I was raised in Bunker Hill IL. My parents were born in Madison Co IL however my father's family moved to Bunker Hill when he was almost 14 years old.

My father's side of the family has ties to Madison Co, Jersey Co, Greene Co, Montgomery Co and Macoupin Co IL. The main surnames I am researching in his family are Girth, Pruitt including Preuitt and Pruett, Wyatt/Wiatt/Watt, Griffin, Boschert, Carpenter, Curry, Lucas, Sanford, Phinn, Barber, Bradshaw and Lee. Some allied families include Aldrich, Kelly, Sapp, Jones, Cleary, Seago, Arbuckle and Woolsey.

All 4 sets of my gr-gr-grandparents on my mother's side of the family were German immigrants. Surnames being research are Cooper (originally Kuper), Harms, Dettmers, Frerichs, Wulf and Greve. The Frerichs family includes surnames Johnson, Bertels, Heuer and Oldenettel just to name a few. The Greve family includes the surnames Henkhaus, Hesse and Drexelius and also may include Budde. Other allied family surnames include Heeren, Nickel, Gustine, Arbuthnot and Homm.

My husband Harvey was born and raised in Edmundson MO. His parents were born and raised in Campbell, Dunklin, MO. They moved to the St Louis area in 1943. Surnames include Geer, Skidmore, Lee, Sims, Lamar, Perry, McElyea, Randolph, Royal, Sanders, Polsgrove including the original spelling Pfaltzgraff, Henderson, Robinson, Layton (including Allen, Jones, Stermon and Preciado), Sammons, Fletcher, Bridges, Davis and Lewis.

I am presently working on a special project for St Mary's Catholic Cemetery which is in Dorchester Township, Macoupin Co IL (about 2 miles southeast of Bunker Hill on Catholic Springs Road). This project is being done not only for the cemetery association but also in coordination with the office which oversees the Catholic cemeteries in the Diocese of Springfield IL. I'm in the process of doing a thorough research of all those buried in this cemetery and I would greatly appreciate receiving any information to aid this project.

I am also working on a burial database for the cemeteries in the Campbell, Dunklin, MO area. Most of the cemeteries in that area do not have records of those buried and are lucky if they have the names of the lot owners. Right now I have over 4,000 burials of which 400 to 500 are unmarked burials. Anyone having information on someone buried in the Campbell area can contact me through this website or privately.


Debbi (Girth) Geer

I was raised in Bunker Hill IL. My parents were born in Madison Co IL however my father's family moved to Bunker Hill when he was almost 14 years old.

My father's side of the family has ties to Madison Co, Jersey Co, Greene Co, Montgomery Co and Macoupin Co IL. The main surnames I am researching in his family are Girth, Pruitt including Preuitt and Pruett, Wyatt/Wiatt/Watt, Griffin, Boschert, Carpenter, Curry, Lucas, Sanford, Phinn, Barber, Bradshaw and Lee. Some allied families include Aldrich, Kelly, Sapp, Jones, Cleary, Seago, Arbuckle and Woolsey.

All 4 sets of my gr-gr-grandparents on my mother's side of the family were German immigrants. Surnames being research are Cooper (originally Kuper), Harms, Dettmers, Frerichs, Wulf and Greve. The Frerichs family includes surnames Johnson, Bertels, Heuer and Oldenettel just to name a few. The Greve family includes the surnames Henkhaus, Hesse and Drexelius and also may include Budde. Other allied family surnames include Heeren, Nickel, Gustine, Arbuthnot and Homm.

My husband Harvey was born and raised in Edmundson MO. His parents were born and raised in Campbell, Dunklin, MO. They moved to the St Louis area in 1943. Surnames include Geer, Skidmore, Lee, Sims, Lamar, Perry, McElyea, Randolph, Royal, Sanders, Polsgrove including the original spelling Pfaltzgraff, Henderson, Robinson, Layton (including Allen, Jones, Stermon and Preciado), Sammons, Fletcher, Bridges, Davis and Lewis.

I am presently working on a special project for St Mary's Catholic Cemetery which is in Dorchester Township, Macoupin Co IL (about 2 miles southeast of Bunker Hill on Catholic Springs Road). This project is being done not only for the cemetery association but also in coordination with the office which oversees the Catholic cemeteries in the Diocese of Springfield IL. I'm in the process of doing a thorough research of all those buried in this cemetery and I would greatly appreciate receiving any information to aid this project.

I am also working on a burial database for the cemeteries in the Campbell, Dunklin, MO area. Most of the cemeteries in that area do not have records of those buried and are lucky if they have the names of the lot owners. Right now I have over 4,000 burials of which 400 to 500 are unmarked burials. Anyone having information on someone buried in the Campbell area can contact me through this website or privately.


Debbi (Girth) Geer