Silver Creek Cemetery question

[Jill Morelli]

I am looking for a date of death for Klaas Kriens, born 1841, died 8 July 1920 in Stephenson County, IL and buried in the Silver Creek Cemetery. (Not his same-named son who died in 1943.) There is no obituary, nothing in IRAD; nothing in Ancestry or FS, including the catalog or Full Text Search. He isn't even listed in the indexes of death.  I have the date from the narrative in FindAGrave, and an incomplete reference to the Boyken book "Ostfriesens in Amerika" which indicate the date of death.

I was thinking perhaps the Silver Creek Cemetery would have a record of the burial.  Is this the cemetery related to the Grace Valley Christian Reformed church or some other?  any recommendations as to who I ought to write to obtain the record?

I am looking for something more authoritative than an index or a narrative on FindAGrave.  Your thoughts would be appreciated.

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[Paul Stuit]

Hi Jill,

I have the index for your mentioned cemetery. Mentioned is:

Kriens, Klaas 1841 - 1920

Kriens, Maria (wife) 1841 - 1930

So they were burried in Silver Creek Reformed Cemetery.

Regards,

Paul

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[Jill Morelli]

Thanks. I know that.  

I am looking for an authoritative source (not an index; not FindAGrave) that gives me the full date. This is usually the church burial record or a death certificate

Jill

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[Paul Blobaum]

Hi Jill, 

Forgive me if you already found this: 

Silver Creek Reformed Church web site https://silvercreekrca.org/    +1 815 362 2129 silvercreekr...@gmail.com3  26 S Bunker Hill Rd, German Valley, IL    The church record book could be in the church office. 

I would think the records from the 1900s would be easy to read.  My dad was a pastor and enjoyed looking up genealogy requests in the old church record books, in the years before copy machines and such. (1970s)

Paul Blobaum Mahomet IL

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