location of cemetery updated 12/7/23
location of cemetery updated 12/7/23
Blanchaine Cemetery aka Ruegnitz cemetery  Sec 28, NE¼ / NW¼, Volga Twp (42.759919, -91.310660) north of Grandview Rd. (county hwy X3C) going west from Elkport /Garber. The turn-off (to the north) from Grandview Rd. is not far west of 322nd St. After turning off Grandview, the cemetery will be on the left. |
*Gravestone Photos for this cemetery have been contributed*
*Obituaries have been posted for some of the
people buried in this cemetery*
Clayton
co. Obituary Index
* Sketch of Blanchaine cemetery grave placement, burial list & notes from Dwight Hansel *
Sources:
WPA cemetery records, transcribed by Phyllis Montour
Obituaries & Gravestones
| Name | Birth | Death | |
| Bartels, John | 1823 | 12/20/1878 | |
| Bendschneider, August | 01/02/1843 | 02/1?/1921 | h/o Augusta; s/o Ludwig/Louis & Freiderika |
| Bendschneider, Augusta Caroline nee Sucow | 1846 | 1916 | d/o Fredricka |
| Bendschneider, Barney | 03/26/1858 | 02/10/1876 | s/o August & Augusta |
| Bendschneider, Caroline | 09/08/1886 | ? | d/o August & Augusta |
| Bendschneider, Fred | 02/26/1884 | ? | s/o August & Augusta |
| Bendschneider, Max | 09/22/1878 | 04/1?/1880 | s/o August & Augusta |
| Blanchaine, August C. | 1852 | 08/31/1853 | |
| Blanchaine, Charles 'Carl' | 1826 | 08/22/1910 | h/o Caroline |
| Blanchaine, Caroline Marie | 02/18/1827 | 08/15/1891 | w/o Charles; Note: her obit names her as Marie Caroline |
| Blanchaine, Frederick | 1790 | 01/27/1873 | |
| Blanchaine, Wilhelm | 1863 | 03/26/1883 | |
| Blanchaine, William | 1858 | 09/15/1859 | |
| Dittmer, Fredricka Sucow nee Brigman | 04/04/1821 | 03/16/1907 | married 1st unkn Sucow, 2nd unkn Dittmer; mother of Augusta Bendschneider; informant on death cert. was August Bendschneider |
| Krouse, Ida Caroline Friedericke nee Benschneider | 09/29/1864 | 05/08/1913 | w/o Henry; d/o August & Augusta |
| Meder, Fredericke | 1797 | 08/18/1876 | |
| Phelan, Anna E. nee Blanchaine | 1865 | 12/07/1895 | w/o Thomas (he remarried, d. 1945, bur St. Michaels); d/o Charles & Caroline |
| Ruegnitz, Bertha | 09/28/1877 | 11/01/1878 | d/o George & Augusta |
| Ruegnitz, George SR | - | - | h/o Augusta; see Union cemetery, he was originally buried in Blanchaine; from the Elkader Register 10/25/1923: "L.A. Zarley on Tuesday removed the body of George Ruegnitz Sr. to the Union Cemetery at Littleport to be laid to rest by the side of his wife who recently passed away." |
| Sucow, Frederick | 1841 | 06/15/1871 |
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