St. Thomas Lutheran Church Cemetery
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MI
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This cemetery is situated in the churchyard of the St. Thomas Lutheran Church, located at 10001 West Ellsworth Rd. in Ann Arbor. It is in section 14 of Freedom Township at the intersection of Haab Road.

Church records say that the land for the church and cemetery was given by Thomas Roth who settled in Freedom Township in 1833. A deed recorded 4 Nov 1850 indicates that land was also given to the church by John George and Christina Maser. A quit claim deed for property was executed in 1965 by the Haab and Bigge families.

Very few of the verses are printed because they are often illegible and lengthy, being mostly in German. Special thanks goes to the Rev. Paul Puffe, pastor of the church and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Weidmayer, members of the church for their help. Additional information was taken from the church records. For those whose names appear in these records there is often extensive information. There are no family plots in this cemetery. Burials are in rows in order of death. A collection of badly deteriorated stones is found under a large pine tree." - Taken from July, 1981 reading performed by the GSWC.

This reading was done on June 6, 2000. Many of these stones are now barely legible, so without the previous reading many of these stones would be unknown.

Here is a translation to some of the common German phrases found in this cemetery:

Alter = Age
Auf Wiedersehen = Until we meet again
Ehefrau = Wife
Ertrunken = Drowned
Frieden = peace
Gattin = Wife
Geboren = Born
Gemortert = Killed, murdered
Gott = God
Hier = Here
Jahre = Year
Monate = Month
Ruhet = Rest
Sohn = Son
Tage = Day
Tochter (Tocht) = Daughter
Unser = Our
Vater = Father
Von (v) = of 

A special 'thank you' to Larry Miller who did the reading of this cemetery. If you have any questions about the contents of this data, Larry can be reached at the following email address:larsfiredome@gmail.com