SONNTAG CEMETERY - FRISCO
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Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
The family of
Fredriech Hermann Sonntag was from Germany. Fredriech Sonntag served in the
Franco-Prussian War. Early in 1877, because of unsettled conditions in Germany,
they came to Dallas by way of New York. Fredriech Sonntag said at the time that
one day Germany was going to cause America trouble. In July of that year he
bought 1078 acres of land about 1 mile south of present-day Frisco. Part of his
land was given the name of Spanish Oaks because of the dense Spanish oak trees
in the area. His land was in the area of west Collin County known as "the
flats." This was open range at the time. It was noted for its tall grass and
cougars.
Fred Herman and
Augusta Sonntag had 14 children. He bought additional land in Bosque County for
his sons. In 1905 he bought 4400 acres of land in Mexico, where he moved with
his wife and youngest child. He thought that Mexico would be a prosperous
country because of its climate. He died and was buried there in December of
1915. This was at the time of the Mexican Revolution.
Before the
Sonntag boys could get there to bring their mother back to the Frisco area, most
of the family's possessions had been stolen by outlaws. The change in climate
was too much for Augusta Sonntag and she died in January of 1916 from pneumonia.
She was buried in the family cemetery. One of their sons, Johann Gottfried
Sonntag, was noted as a weather forecaster in the Frisco area.
This cemetery is listed in COLLIN COUNTY CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS I on page 578. It
was not assigned a number by them but is shown on their map. They list 3 graves
for the cemetery in 1972 - Fred Herman, Augusta Emily, and Alfred Benjamin
Sonntag. Fred Herman, as mentioned above, is buried in Mexico near Valle.
Augusta Emily was his wife. Alfred Benjamin was a son. He was the first burial.
Augusta Emily was the last burial. Their daughter, Minnie, who died when she was
15 years old, may have been buried here also.
The family cemetery was moved to the Bethel Cemetery north of Frisco in 1974.
Their children, Godfried, Emil Walter and J. Herman Sonntag, and their wives
were already buried there. C. W. Sontag (with one "n"), who is also buried in
the Bethel Cemetery, was their son William. He was the last child born in
Germany. The Docia buried near him was his wife, Docia Craft. The family history
is recorded in the book, A HISTORY OF FRISCO, TEXAS.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Sonntag Cemetery - Frisco,
"CEMETERIES OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County,
Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries,
Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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