[or-roots] Grave Markers - Drewsey OR

[Anne Clark]

David, 
The grave markers for the Altnows in the cemetery are the following:
Albert Henry Altnow
1873-1952 
a joint stone with Loretta Belle Altnow 
1891-1971

Emma M. Altnow
10-19-1884
Emma was first buried in Canyon City, Oregon but after 1911 was moved to the Drewsey Cemetery to be by her mother.

Matilda Altnow
10-27-1843   to 4-29-1906
William Altnow
6-16-1835to 6-25-1911

William is Matilda's husband.



Heinrich Wilhelm Altnau was born in Germany on Sept 12, 1812 to Johann Friednrich David Altnau.   He married Wilhelmina Rettig on April 26, 1835.  They had 6 sons of whom 5 were born in Germany and 1 in Minnesota.  The eldest of these was William Altnow who was born June 15, 1835 at Woxfeld, Germany.  In 1855 he came to New York, worked his way to Wisconsin,then to Minnesota.  He changed the spelling of his name to Altnow and sent to Germany for his mother, dad and brothers.  They came in 1855 to Minn.  
William married Mathilda Matthia  on Oct. 28, 1865.  Their first child was Emma born on Sept 12, 1866.  They came to Oregon  in 1868 and settled in Otis valley near Drewsey,Oregon in 1881.  They had a large ranch there.  Their other children were William John, Albert Henry, Lillian and Ina.  

Albert was born Oct. 13, 1873 and Married Loretta Belle Claypool at Westfall Oregon on Dec. 14, 1910.  They had two children, Mildred born March 24, 1912 and Joe born Nov. 4, 1913.  Both Mildred who was married to Denny JOnes and Joe are dead now.  I know of family that you could get other information from if you are interested.  Also I have some photos of the Altnow family if you are interested.  I will look and see if  I can find a picture of  Christine Murray Altnow.  

It may take a few days to get down to the cemetery to take some photos of the Altnow stones but I can if you are interested in them.  

Anne



----- Original Message ----
From: W. David Samuelsen <dsam at sampubco.com>
To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:04:29 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Grave Markers - Drewsey OR


Anne,

That is ONE cemetery I would be very interested in.

Have you run across any of these of one family:

William Murray
9 Jun 1850 - after 1900 (date of death?)
wife, Nellie E.
1861 - before 1900 (date of death?)
their daughters
Ellen
1878 - ?
Leah
dates? (born at Drewsey)
Christine G.
Jul 1882 - 1944 (exact date of death?)
(Christine was married to William John Altnow)
William Altnow
24 Jul 1870 - 1940 (exact date of death?)
their 2 known children, may be more
Albert H. Altnow
Oct 1873 - (after 1920)
wife Laurette B.
1891 - ?
two known children
Mildred (8 in 1920), Joseph (7 in 1920)

Ina Altnow
1882 - ?

And I am more interested in photos of gravemarkers. The Murrays had a 
very huge cattle ranch out of Drewsey.

W. David Samuelsen

Anne Clark wrote:
> Linda,
> The cemetery I am referring to is in Drewsey, Oregon about 100 miles west of Ontario, Oregon off from highway 20.  
> Anne
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "LinLouVan at aol.com" <LinLouVan at aol.com>
> To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 6:46:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Grave Markers
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/19/06 8:46:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, normanneclark at yahoo.com writes:
> In our little cemetery in Eastern Oregon we have purchased chips ( pieces off from large headstones) from the grave monument company  for between 75 to 125 dollars.  These are engraved with just the name and dates(nothing else) and set into  a cement base. 
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