Jonas Cemetery
Provided by Joel Honeycutt and Pat Althaus
Blanco County Historical Commission,  101 Pitchfork, Johnson City, TX 78636.

Transcribed by:  June Baird (1983)
Prepared for the TXGenWeb Blanco County Web Site by Wanda Qualls

Location:   Located on Fred Poenisch Ranch (1983)  Turn right at Little Blanco Inn off 281 (south)
onto Little Blanco Road.  After 1/2 mile turn right at Augie Jonas place.  At second house take
road north 1 1/2 mile in pasture; through gate and you are on Fred Poenish ranch. 

Last Name                         First Name                        Birth                     Death                    
Jonas                                   August                              May 01 1832        May 02 1900

Notes:
Born in Prussia
Parents: Micheal and Sophie Jonas
Siblings: Adolpas; Karl (Charles); Wilhelm (Wm.); Hermann; Emelia Jonas Rochau
Married: Sophie Wabsley
Children: August, Jr.; Frederick; Julius; Otto; Ben; Louise Jonas Kruckemeyer
Came to Texas with his parents, one sister and four brothers from Germany.
His father is buried near Seguin, Texas.  August came to Twin sisters area in 1855.
Inscription on monument: "A precious one from us is gone; A voice we loved is stilled; A
place is vacant in our home; And never can be filled.


Jonas                                   Sophie                               May 21 1832         Feb 24 1906
Notes:
Born in England
Wife of August

2 Graves - fenced  and head stones.

Jonas                                    Oscar                              Jun 03 1874              Apr 14 1966

Notes:
Born in Blanco County
Parents: Wilhelm (Wm.) Sr. and Pauline Koch Jonas
Siblings: Bertha; Amelia; Augusta; Willie, Jr.; Mollie; Edward; Paulina; Emma Jonas Fisher; Frieda
Married:  Mary Lux
Children: Oscar, Jr.(buried in Blanco); Edwin (died in WWII and buried at Fort Sam Houston);
Hilda Jonas Bruemmer; Lydia Jonas (nee Jonas); Emma Jonas Manode

Jonas                                     Mary (Lux)                  Jul 22 1879               Oct 31 1913

Notes:
Wife of Oscar Jonas.

Fisher                                     Alvin                            1906/1907                 1906/1907

Notes:
Parents:  Hermann and Emma Jonas Fisher
Siblings: Norma Fisher Krause; Thekla Jonas Wendenroth; Emmie Jonas Werner; Edgar; Alvin; Hilda

Fisher                                    Regina                        1903                            1903

Notes:
Parents:  Hermann and Emma Jonas Fisher

Fisher                                      Hilda                         1902                             1902

Notes:
Parents:  Hermann and Emma Jonas Fisher

Fenced and markers - 10 graves


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