Jeff, Debbie, Kay, Steven, George, Mike, and Jeanette met on April 27th for our monthly cleaning day. We mowed, weeded, replaced flowers, and removed all of the brambles growing over the Hagedorn Rosebush. We also repainted a small portion of the fence while the weather was nice. Lowell Herzog, a headstone conservationist, met with …
March Workday
Debbie, Kay, Jeanette, and George met on March 16th for our monthly workday. We mowed, weeded, and cleaned up the flowers. Okay, actually Kay did the mowing and Debbie handled the weeds and branches 🙂 George and Jeanette platted out the cemetery, as required by the Texas Historical Commission's application for historical cemetery designation. …
Cleanup Day
Our next cleanup day will be this Saturday, March 16th. We will meet around 8am to mow, weed, put out ant poison, pick up limbs, etc, and wipe off headstones. If you can come, please bring whatever yard type equipment you have (weed eaters, edgers, roundup, and so on). We usually work from 8am until …
The Cemetery Lilies
During a routine cleanup a few weeks ago, I was spraying the Johnson grass yet again when I noticed that the lilies in the Lower Section were making their annual appearance. Like the Hagerdorn Rosebush, these centuries old day-lilies are not watered or maintained. But every year, they bloom and give us beautiful, natural …
Buxtehude, where the dog barks with its tail
Buxtehude, wo der Hund mit dem Schwanz bellt Buxtehude, where the dog barks with its tail by Jerry W. Jaeger Buxtehude is world-famous not only for the fairy tale of the race between the rabbit and the hedgehog, but also for the proverbial saying that Buxtehude is the town "where the dogs bark with their …
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Headstone Restoration and Decorating
On Dec 1, 2018 Debbie, Kay, George, and Jeanette met to clean up and decorate. George also cleaned off another headstone. Oscar Schlick's headstone (see previous blog post) is still looking good. I sprayed it again with D2 to kill off some of the remaining lichens, then started on his sister Nellie's headstone. Just …
Headstone Cleaning
On October 1, I had the opportunity to hear gravestone conservationist Lowell Herzog speak at the Washington County Genealogical Society's meeting. It was so interesting to see how he was able to dig up family stories, starting with uncovering the name on a headstone. After the presentation, we chatted a bit about headstone cleaning and …
Annual Genealogy Lock-In
Are you interested in genealogy? Brenham Library is there to help! 18TH ANNUAL GENEALOGY LOCK-IN Sponsored by the Texas State Genealogical Society AT THE NANCY CAROL ROBERTS MEMORIAL LIBRARY OCTOBER 19, 2018 10:00 AM TO 8:30 PM 100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Pkwy Brenham, TX 77833 8 LIVE Virtual Programs Genealogy Beginner's Class at noon Door …
History of the Jaeger Witte Cemetery
In May 1984, following a major cleanup and restoration effort, Henry Jaeger Jr. sat down to write the history of the Jaeger-Witte Cemetery. He began with the statement “Just when and in what year the first death and burial and beginning of this cemetery (occurred) remains a hidden question.” What we do know with certainty …
Upcoming Presentation
George Zemanek, JWHCA Secretary, will be presenting "From Germany to Texas: the History of the Jaeger Witte Cemetery" at the September meeting of the Washington County Genealogical Society. The meeting will be September 10, 2018, 7:00pm, in rooms 2 & 3 of the Blinn Student Center. The Blinn College address is 902 College Ave, Brenham, TX …