Erdman, Harvey Clayton

Harvey married Langkrahr, Elva Dean [Group Sheet]

1. Erdman, Ricky Allan
2. Erdman, Janice Lou
3. Erdman, Sandra Dee
4. Erdman, Randy William was born 14 Feb 1966; died 30 Sep 1967; was buried , Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
5. Erdman, Tracy Gay
6. Erdman, Marci Ann
7. Erdman, Rodney William

Notes:

Birth:
Bill was born and raised in the area of Higginsville, Missouri.

Buried:
Bill was buried in the Higginsville City Cemetery.

William married Meinershagen, Lou Ella Wilhelmine 18 Feb 1926, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. Lou (daughter of Meinershagen, John William and Nieman, Minnie) was born 1901, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 1974; was buried , Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
LouElla was born and raised in the area of Higginsville, Missouri.

Buried:
LouElla was buried in the Higginsville City Cemetery.

Notes:

Married:
William and LouElla were married in the parsonage of Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church by the pastor, Rev. Theodore Hauck. "It snowed so hard the afternoon of their wedding that the dinner guests, at the home of the brides' parents, had to be transported to their homes by horse and wagon - the cars of the era could not get through the snow!"

Notes:

Birth:
Charles was born in the Higginsville area.

Buried:
Charles was buried in the Brand Cemetery, south of Higginsville, Missouri.

Charles married Schwarzenbach, Hulda 13 Nov 1902, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. Hulda was born 1880, Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 1949; was buried , Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Hulda was buried in the Brand Cemetery, south of Higginsville, Missouri.

John married Nieman, Minnie 23 Feb 1899. Minnie was born 22 Feb 1872; died 16 May 1950. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Emigration: Between 1850 and 1859, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Emigration:
William Erdman and his older brother August Erdman emigrated to the Missouri in the 1850s. They settled first in Gasconade County, where August married Johannah Briepohl. Later, when August and his family settled near Alma in Lafayette County, William moved west with them.

Buried:
William was buried in the Brand Cemetery, south of Higginsville, Missouri.

William married Hader, Wilhelmine Oct 1869, Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. Wilhelmine died 1928; was buried , Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Wilhelmine was buried in the Brand Cemetery, south of Higginsville, Missouri.

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.