Searching in Cave Hill Cemetery for Vohringers

Last year after attending the National Genealogical Society’s Family History Conference, my husband and I visited Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky, to locate the gravestones of his Voehringer/Vohringer family members.

I had a list created from their Find a Grave memorials and stopped by the office. I am glad I did, as I received paper copies of the cemetery records. He also marked on a map where the locations of the stones were. That cemetery is huge and it is easy to get lost. The marks on the map were in the general location but I still had to walk around a bit to find them.

Yellow marks the spots

Mary Agnes Vohringer, born 3 Aug 1811 and died 25 Dec 1898. Her stone is shared with her bachelor son, Fred Vohringer (1849-1895).[1] She was born Mary Agnes Reiff, and is my husband’s 3x-great-grandmother.[2]

Mary and Fred were not the only people on this stone. On the opposite side was the surname Nolting.[3]

On the side was the name: Rosina Nolting (1843-1915).[4]

 Also next to this plot was another for the Kilgus family. You can see to the left the Nolting monument.[5]

Here, Barbara Vohringer Kilgus, her husband Christian Kilgus, and daughter, Lillie Kilgus, are marked in front, and Elizabeth Kilgus is on the larger marker.[6]

Lastly, here is the paperwork given to me by the staff at the cemetery for the Nolting and Kilgus plots. See the dotted lines--that is where they connect.

Another Voehringer family is buried at Cave Hill. Jacob Voehringer, who died in 1919, along with his wife, Louise, and son, John. However, after looking along the grass, I never found the markers. I was probably looking in the wrong place. I do have the paperwork.

The cemetery is very beautiful and I wished I had more time to explore other burials, but it was closing soon. Next time I’m in Louisville, I will go back and look for Jacob and his family.

#52Ancestors: Week 20 – At the Cemetery

This is my ninth year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow (https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/) at Generations Cafe. I write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or My Trails into the Past. I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways.

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[1] Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, marker for Mary A Vohringer & Fred Vohringer, taken 28 May 2025 by Lisa S. Gorrell.

[2] Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate, no. 1357, Jefferson Co, Rosina Nolting, 1915; imaged "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953," Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com).

[3] Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, marker for Nolting family, taken 28 May 2025 by Lisa S. Gorrell.

[4] Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, marker for Rosina Nolting, taken 28 May 2025 by Lisa S. Gorrell

[5] Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, marker for Kilgus family, taken 28 May 2025 by Lisa S. Gorrell

[6] Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, markers for Barbara Kilgus, J.C. Kilgus, and Lillie Kilgus, taken 28 May 2025 by Lisa S. Gorrell

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