General Numbers

  • Currently there are 225 cemeteries and grave locations included in the Cemetery Index.
  • There are 17,601 individuals in the Cemetery Index and the Missing Graves Project.
  • The 20 most common surnames are Klein, Schmidt, Jung, Crenwelge, Gold, Knopp, Smith, Weber, Tatsch, Weinheimer, Jenschke, Durst, Oehler, Schneider, Hartmann, Stehling, Ahrens, Kneese, Bierschwale and Ottmers.
  • There are 4,396 individuals with a grave photo in the Cemetery Index.
  • There are 2,310 veterans who have been identified with a  in the Cemetery Index.

Number of deaths within Age Groups by Decade

In the following table, within the Age Group columns, the top number in each cell is the number of individuals in that age group who died during that decade. The bottom number is the percentage of people in that age group computed from all deaths during that decade.
Decade
Death
Occured		 Total
Deaths
in
Decade		Age Groups
0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ Unknown (1)
1840 21 8
38.1%		   1
4.8%		 4
19.0%		 3
14.3%		   1
4.8%		     4
19.0%
1850 115 43
37.4%		 6
5.2%		 12
10.4%		 7
6.1%		 6
5.2%		 10
8.7%		 3
2.6%		 2
1.7%		   26
22.6%
1860 293 122
41.6%		 34
11.6%		 20
6.8%		 16
5.5%		 12
4.1%		 16
5.5%		 13
4.4%		 11
3.8%		 1
0.3%		 48
16.4%
1870 249 86
34.5%		 17
6.8%		 21
8.4%		 12
4.8%		 17
6.8%		 21
8.4%		 25
10.0%		 19
7.6%		 4
1.6%		 27
10.8%
1880 380 93
24.5%		 31
8.2%		 42
11.1%		 33
8.7%		 15
3.9%		 31
8.2%		 40
10.5%		 38
10.0%		 17
4.5%		 40
10.5%
1890 495 128
25.9%		 26
5.3%		 40
8.1%		 36
7.3%		 29
5.9%		 33
6.7%		 59
11.9%		 60
12.1%		 44
8.9%		 40
8.1%
1900 601 172
28.6%		 37
6.2%		 55
9.2%		 33
5.5%		 38
6.3%		 36
6.0%		 61
10.1%		 78
13.0%		 68
11.3%		 23
3.8%
1910 836 210
25.1%		 38
4.5%		 67
8.0%		 56
6.7%		 54
6.5%		 70
8.4%		 86
10.3%		 126
15.1%		 106
12.7%		 23
2.8%
1920 930 211
22.7%		 51
5.5%		 60
6.5%		 48
5.2%		 61
6.6%		 72
7.7%		 125
13.4%		 166
17.8%		 119
12.8%		 17
1.8%
1930 1131 171
15.1%		 59
5.2%		 55
4.9%		 73
6.5%		 86
7.6%		 103
9.1%		 146
12.9%		 232
20.5%		 175
15.5%		 31
2.7%
1940 1127 100
8.9%		 30
2.7%		 66
5.9%		 51
4.5%		 59
5.2%		 122
10.8%		 188
16.7%		 250
22.2%		 250
22.2%		 11
1.0%
1950 1257 80
6.4%		 11
0.9%		 30
2.4%		 35
2.8%		 64
5.1%		 114
9.1%		 241
19.2%		 350
27.8%		 330
26.3%		 2
0.2%
1960 1475 60
4.1%		 18
1.2%		 17
1.2%		 27
1.8%		 62
4.2%		 125
8.5%		 238
16.1%		 441
29.9%		 487
33.0%		  
1970 1728 37
2.1%		 19
1.1%		 33
1.9%		 29
1.7%		 49
2.8%		 142
8.2%		 278
16.1%		 454
26.3%		 681
39.4%		 6
0.3%
1980 1866 42
2.3%		 21
1.1%		 26
1.4%		 24
1.3%		 34
1.8%		 117
6.3%		 283
15.2%		 464
24.9%		 849
45.5%		 6
0.3%
1990 2101 33
1.6%		 15
0.7%		 23
1.1%		 32
1.5%		 72
3.4%		 115
5.5%		 276
13.1%		 551
26.2%		 981
46.7%		 3
0.1%
2000 2179 13
0.6%		 10
0.5%		 17
0.8%		 23
1.1%		 51
2.3%		 111
5.1%		 204
9.4%		 458
21.0%		 1291
59.2%		 1
0.0%
2010 188   1
0.5%		 3
1.6%		   7
3.7%		 9
4.8%		 15
8.0%		 35
18.6%		 118
62.8%		  
Unknown (2) 629                   629
100.0%
Totals 17601 1609
9.1%		 424
2.4%		 588
3.3%		 539
3.1%		 719
4.1%		 1247
7.1%		 2282
13.0%		 3735
21.2%		 5521
31.4%		 937
5.3%

(1) Age could not be determined since birth date, death date or both are unknown

(2) Decade could not be determined since death date is unknown

Observations and comments:

  • There are many grave locations of early Gillespie Co. settlers that have not been documented.
  • The large percentage of the 80+ age group in the recent decades is amazing.
  • If you know of any undocumented burial locations, please send information to Undocumented Grave Site.
  • The information in this table will be updated as graves are added to Cemetery Index and the Missing Graves Project.