
Kann, Frederich 02/18/1829 07/18/1890 h/o Anna M.
Kann, Frederick 'Fritz'; aka John Frederick Kann 1853 07/08/1896 h/o Elizabeth (Roth); she d. 1940, bur. Mt. Olivet
Kann, Gottfried 09/08/1795 03/08/1884 h/o Katharina
Kann, Grace Marie nee Meyers 07/25/1932 04/01/1999 w/o Herbert F. 'Bud'
Kann, Henry 02/16/1872 1966  
Kann, Herman     no dates
Kann, Hildegard 'Hilda' 11/10/1892 02/14/1915 d/o Frederick & Elizabeth (Roth); obit is unclear, may be buried here w/her father, in St. Mary's or Mt. Olivet where her mother was later buried; verification needed
Kann, Hurbertus 'Hubert' 09/25/1826 01/25/1859 s/o Gottfried & Katharina
Kann, Johann 08/11/1825 05/03/1887 h/o Anna M.
Kann, John Henry 12/26/1823 01/29/1900  
Kann, Katharina nee Jannes 1797 02/01/1879  
Kann, Katharina 10/18/1852 04/24/1892 d/o Johann & Anna
Kann, Katherine nee Eilers   08/17/1959  
Kann, Maria Rosina 08/20/1872 03/08/1894 d/o J. & A.M.
Kann, Marie Sabilla nee Meier 11/12/1821 03/12/1898  
Kann, Trudy Jane 11/16/1947 10/31/2000 w/o Frederick L.
Kann, Wilhelm 'William' 04/17/1822 04/26/1907 h/o Anna Maria
Kann, Virgil Hugo 'Bud' 11/21/1921 05/03/2003 h/o Lydia M. Hammer; s/o Gregory & Anna (Miller)
Meyer, Alexander   03/31/1881 h/o Eva
Meyer, Genofeva 'Eva' 12/04/1826 04/11/1880 w/o Alexander
Miller, John S.   04/25/1880 66y
Murphy, William   02/??/1893 Mexican War veteran; Note: burial here is not confirmed, implied by obit
Oberbreckling, Arthur A. 'Art' 08/14/1937 10/14/1999 s/o Otto & Alvina (Timmer); SP4 U.S. Army, Vietnam
Pierce, June B. nee Davis 05/05/1919 04/15/2007 w/o Maurice
Pierce, Maurice G., Sr. 03/07/1918 11/20/2006 h/o June
Powers, Maurice J. 03/22/1923 01/16/2002 h/o Anna Mae
Voss, Anna Maria 12/05/1879 01/15/1860 d/o John Ben & Maria Anna
Voss, Donnie / Johnnie ?1890 ?1890 s/o John Ben & Maria Anna
Voss, Maria Elizabeth   09/26/1880 d/o John Ben & Maria Anna (Egleseder)
Wachendorf, Nick Douglas 'Scooter' 08/22/1977 08/24/2001  

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