Cemetery and Grave Statistics

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The following statistics are computed from the information in the Cemetery Index and the Missing Grave Project.

General Numbers

  • Currently there are 270 cemeteries and grave locations included in the Cemetery Index.
  • There are 21,916 individuals in the Cemetery Index and the Missing Graves Project.
  • The 20 most common surnames are Klein, Schmidt, Jung, Crenwelge, Knopp, Smith, Jenschke, Gold, Weber, Weinheimer, Stehling, Tatsch, Hartmann, Durst, Schneider, Ahrens, Oehler, Ottmers, Herbort and Kneese.
  • There are 21,424 individuals with a grave photo in the Cemetery Index.
  • There are 5,144 veterans who have been identified in the Veterans of Gillespie County List.

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. For each decade, the percentages in that row are equal to 100%.
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 age group within this decade (1)
1840 29 10
34.5%		   2
6.9%		 5
17.2%		 3
10.3%		 3
10.3%		 2
6.9%		     4
13.8%
1850 129 49
38.0%		 9
7.0%		 13
10.1%		 10
7.8%		 8
6.2%		 14
10.9%		 4
3.1%		 2
1.6%		   20
15.5%
1860 349 138
39.5%		 40
11.5%		 41
11.7%		 30
8.6%		 18
5.2%		 18
5.2%		 18
5.2%		 15
4.3%		 2
0.6%		 29
8.3%
1870 286 99
34.6%		 21
7.3%		 21
7.3%		 14
4.9%		 19
6.6%		 27
9.4%		 35
12.2%		 25
8.7%		 5
1.7%		 20
7.0%
1880 422 105
24.9%		 38
9.0%		 45
10.7%		 34
8.1%		 19
4.5%		 34
8.1%		 56
13.3%		 44
10.4%		 20
4.7%		 27
6.4%
1890 558 156
28.0%		 29
5.2%		 43
7.7%		 38
6.8%		 37
6.6%		 38
6.8%		 68
12.2%		 84
15.1%		 47
8.4%		 18
3.2%
1900 692 197
28.5%		 39
5.6%		 62
9.0%		 38
5.5%		 42
6.1%		 41
5.9%		 82
11.8%		 95
13.7%		 82
11.8%		 14
2.0%
1910 920 240
26.1%		 44
4.8%		 76
8.3%		 61
6.6%		 53
5.8%		 70
7.6%		 92
10.0%		 138
15.0%		 132
14.3%		 14
1.5%
1920 1006 234
23.3%		 51
5.1%		 71
7.1%		 46
4.6%		 67
6.7%		 77
7.7%		 133
13.2%		 175
17.4%		 137
13.6%		 15
1.5%
1930 1211 192
15.9%		 66
5.5%		 61
5.0%		 76
6.3%		 94
7.8%		 111
9.2%		 155
12.8%		 249
20.6%		 195
16.1%		 12
1.0%
1940 1223 130
10.6%		 35
2.9%		 79
6.5%		 55
4.5%		 65
5.3%		 134
11.0%		 201
16.4%		 260
21.3%		 260
21.3%		 4
0.3%
1950 1341 97
7.2%		 12
0.9%		 33
2.5%		 43
3.2%		 70
5.2%		 122
9.1%		 264
19.7%		 355
26.5%		 344
25.7%		 1
0.1%
1960 1607 65
4.0%		 22
1.4%		 26
1.6%		 29
1.8%		 76
4.7%		 139
8.6%		 258
16.1%		 480
29.9%		 510
31.7%		 2
0.1%
1970 1907 56
2.9%		 21
1.1%		 38
2.0%		 32
1.7%		 55
2.9%		 168
8.8%		 310
16.3%		 498
26.1%		 728
38.2%		 1
0.1%
1980 2093 49
2.3%		 21
1.0%		 32
1.5%		 29
1.4%		 44
2.1%		 133
6.4%		 350
16.7%		 524
25.0%		 909
43.4%		 2
0.1%
1990 2381 38
1.6%		 16
0.7%		 26
1.1%		 35
1.5%		 83
3.5%		 132
5.5%		 321
13.5%		 646
27.1%		 1082
45.4%		 2
0.1%
2000 2629 27
1.0%		 11
0.4%		 17
0.6%		 32
1.2%		 63
2.4%		 131
5.0%		 255
9.7%		 565
21.5%		 1527
58.1%		 1
0.0%
2010 2937 15
0.5%		 10
0.3%		 23
0.8%		 25
0.9%		 48
1.6%		 104
3.5%		 266
9.1%		 517
17.6%		 1923
65.5%		 6
0.2%
2020 895 5
0.6%		 3
0.3%		 3
0.3%		 10
1.1%		 13
1.5%		 36
4.0%		 72
8.0%		 170
19.0%		 583
65.1%		  
Unknown decade (2) 495                   495
100.0%
Totals 23110 1902
8.2%		 488
2.1%		 712
3.1%		 642
2.8%		 877
3.8%		 1532
6.6%		 2942
12.7%		 4842
21.0%		 8486
36.7%		 687
3.0%

(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.