Clayton co IAGenWeb - Cemeteries

Blanchaine Cemetery
(aka Ruegnitz cemetery)

Sec 28, NE¼ / NW¼, Volga Twp (42.759919, -91.310660)
north of Grandview Rd. out of Elkport

sketch - copyright 2005 by Dwight Hansel
Sketch of cemetery & location of graves

- source: graves as recorded by Dwight Hansel by walking the cemetery in March 2005
- hand-drawn sketch by Dwight Hansel
- comments from the submitter are in [brackets] all others are information inscribed on the gravestones

- View the gravestones for Blanchaine cemetery

#	Name	Birth date	Death date	Comments

1.	Bendschneider, Augusta	1846	1916	Mother
	Bendschneider, August	1843	1921	Father

2.	Krouse, Ida	09/29/1864	05/08/1913	wife of Henry

3.	Bendschneider, Caroline	09/08/1886		died age 16 mo.
4.	Bendschneider, Fred	02/26/1884		died age 16 mo.
5.	Bendschneider, Max	09/22/1878		died age 18 mo.
6.	Bendschneider, Bertha *see below	09/28/1877	11/01/1878
				children of August & Augusta

7.	Blanchaine, August C.	11/18/1852	08/31/1853

8.	[name unreadable]	08/29/1798	06/27/1873	[comparing WPA records dates & visible letters on the stone, this could be Fredrick Blanchaine]

9.	Sucow, Fredrick	11/14/1841	06/16/1871	G.A.R. marker

10.	Sucow, Sophie	03/16/1870 or 05/16/1870	04/07/1871

11.	Blanchaine, Wilhelm	12/05/1858	09/15/1859

12.	Meder, Friedericke	10/24/1797	08/18/1876

13.	Schnieder, Barney Reno	03/26/1858	02/10/1876

14.	Blanchaine, William	08/24/1863	03/26/1883

15.	Blanchaine, Carolina	02/08/1827	08/15/1891

16.	Phelan, Anna	12/01/1865	12/07/1895

17.	Blanchaine, Carl	04/20/1826	08/22/1910

18.	[name unreadable]	12/20/1823	10/20/1870 or 10/20/1878	[I believe this is John Bartels, some of the letters are visible]

*Note: #6, listed in Dwight's transcription - Bertha Benschneider actually is Bertha Ruegnitz, daughter of George and Augusta Blanchaine Ruegnitz (9/28/1877- 11/01/1878). Correction & gravestone photo sent by the late Helen Jennings, 10/09/06.

Bertha Ruegnitz's gravestone in Blanchaine cemetery