SOSNÓWKA (ger. Schönsee) – community Grudziądz, county Grudziądz, kujawsko-pomorskie voivodeship.
June 2011
The Mennonite cemetery in Sosnówka was created around 1690. Some of the historic tombstones remained up to this day. The oldest are from 1691 and 1836 and are kept in the Ethnographic Museum in Torun. From the preserved gravestones, the following names have been deciphered in:
| Last name | First name | Family name | Birth | Death | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennig | Jacob | 18.07.1821 | 22.06.1872 | From Greutz | |
| 2 | Bartel | Heinrich | 24.10.1875 | 21.03.1938 | ||
| 3 | Elise | Hier ruht die kleine Tochter Elise. A little daughter Elise | ||||
| 4 | Ewert | Gerhard | 04.04.1855 | 25.04.1937 | ||
| 5 | Ewert | Auguste | Franz | 24.08.1853 | 02.04.1940 | |
| 6 | Wichert | Jakob | 05.08.1866 | 14.02.1891 | ||
| 7 | Wichert | Heinrich | 06.02.1817 | 06.04.1887 | ||
| 8 | Franz | Marie | 15.10.1862 | 04.06.1866 | ||
| 9 | Franz | Peter | 23.10.1825 | 23.09.1888 | ||
| 10 | Knels | Maria | Franz | 13.03.1815 | 16.10.1895 | |
| 11 | Fisch | Mathilde | Becker | 15.09.1865 | 17.09.1909 | |
| 12 | Wichert | Catharine | 19.06.1820 | ??.02.1896 | from Schönsee | |
| 13 | Schröder | Anna | .. .. .18?9 | |||
| 14 | Becker | Simon | 25.11.1833 | 13.05.1899 | ||
| 15 | Becker | Caroline | Steltener | 19.02.1843 | 01.04.1898 | |
| 16 | Schröder | David | 08.04.1843 | 28.12.1917 | ||
| 17 | Schröder | Maria | Bartel | 23.01.1845 | 31.11.1892 | from Schönsee |
| 18 | Franz | Heinrich | 24.11.1862 | 06.11.1928 | ||
| 19 | Franz | Erich | 26.10.1895 | 05.04.1918 | ||
| 20 | Goertz | Anna | Ediger | 16.04.1809 | 05.01.1893 | |
| 21 | Goertz | Johann | 25.01.1810 | 08.03. 1866 | ||
| 22 | Redantz | Eduard | 15.02.1829 | 01.01.1908 | from Greutz | |
| 23 | Redantz | Mathilde | Stückmann | 01.03.1845 | 19.04.19?8 | |
| 24 | Ewert | Johann | 10.12.1815 | 02.07.1897 | ||
| 25 | Ewert | Agnete | 18.12.1837 | 16.05.1909 | ||
| 26 | Kopper | Marie | Bartel | 14.01.1838 | 30.05.1911 | |
| 27 | Bartel | Heinrich | 31.03.1824 | 15.05.1900 | from Schönsee | |
| 28 | Wichert | Johann | 17.09.1836 | 28.02.1895 | ||
| 29 | Thiart | Anna | Wichert | 25.09.1871 | 28.12.1896 | |
| 30 | Voth | Jacob | 1822 | 1836 | original in the museum in Torun | |
| 31 | Sarcke | S B | 13.04.1691 | original in the museum in Torun | ||
| 32 | Wichert | Jacob | 1810 | from Schönsee | ||
| 33 | Leonhard | Bartel | 1858 | 1897 | original in the museum in Torun | |
| 34 | Goertz | Paul | 24.10.1881 | 19.10.1919 | ||
| 35 | Bartel | Elisabeth | Schröder | 08.02.1851 | 15.09.1908 | |
| 36 | Wichert | David | 17.10.1842 | 16.09.1904 | ||
| 37 | Wichert | Marie | Ewert | 14. .. 1847 | 16.04.1910 | |
| 38 | Görtz | Anna | 13.04.1852 | 16.05.1852 | ||
| 39 | .. .07.1877 | 02.09.1929 | from Schönsee | |||
| 40 | Franz | Herbert | 15 10.1892 | 02.11.1908 | ||
| 41 | Balzer | Dawid | 15.01.1848 | 13.02.1923 | ||
| 42 | Balzer | Anna | Bartel | 13.07.1861 | 25.08.1934 | |
| 43 | Redantz | Mathilde | ||||
| 44 | Bartel | Ewa | Becher | 1820 | 1890 | original in the museum in Torun |
| 43 | Hermann | Bartel | 13.08.1890 | ??.09.1939 | no tomb stone |
In June 2011, a large group of Mennonite settlers’ descendants visited Sosnówka and Szynych parish. The special celebration of the 100th anniversary of the obelisk sponsored by Mennonite community was organized by pastor Leszek Sudoł.
Gazeta Pomorska about celebration: https://www.pomorska.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110709/GRUDZIADZ01/864866386
Special thanks for all help to Annedore Thal.
Thanks to the pastor of Szynych parish Leszek Sudoł the cemetery is under renovation. Any help for this extraordinary project will be highly appreciated.
( par. Św. Mikołaja, Szynych 49, 86-302 Grudziądz)
