Ottawa Town Cemetery
Ottawa Township
Waukesha County Wisconsin

Location

This active cemetery is located on the east side of Highway 67, 2 1/2 miles south of Highway 18, Section 14, Ottawa Township.

History

Ottawa Town Cemetery was established circa 1844. The Ottawa Cemetery Association was formed Sept. 16, 1914 and was incorporated June 22, 1923. The Association has nine directors and they hold an annual meeting.

Records

There are cemetery records available 1844 to date. All monuments have been documented. Burial certificates began circa 1925 and are maintained by the Supervisor. Ottawa Association minutes, September 16, 1914-date. There is a chart of the cemetery and there are three sets of records with maps. The President, Superintendent and the Secretary of the Ottawa Cemetery Association each have a set. Records are available by appointment with the Secretary. The cemetery will answer mail requests at no charge. Please sent a self addressed stamped envelope for your reply. Contact:
Ottawa Cemetery Association
3035 Highway 67
Dousman, WI 53118
262-965-2549

At the Waukesha County Museum there are transcriptions from the tombstones 1844-1939.

Transcriptions

The transcriptions below were copied from Tombstones, 1844-Jan 1939 by the Waukesha County Historical Society, under personal supervision of Mrs. Edgar Tallmadge, Secretary, Waukesha.

Head of families appear first when known.

Location of graves may be had from the Cemetery Association.

There are a few unmarked graves, which no information can be found.

A few photos have been taken of stones in this cemetery by Linda & Larry Kopet. Click on the surname to see the photographs available. Obituaries when available are linked to the individual's name.

These photos were generously taken and contributed to these pages by 
Larry & Linda Kopet!



A


Charles Aplin



J. Aplin



James/Margaret Aplin



Judson/Freeland Aplin



Robert Aplin



Elizabeth B Audiss



John/Elizabeth Audiss



Robert Audiss



Thomas Audiss




C


Neumann/Cynthia M Chubb/Laura M (Chubb) Cobs



Sardine R/Dylla Chubb



Eunice Cumming



D


Henry/Katherine M (Schreier) Dech



Charles W Dreyer



Fredrick/Elisabeth Dreyer



Henry Dreyer



John F Dryer



E


Eliza Jane Eales



Eva J Edmonds



Josiah Elting



Evan Evans



F


Catherine Forbes



John Forbest



G


Jacob/Catherine Gaul



Maggie Gaul



Elma C Garnsey



David W Grant



Peter/Grace Grant



Jacob Grub



Magdelina Grub



Susannah Grub



H


Charles Hanes



Wilhelm Hansen



Kate Harrison



Thomas B Hawkins



Alen Helgerson



Martha Helgesen



Henry C Helgeson



Hiram Helgeson



Mary Ann Honey



Eddie Howell



Babies - Evan/Evan/Anna Howells



Samuel/Ann Howell



James Hunter



Robert/Mary Hunter



Sarah Hunter



J


Anne Jones



John Jones



Jabez/Obediah Jones



L


E.W. Lurvey



Jacob Lurvey



James Lurvey



Joseph Lurvey



Joseph J Lurvey



Myrtle M Lurvey



Rebecca Lurvey



William A/Mary E Lurvey



M


Duncan/Ann B (Reed) Maule



Elisabeth Maule



John Maxwell



Margaret Maxwell



Wm E Sr/Jane (Sloan)/Wm E Jr/Susan J (Allen) McClure



Wm E McClure



Herman/Anna Margaretha Mueller



N


Norman J/Mary A (Wallace) Nichols



O


Henry Owen



P


John Pugh



R


Charles Reed



William/Mary (Porter) Reid



William Runyard



S


Martin Schraier



Elizabeth Smith



Theresa Stephan



William Stephan Jr



David Stewart



George/Mary A (Hunter) Stewart



James/Rebecca C Stewart



Samuel/Evaline T (Hammond) Stewart



T


Mary Thayer



Ruel Thayer



Cornelius Tinus



Prudence Tod



John Turner



W


Mandy Werner