In case it helps out, I've indexed family death notices for a James R. Emde in 1898.
"Milwaukee's German Newspapers; an index of death notices and related items" (1844-1950).
Gary Rebholz, compiler/editor
Milwaukee Wis.
gary.rebholz@gmail.comIndexing Milwaukee's German newspapers continuously since 2007 ... Good gravy! _somebody_ had to do it!