Meinershagen, Frank Frederich

Notes:

Birth:
Frank never married. He operated a grocery at Malta Bend, Saline County, Missouri and also lived southwest of Higginsville, Missouri.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 9 Apr 1843, Femme Osage, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Military Service: 1864–1865

Notes:

Baptism:
The baptism of "Hermann Heinrich Meinerzhagen" was recorded in the baptismal register of the German Evangelical Congregation (Die Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde) at Femme Osage (known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ). His parents were identified as residents of neighboring Warren County.

Military Service:
He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 21 November 1864 and mustered out at Opelika, Lee County, Alabama on 20 December 1865.

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

Heinrich married Brune, Mathilde Elizabeth 26 May 1871. Mathilde was born 14 May 1847; died 3 Jun 1885. [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.

Notes:

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).