Meinershagen, Carl Eberhard

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• Moved To: Oct 1871, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

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Moved To:
Carl and his wife moved to Lafayette County in October 1871. The traveled by boat up the Missouri River to Berlin, Missouri, located about two miles northwest of Dover. They farmed west of Higginsville for nearly 50 years.

Buried:
He was buried in the cemetery of Salem Church.

Carl married Hackmann, Anna 31 Mar 1871, Missouri, USA. Anna (daughter of Hackmann, Johann Heinrich and Kienker, Catharine Elisabeth) was born 29 Dec 1852, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 11 Oct 1941. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1836, Missouri, USA
• Moved To: 1882, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Immigration:
Friedrich Wilhelm emigrated from Wersen, Tecklenburg, Prussia.

Moved To:
He worked as a tailor in Higginsville until his retirement to small farm west of Higginsville, where he was living at the time of his death.

Buried:
He was buried in the cemetery of Salem Church.

Friedrich married Brinkmann, Maria Wilhelmina 17 Feb 1841, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA. Maria (daughter of Brinkmann, Heinrich Adolph and [---?---], Anna Margaretha) was born 11 Sep 1823, Westerkappeln, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 6 Jul 1895, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt 1828–1829, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Moved To: 1882, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Buried:
She was buried in the cemetery of Salem Church.

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Married:
The marriage was recorded in the register of the evangelical church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as Die Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

Notes:

Buried:
According to a published transcription of Heinrich's gravestone, the year of birth was 1784. Church records at Wersen record the year as 1785.

Died:
The death was recorded in the register of the evangelical church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

Heinrich married Meese, Maria Charlotte Dorothea 1807, Wersen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. Maria (daughter of Meese, Johann Heinrich and [---?---], Adolfina Charlotte) was born 5 May 1780, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 28 Jan 1818, Wersen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt 1828–1829, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Immigration:
A biographical sketch of his grandson, Frederick Jürgen (or, George, as he preferred) Meinershagen, published in 1910, reported that Frederick's mother, and therefore his daughter, Maria Wilhelmina Brinkmann, was five years old when she came to Missouri. It seems likely that at that age, Maria had to have been accompanied by her parents.

Died:
Heinrich Adolph's death is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).

Heinrich married [---?---], Anna Margaretha Germany. Anna was born 1793, Germany; died 24 Aug 1858, Warren County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt 1828–1829, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Anna Margaretha's maiden name is not known at the present time.

Immigration:
A biographical sketch of her grandson, Frederick Jürgen (or, George, as he preferred) Meinershagen, published in 1910, reported that Frederick's mother, and therefore her daughter, Maria Wilhelmina Brinkmann, was five years old when she came to Missouri. It seems likely that at that age, Maria had to have been accompanied by her parents.

Died:
Anna Margaretha's death is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).

Johann married [---?---], Adolfina Charlotte. Adolfina died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]