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Pöhlker

Simon Wilhelm Pöhlker

Schwager der Vorgängerin, Bruder des Vor-Vorgängers:
Q102 Q1 Q2
* 31.12.1848 Leopoldstal, ~ 31.12.1848 (n) Horn
† 15.06.1863 Stockton, Jo Daviess (Illinois), ‡ 15.06.1863 (n) Polker Cemetery, Stockton (Illinois)
Vater: Johann Simon Henrich Pöhlker
Mutter: Christine Wilhelmine Friederike Möller wird Pöhlker (Pöhlker, Polker)
Herkunft: Leopoldstal, Nr. 37
Lebensphasen von Simon Wilhelm Pöhlker:
1855 Auswanderung in die, USA
Notizen zu Simon Wilhelm Pöhlker:
Pohlker/Poehlker/Polker Cemetery

The Polker Cemetery is a small family burial plot located in Stockton Township of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. The cemetery was established on the Pohlker farm in the early 1860's. The Pohlker farm was located in Sections 35 and 36 of Stockton Township. The last burial in the cemetery is believed to be that of Karl Pohlker in late 1892. After decades of neglect, Mr. Bruce Wollenhaupt repaired the cemetery fence and reset fallen and broken tombstones in the early 1990's.

The burial records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Massbach indicate at least five persons buried in the cemetery that eventually were moved to Ladies Union Cemetery in Stockton. Karl and Maria (Gerner) Pohlker and their three infant daughters were moved to Ladies Union Cemetery in the early 1900's. Their combined gravestone is now located in that cemetery.

The Pohlker family were German immigrants from Leopoldstal, Lippe-Detmold. The name was originally spelled with an umlaut (double dots) over the "o" which in English is spelled "Poehlker". An excellent German website provides information about the family and many other immigrants from Lippe-Detmold. To view the site, go to www.lippe-auswanderer.de and select the American flag icon with the word "english" underneath. Then select "Emigration database Lippe-USA" and then "Data of Emigrants". The alphabetical database of Lippe emigrants can then be viewed. The information is arranged in such a way to be able to understand the birth, marriage, and death information without a knowledge of the German language.

To reach the cemetery, go south about 4 miles on Highway 78 from Stockton. Then turn left onto Ridge Road. Follow Ridge Road for about 3 miles. When the road forks, take the left branch marked "DEAD END". After about a mile the road turns into a farm lane and the abandoned portion of the road is blocked with a gate. You have to go ¼ mile straight east on the abandoned road to reach the cemetery. The cemetery is located on the edge of the timber and is surrounded by a cow pasture.

Joel Zink made these tombstone transcriptions on December 27, 2002. Maria (Gerner) Pohlker was the older sister of his great-grandmother, Charlotte (Gerner) Zink.

1. Caroline Louisa Koeller (maiden name Klaas)

	Died April 11, 1864
	Age 29 years, 7 months, 23 days

2. Tombstone with no names, three doves, and a Bible verse. Believed to mark the graves of the three infant daughters of Karl and Maria (Gerner) Pohlker. Their names appear on their parents' tombstone in Ladies Union Cemetery in Stockton. The following information it taken from the burial records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Massbach:

	Julia Caroline Pohlker was born October 8, 1875 and died October 19, 1875.
	Carolina Wilhelmina Pohlker was born December 27, 1880 and died March 16, 1885
	Josephine Barbara Pohlker was born March 3, 1886, and died March 4, 1886.

3. The tombstone of Karl and Maria (Gerner) Pohlker was moved to Ladies Union Cemetery in Stockton. The burial records of St. John's, Massbach, indicate they were buried in the "Pohlker Friedhof".
Karl Pohlker was born September 22, 1840 and died October 20, 1892, in Stockton Township.
Maria (Gerner) Pohlker was born August 5, 1842 in Massbach, Bavaria, and died February 22, 1892, in Stockton Township.

4. Here rests Wilhelm, son of S. & W. Pohlker.

Born December 31, 1848 and died June 15, 1863

5. Simon F. Polker

Born April 29, 1795 and died January 8, 1876

Minna, wife of S.F. Polker

Born May 12, 1806 and died April 11, 1891

6. Illegible tombstone. [Fred W. Kiefer tombstone from Dean Wolfrom's transcription?]

7. Simon W. Poelker

Born March 18, 1864 and died May 8, 1870

8. Louisa, wife of Henry Polker

Died April 28, 1865. Age 24 years, 4 months, 13 days

Also an infant child.

9. Wilhelm Schleger [Schlegel?]

	Died February 8, 1870
	Age 20 years, 2 months, 21 days

Verdenhalven: VH1_005_0371
Forscher: Olaf_Biere
Quellen: Joel_Zink, Verdenhalven /V 371, Willer
Letzte Änderung: 22.10.2015

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