Wabaunsee County

Kraus Family Cemetery, Wilmington, Kansas

Kraus Family Cemetery Wilmington Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas This cemetery is located on the north side of the dam at Lake Wabaunsee. The graves are on the property which was homesteaded by the Kraus family. Birth Death Notes Wilke, Henriette Wilhelmina (Meyer) March 26, 1884 32 yrs 5 months; wife of G. Wilke Kaeckell, Ludewig Aug 30, 1878 Kaeckell, Infant Kaeckell, Infant Henriette Wilhelmina Wilke was married to Ludewig Kaeckell and after he died in 1878 she married G. Wilke. History on this cemetery can be found here Submitted by Chyrl Lawrence-Bulger

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Wabaunsee County Kansas Marriages, 1915-1990

Marriages which took place in Wabaunsee Co., Kansas. Information was obtained from obituaries that appeared in Riley County, Newspapers. =============================================================================================== NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in

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1902 Standard Atlas of Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Wabaunsee County Kansas Queries

I invite you to enter a query for your Wabaunsee County ancestors by utilizing the comment form below. A few basic rules for posting your query: Your query must have an Wabaunsee county connection or it will not be posted. Please do not post queries for tracing living individuals. Please do not post information on living individuals. Please be specific, do not just list a surname in your query. Please be sure to include at least one date in your query, even if its approximate. (See example) Please use capitalization on surname only. (See example) Example of a good query:

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Riley County, Kansas Area Newspapers Obituaries, 1998-1999

Riley County, Kansas Area Newspapers Obituaries 1998-99 Record =============================================================================================== NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the Kansas AHGP Wabaunsee County by Chyrl Lawrence-Bulger =============================================================================================== Below are

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The Snokomo Schoolhouse, 8 mi. S. of Paxico, Wabaunsee, Kansas

The Snokomo Schoolhouse

DIRECTIONS: Snokomo School, 8 mi. S. of Paxico. Leave I-70 at Exit 335, Snokomo Road and drive south. Wind through the Snokomo Creek Valley for 6.4 miles until you arrive at the Snokomo Schoolhouse which is situated on the east side of the road. (You will pass by an 1890 stone schoolhouse on the west side of the road–keep going.) The Snokomo Schoolhouse has school board records that go back to the 1860s. Generally the school year lasted for seven months. Between 1870 and 1900 the illiteracy rate in Kansas was less than 3 percent. Students studied reading, grammar, arithmetic,

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Kansas Post Office

Post Office’s in Wabaunsee County Kansas in 1880

Below is a listing of the Cities that appeared in the above publication which were said to have had a Post Office in 1880. No other information is available.  Additional information on Post Offices from 1828 to 1961 can be found at the Kansas Historical Society here.   Alma (c. h.) Bismark Chalk Mound Grimm Harveyville Maple Hill Pavilion Templin Wabaunsee Wilmington Source: 1880 Leavenworth City Directory. Leavenworth, KS: Edwin Green, 1881. =============================================================================================== NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on

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