
Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay
Member of The Association of Graveyard Rabbits
Thursday, June 23, 2022
St. Lorenz Lutheran Cemetery in Frankenmuth, Michigan

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Mary Caroline Wakeman Dibble
Mary Caroline Wakeman was born in 1801 in the state of New York to Adams and Susanna Wakeman. She was the first wife of well known shipbuilder Daniel Dibble. Sadly, Mary Caroline Dibble while in her forties, on December 1, 1842. She was buried at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery.
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Finding Ferdinando Mazza on a Passenger List
Ferdinando Mazza is an ancestor of one of my friends. We
have both been learning about the Italian heritage of
You can search for passengers who entered the
Ferdinando Mazza departed from
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He stated that he was going to
Several individuals of Italian descent were also traveling
to
One can learn so much about their family history by searching
through passenger lists! If you have ancestors who came to the
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Moore Monument at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery
Henry Moore was born in Germany in 1826. He came to the U.S. in 1846. In 1849 he settled in Venice, Ohio, and that same year, he married Mary J. Bourke. He ran a general store in Venice with James McGookey. Mr. Moore also served as the Postmaster in Venice, Ohio for several years. During the Civil War, Henry Moore was in the 145th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After being ill for some time, Henry Moore died on November 5, 1905. Funeral services were held at the Masonic Temple, and he was buried at Oakland Cemetery.
George A. Moore, son of Henry and Mary J. Moore died from typhoid on on March 27, 1906. Sadly, Mrs. Mary J. Moore died on July 29, 1906. Within nine months, three members of the Moore family all passed away. The Moore monument at Oakland Cemetery honors the memory of father, mother, and son. May they rest in peace.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Lurana Strong Todd, 1777-1851
Lurana Strong was born in Lee, Massachusetts to Ozias Strong and his wife, the former Susanna West. She married Amos Todd in New York in 1794. She died in Sandusky, Ohio in 1851, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery. The tombstone of Lurana Strong Todd is barely legible now, but you can faintly read the words Amos Todd.
According to the interment card for Oakland Cemetery, on microfilm at Sandusky Library, it once read, "Relic of Amos Todd."
One of Lurana's daughters, Mary Jones Todd, married David Campbell, who was the founder of the "Sandusky Clarion," the predecessor of the "Sandusky Register." Her youngest daughter, Lydia Mahala Todd, married William T. West, who was a prominent businessman in Sandusky, and operated the West House hotel with her brother for many years.
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Charles Hoffman, 1868-1941
Charles J. Hoffman was born in Sandusky, Ohio to parents of German descent, Daniel and Philippina (Fuchs) Hoffman. He worked in the family coal business, and also was associated with the Hoffman Manufacturing Company in Sandusky. One of the items made at the Hoffman Manufacturing Company was an elevating truck. Below is a portion of the patent for the truck.
Charles Hoffman and his wife Katie Rittman Hoffman were the parents of four children. On October 4, 1941, Charles J. Hoffman died at University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was buried at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery. Charles J. Hoffman had been widely known in Sandusky, Ohio. An obituary for Mr. Hoffman appeared in the October 4, 1941 issue of the Sandusky Register Star News.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Mrs. Philippina Fuchs Hoffman
Mrs. Hoffman was laid to rest in the family lot at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery.