Struchtemeyer, Olin Henry

Earl married Tempel, Grace Johanna [Group Sheet]

Oscar married Starkebaum, Caroline Augusta 14 Mar 1915. Caroline (daughter of Starkebaum, August William and Frerking, Augusta Rosette) was born 4 Dec 1894, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 9 Jun 1966, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Caroline's preference for her nickname of Lena was so strong, according to family stories, that her use of it in place of her legal given name raised some difficulties when she applied for her Social Security benefits. It was also the name inscribed on her gravestone.

Buried:
Lena is buried in the Lexington Memorial Gardens at Lexington, Missouri. Her gravestone records her name as "Lena A. Struchtemeyer." Her family reports that she used Lena to the exclusion of Caroline.

Herbert married Meinershagen, Lillie Anna Catherine 27 Jul 1916. Lillie (daughter of Meinershagen, Friedrich Jürgen and Hackmann, Maria Wilhelmine) was born 7 Mar 1896; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
According to his death certificate, August was born at Hopewell, a settled area just north of Holstein.

Buried:
According to personal information provided for the death certificate by Daniel Starkebaum, August was to be buried on 8 September 1946 in the "Evangelical Cemetery." This is very probably a reference to the cemetery associated with the congregation at Higginsville, Missouri, known since 1957 as Salem United Church of Christ.

Died:
According to his death certificate, August died at 12:05 a.m. in rural Dover Township, outside of Higginsville. He had been a resident of the community for fifty years. The cause of death was cerebral thrombosis due to chronic myocarditis and chronic nephritis, both of several years duration.

August married Frerking, Augusta Rosette 11 Apr 1889. Augusta (daughter of Frerking, Cheuncy and Dierks, Rosetta Martha) was born 2 Dec 1866, Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 3 Mar 1936, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 5 Mar 1936, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
According to information provided by August Starkebaum for the death certificate, "Mrs. Agusta [sic] Starkebaum" was to be buried on 5 March 1936 in the Evangelical Cemetery. This was very probably the cemetery associated with the congregation at Higginsville, Missouri, known since 1957 as Salem United Church of Christ.

Died:
According to her death certificate, Augusta had suffered for several years from "Carcinoma of left breast with Matastasis in stomach, pleura, and oesophagus."

Other Events:

• Baptism: 10 Apr 1846, Femme Osage, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Moved To: 1882, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Although his birth and baptismal records and early family documents record his given names as Friedrich Jürgen, his personal preference was to be known as Friedrich Georg (or George), Fred G. or F. G.

Baptism:
Friedrich Jürgen's baptism was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Congregation (Die Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde) at Femme Osage (known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

Moved To:

     The following biographical sketch appeared in Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910):

     Frederick G. Meinershagen

     Many of the most fertile farms in our country occupy land which was by the first settlers considered unfit for farming, because it was wet or swampy, but which has by draining or tiling had the surplus water removed and is now more fertile than any other land, on account of the great amount of decayed vegetable matter accumulating in such places and because the low lands naturally receive the wash from above and thus have deeper soil. There is also much land which was not too wet to be farmed without drainage, but which holds a surplusage of water over the needs of crops, which can be so much improved by tiling as to in some cases double the yield. The intelligent farmer who owns such land promptly proceeds to tile it and soon finds the expense of tiling met by increased yields and greater ease in cultivation. Mr. Meinershagen owes much of his success to the thoroughness with which he understands the methods of tiling and to the application of his knowledge.
     Frederick G. Meinershagen was born in Warren county, Missouri, November 22, 1846, the son of William and Minnie (Brinkmann) Meinershagen, both natives of Prussia. His mother was five years old when she came to Missouri, and was married to his father in St. Charles county, who then moved to a timber farm on the Missouri bottoms in Warren county. In 1882 Frederick Meinershagen came to Lafayette county to operate a farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres, three miles southwest of Higginsville, for which he paid fifty dollars per acre. This was the old Henry Higgins homestead. He has rebuilt all the farm buildings and has improved the farm until now it is without question one of the best in the county. While living on it he has laid over ten thousand tile. He carries on mostly grain farming, and also owns a farm in Oklahoma. The home farm in underlaid with coal.
     In 1870 Mr. Meinershagen was married to Minnie Hackman, in Warren county, of which she was a native. Mr. Meinershagen is a Republican. He has always given his attention closely to his farm and is a quiet, hardworking man, naturally of great force of character, which has given to him considerable influence in neighborhood affairs. In farming no man in the community has been more successful than he. He is the father of Dr. Ben Meinershagen, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Friedrich married Hackmann, Maria Wilhelmine 31 Mar 1870, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Maria (daughter of Hackmann, Johann Heinrich and Kienker, Catharine Elisabeth) was born 20 Oct 1851, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 13 Jul 1939; was buried , Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1851, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Confirmation: 25 Mar 1866, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Moved To: 1882, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Baptism:
Maria's baptism was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The sponsor was Maria E. Hackmann.

Confirmation:
Maria Wilhelmina's confirmation was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).

Notes:

Married:
The marriage of "Friedrich Georg Meinershagen" and "Mina Maria Hackmann" was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette, at Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). "Parents & siblings" were recorded as the witnesses.