Zion Evangelical Methodist Church Cemetery
Brookfield, Brookfield Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Location

This inactive cemetery is located on the eastside of Highland Drive (Hwy YY) just north of Watertown Plank Road, Section 26, Brookfield Township.

History

The cemetery was established in 1851. The Zion Methodist Congregation was incorporated in April 1851 and was primarily made up of German Settlers. The congregation disbanded about 1922, and the last burial in the cemetery was in 1926. The Village of Elm Grove maintains the cemetery grounds. on Church was located on the north side of Watertown Plank Road between Highland Drive and Pilgrim Road.

Records

There are no known records. At the Waukesha County Museum there are transcriptions from the tombstones 1853-1926.

Transcriptions

BACHDEL:
Christopher/1799-1867
Louise/1804-1879

BAIERSTEFER:
Archarius/1818

BLAESING:
S. Helene/June 19, 1870-Feb 20, 1885

BLASING:
Arthur D./1877-1925
August/1837-1922
Hannah/1842-1921

BLOCH:
See MANTEY

BUESS:
John/1813-1893

CUNDERMAN:
Henry/1811-1854
Susannah/1818-1856

DEROCHER:
Alvin/1879-1922
Sarah (James)/1854-1900

EYER:
Baldasar/1848-1870
David/1869
Elizabeth/1823-1884
George/1820-1902
John/d. 1889

GENSKE:
Friedrich/1833-1915
Friedricka/1839-1880

GRAF:
Katharina/1826-1896
Matthias/1823-1887

HAMMER:
Catherine/1825-1904
Charles/1824-1910

JAMES:
See DEROCHER

JUNG:
See SCHEETS

KEEBLER:
Elizabeth/October 18, 1819-Octoebr 28, 1893
Jacob/July 25, 1808-July 14, 1855

KNAPP:
G./1900-1900

KOPP:
Katharina/1892

KUNDERMAN:
John/d. 1856
Marie/d. 1856

KUNZ:
Fredericka/1843-1921
George/1829-1882

LEBS:
Maria/1814-1864

MANTEY:
Louis/1832-1913
Paulina (Bloch)/1838-1908

OCHSNER:
Christian/1803-1856
Elizabeth/1817-1871

RUBE:
Barbara/1821-1904
Louis/1817-1887
William/1856-1926

SCHEETS:
Karl/1814-1890
Katharina (Jung)/1813-1873