Typographical Error Creates a New Person – Complete with Burial and Headstone
My extensive research has identified no less than four (4) burials at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery (CWVMC) in which each “decendent” was created whole-cloth from a typographical and/or transcription error. To be clear: these four individuals never existed; and, yet, the CWVMC maintains a complete burial record for each of them. And each…
Neglected Valor
Many people may be familiar with the term “Stolen Valor” and the book by the same name by B.G. Burkett. It labels the act of claiming military awards, badges, or service that the person did not earn. There has been a rash of these incidents over the past 3-4 decades. I have identified an entirely…
Peter Steinebach Has Two VA Headstones – Each in a Different Cemetery
Peter Steinebach was born in May 1840 in Germany and arrived in New York City on 11 May 1846 aboard the SS Emma. He was 6 years old and traveling with his parents and three siblings. In 1850, they were living in Polk, WI; but by 1860 Peter was living with his older brother and his…
Barney McBrarty – Buried in a Wisconsin State Veterans’ Cemetery – In an Unrecorded and Unmarked Grave
I studied the state veterans’ cemetery in King, WI, for over 9 years – and I’m still at it. It was originally known as the “Home Cemetery” as it first served the burial needs of the Wisconsin Veterans Home across the street; it is now known as the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery (CWVMC). From…