St. Matthew Cemetery (Abandoned)
Morris Twp., Shawano County, Wisconsin
LINKE FAMILY INFO (scroll to bottom of this page)

There are several unmarked graves. No one seems to have records on this Cemetery.

This is an abandoned cemetery, in Morris Twp., located west of Bowler on the
Morris/Almon townline. This cemetery was known as S. Link’s or Linke’s. Possible St. Matthews.  The Linke family donated the land.  If anyone has additional information, please send it in to our email address.

NOTE: This was walked by Donna Hance in 2000 and is listed on the website as TOWNLINE ROAD CEMETERY.

SURNAME GIVEN NAME BIRTH DEATH COMMENTS
Craw Clara 
Craw Mary 27 Nov 1874 1 Apr 1903
Jaeger Edna 1891 1927 
Kleman Carl  1867 1918 
Krause Emilie  13 Jan 1865 10 Mar 1890 
Ladwig Elmer  1936 
Liesch Alma 1892 1910 Daughter
Liesch Caroline  1862 1924 Mother 
Liesch John N. 25 Mar 1855 21 Jan 1910
Linke Karolina 6 Jun 1843 13 Jun 1923
Linke Stephan 21 Jul 1839 20 Jul 1901
Neumann Anna 7 Nov 1867  9 May 1890 

LINKE FAMILY INFO:
I recently received an email from Mary (kayaklady@gmail.com) asking about the LINKE FAMILY and though we have the cemetery online here, there wasn't much else.  So, until some kind soul out there submits a FAMILY GROUP SHEET on this family, I'm posting the tidbits I found in reply to the email.  AND, (HINT! HINT!) if anyone has more info on the Stefan / Stephan & Karolina LINKE family, send it in and I'll add it to the list!!

Stefan (1839 - 1901) & Karolina (1843 - 1923) (nee Wildner) immigrated from Bohemia on the Alsatia, arriving in Castle Garden, New York City on 4 June 1881, and then traveled to the Morris Twp area in Shawano County.  Both are interred at the above mentioned cemetery.  They had several children:

Antonia LINKE married Alfred (Fred) ROBERTS on May 1, 1905 in Shawano County.
Amelia (or Emilie) LINKE (1865 - 1890) married Wendelin KRAUSE on 29 January 1882 in Shawano County.
 Anna LINKE (1867 - 1890) married Joseph NEUMANN on 29 Jan 1882 in Shawano County.
Martha LINKE (1882 - 1972) married Emery ROBERTS on 1 September 1902 in Outagamie County. 
Anton LINKE marries Clara LADWIG on Sep 14, 1905 in Marathon County.

The first census I find the family listed in is the 1895 Wisconsin State Census.  The household consists of 4 males and 4 females... sorry, no first names.  Other family in the immediate area were Anton Linke (appears single) and Joseph Neumann (appears married).  The next census is the 1900 Federal Census for Morris Twp. and it shows Stefan LINKE and his wife Caroline who have been married for 35 years and Caroline has had 8 children with only 4 living in 1900.  Children Anton (b. April 1871), Martha (b. November 1882) and Antonia (b. August 1887) are all single and living at home.  Caroline's daughters Emilie & Anna died in 1890.

SOURCES:
Castle Garden Index Page 6:

First name Last name Occupation Age Sex Arrived Origin Ship
SEFA LINK UNKNOWN 60 M 4 Jun 1881 GERMANY ALSATIA
CAR. LINK UNKNOWN 49 F 4 Jun 1881 GERMANY ALSATIA
FRANZ LINK UNKNOWN 40 M 4 Jun 1881 GERMANY ALSATIA
MIC. LINK UNKNOWN 21 F 4 Jun 1881 GERMANY ALSATIA
ANNA LINK UNKNOWN 19 F 4 Jun 1881 GERMANY ALSATIA
ANTON LINK UNKNOWN 17 M 4 Jun 1881 GERMANY ALSATIA
MARIE LINK UNKNOWN 15 F 4 Jun 1881 GERMANY ALSATIA

Alsatia Passenger List NYC - 4 June 1881  Page 1  Page 6
** Franz LINK is a passenger on the ship but not listed in the immediate cabin of Stefan & Caroline -- possibly from his age, he could be Stefan's younger brother?

Stefan Linke Land Patent

Martha & Emery ROBERTS 60th Anniversary Newspaper Clipping

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