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[[File:ElsassCemeteryList -Driscoll.jpg|700px|thumb|center|<center>Listing form the Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Records, with hand written additions by Dan Driscoll</center>]] | [[File:ElsassCemeteryList -Driscoll.jpg|700px|thumb|center|<center>Listing form the Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Records, with hand written additions by Dan Driscoll</center>]] | ||
== Transcriptions from 1994 - Source Unknown == | == Transcriptions from 1994 - Source Unknown == | ||
| + | '''11. The Elsass burial plot on Route 156 at the end of Witter Road (These names wore on one monument.)''' | ||
| + | Carrie, daughter of J.H. & Hellen H. Elsass, died Dec. 13, 1866, aged 2 years, 9 months, 6 days | ||
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| + | Catharine, daughter of J.H. H.E. Elsass, died May 5, 1868, aged 2 years, 3 months, 2 days | ||
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| + | Jacob H. Elsass, born Oct. 17, 1838, died April 13, 1914 | ||
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| + | Hellen E., wife of J.H. Elsass, died Feb. 6, 1886, aged 34 years , 4 months, 14 days | ||
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| + | Michael Elsass, died Sept. 1, 1691, aged 86 years | ||
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| + | Elizabeth, wire of Michael Elsass, died May 10, 1660, aged 45 years | ||
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| + | Catharine Mary Elsass, died Aug. 18, 1856, in the 25 year of her life | ||
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| + | Eli Elsass, 1841-1896 | ||
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| + | Lucinda Scrafford, wife of Eli Elsass, 1844-1920 | ||
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| + | Frank Elmer, son of Eli & Lucinda Elsass, died Feb. 20, 1876, aged 9 months, 23 days | ||
[[Image:Knox Graves Transcriptions 1994 -Elsass.jpg|600px|thumb|center|<center>1994 - Elsass Cemetery</center>]] | [[Image:Knox Graves Transcriptions 1994 -Elsass.jpg|600px|thumb|center|<center>1994 - Elsass Cemetery</center>]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:18, 14 June 2013
Location
The Elsass Cemetery is in the town of Knox at the corner of Pleasant Valley, Witter Road and Route 156.
Description
There are about a dozen people buried there. The cemetery had been abandoned and was overgrown. A Boy Scout, under the guidance of Dan Driscoll, cleaned up that cemetery as a Eagle Scout project.
History
The name was a corruption of Alsace.
History
Transcriptions
- Catherine Mary Elsass d. 18 Aug 1858 age 25
- Elizabeth Elsass d. 10 May 1860 age 45, wife of Michael Elsass
- Carrie Elsass d. 13 Dec 1866 age 2, daughter of J.H. & H.E. Elsass
- Catharine Elsass d. 5 May 1868 age 2, daughter of J.H. & H.E. Elsass
- Frank Elmer Elsass d. 20 Feb 1876 age 1, son of Eli & Lucinda Elsass
- Helen E. Elsass d. 6 Feb 1886 age 34, wife of J.H. Elsass
- Michael Elsass d. 1 Sep 1891 age 86
- Eli Elsass b. 1841, d. 1896 age 55
- Jacob H. Elsass b. 17 Oct 1838, d. 13 Apr 1914, age 75
- Foster Scrafford b. 1844, d. 1920 age 76 wife of Eli Elsass
Listing form the Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Records, with hand written additions by Dan Driscoll:
Transcriptions from 1994 - Source Unknown
11. The Elsass burial plot on Route 156 at the end of Witter Road (These names wore on one monument.)
Carrie, daughter of J.H. & Hellen H. Elsass, died Dec. 13, 1866, aged 2 years, 9 months, 6 days
Catharine, daughter of J.H. H.E. Elsass, died May 5, 1868, aged 2 years, 3 months, 2 days
Jacob H. Elsass, born Oct. 17, 1838, died April 13, 1914
Hellen E., wife of J.H. Elsass, died Feb. 6, 1886, aged 34 years , 4 months, 14 days
Michael Elsass, died Sept. 1, 1691, aged 86 years
Elizabeth, wire of Michael Elsass, died May 10, 1660, aged 45 years
Catharine Mary Elsass, died Aug. 18, 1856, in the 25 year of her life
Eli Elsass, 1841-1896
Lucinda Scrafford, wife of Eli Elsass, 1844-1920
Frank Elmer, son of Eli & Lucinda Elsass, died Feb. 20, 1876, aged 9 months, 23 days
