Mordt, Meta Minne

Female 1917 - 2008  (90 years)


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  • Name Mordt, Meta Minne 
    Born 26 Jul 1917  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    • She and her ten siblings were born on the family farm in Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, not far from Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri.
    Gender Female 
    Census Jan 1920  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census Apr 1930  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Died 23 Jan 2008  Lake Saint Louis, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    • Meta died at SSM St. Joseph Hospital West.
    Buried 25 Jan 2008  Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • Meta was buried in Zion United Methodist Church.
    Person ID I2845  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2011 

    Father Mordt, Heinrich Friedrich Adolph,   b. 28 Nov 1868, Stemmen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1952  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Winter, Meta Christina,   b. 15 Mar 1884, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1960, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1906  Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

    •      According to their application for a marriage license and the marriage license, Henry A. Mordt, age 37, of Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri, and Meta C. Winter, age 22, of Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, were married at Truxton by Rev. L. H. H. Winter. Rev. Winter was almost certainly Meta's elder brother, Louis Heinrich Hermann Winter, a pastor in the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
           In 1908, Rev. Winter would also officiate at the marriage of Meta's younger sister, Alma F. Winter and Herman A. Luelf.
           Following their marriage, Henry and Meta lived together on a farm in Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, not far from Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri. All of their eleven children were born at this home.
    Family ID F527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Luelf, Melvin V.,   b. 27 May 1918, Hawk Point Township, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 2004, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1940  Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22
    Children 
     1. Luelf, Darla Jeanne
    +2. Luelf, Richard Gale
     3. Luelf, Roland Lee
     4. Luelf, Donna Mae,   b. 11 Aug 1954, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1954, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Meta Mordt, daughter of Henry Mordt and Meta Christina Winter; born 26 July 1917.

    2. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 19.
      Meta Mordt, daughter of Henry Mordt and Meta Christina Winter; born 26 July 1917. No place explicitly cited; all of Henry and Meta's eleven children "were born on the home place."

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, page 5A. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1920 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 187, sheet 5 A, enumerated 14 & 15 January 1920, dwelling 98, family 98, lines 19-26. Meta M. Mordt; daughter; age 2 years, 5 months; single; born in Missouri. The reported age would yield a birth date of July-August 1917 by calculation.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T626, roll 1249, page 1B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1930 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 110-2, sheet 1B, enumerated 3 April 1930, dwelling 16, family 16, lines 68-78. Meta M. Mordt; daughter; age 12; single; born in Missouri. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1917-1918 by calculation.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 104, 141.
      Meta Minnie Mordt, child of Henry Friedrich Adolph Mordt and Meta Christina Winter, was born on 26 July 1917 at Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri.

    6. [S104] Personal communication, From Emily Wilson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum in May 2005.
      Data from a GEDCOM file based on Emily's genealogical research.
           Meta Minnie Mordt, daughter of Heinrich Friedrich Adolph Mordt and Meta Christine Winter, was born on 26 July 1917 at Camp Branch, Warren County, Missouri.

    7. [S22] Obituary, for Meta M. Luelf.
      STLtoday.com; posted on 30 January 2008. (http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_0ccc3d2a-cd7c-5469-8bb7-b04b530e17d9.html). Accessed on 5 July 2011.
           "Meta Minnie Luelf...was born July 26, 1917, to Henry Adolf and Meta (Winter) Mordt in Warren County."

    8. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, page 5A. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1920 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 187, sheet 5 A, enumerated 14 & 15 January 1920, dwelling 98, family 98, lines 19-26.

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T626, roll 1249, page 1B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1930 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 110-2, sheet 1B, enumerated 3 April 1930, dwelling 16, family 16, lines 68-78.

    10. [S104] Personal communication, From Emily Wilson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum in May 2005.
      Data from a GEDCOM file based on Emily's genealogical research.
           Meta Minnie (Mordt) Luelf died at Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri. No date given.

    11. [S22] Obituary, for Meta M. Luelf.
      STLtoday.com; posted on 30 January 2008. (http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_0ccc3d2a-cd7c-5469-8bb7-b04b530e17d9.html). Accessed on 5 July 2011.
           "Meta Minnie Luelf, 90, of Warrenton died Jan. 23, 2008, at SSM St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis." [SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, 100 Medical Plaza, Lake Saint Louis, St. Charles County, Missouri 63367].

    12. [S22] Obituary, for Meta M. Luelf.
      STLtoday.com; posted on 30 January 2008. (http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_0ccc3d2a-cd7c-5469-8bb7-b04b530e17d9.html). Accessed on 5 July 2011.
           "[Meta Minnie Luelf]...was a member of Truxton Zion United Methodist Church, Warrenton Senior Center and the United Methodist Women." "Services were Jan. 25 at Martin Funeral Chapel [510 E. Main St., Warrenton, Missouri 63383] with burial in Zion United Methodist Cemetery [Highway A, Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri 63381]."

    13. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Henry Mordt and Meta Christina Winter; married 29 November 1906.

    14. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 18.
      Henry Mordt and Meta Christina Winter; married 29 November 1906. "...their lives were spent together on a farm near Hawk Point, Missouri. They were the parents of eleven children, namely: Alvina, August, Louis, Flora, Lena, Ella, Meta, Marie, Laura, Esther, and Robert. All were born on the home place."

    15. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T624, roll 828, part 1, page 13B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1910 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 172, sheet 4 A, enumerated 23-25 April 1910, dwelling 65, family 67, lines 10-14. Henry A. Mordt and Meta Mordt; both married for the first time (married for 3 years); Meta is the mother of 2 children (2 still living). The reported length of the marriage would yield date of marriage of 1906-1907 by calculation.

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, page 5A. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1920 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 187, sheet 5 A, enumerated 14 & 15 January 1920, dwelling 98, family 98, lines 19-26. Henry A. Mordt and Meta C. Mordt; married.

    17. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T626, roll 1249, page 1B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1930 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 110-2, sheet 1B, enumerated 3 April 1930, dwelling 16, family 16, lines 68-78. Henry A. Mordt (age 38 at 1st marriage) and Meta C. Mordt (age 22 at 1st marriage); married.

    18. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 103.
      Henry Friedrich Adolph Mordt and Meta Christina Winter were married on 29 November 1906 at Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri.

    19. [S25] Marriage license, from Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
      An online database accessed on 3 December 2010. Original data from microfilm records at the Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri.
           Application for License to Marry, Warren County, Missouri, 1906, Number 74, page 457. Henry A Mordt of Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri, age 37, and Miss Meta C. Winter of Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, age 22, both single and unmarried, applied for a license to marry on 26 November 1906.
           Marriage License from page 115 issued on 26 November 1906 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri to Henry A. Mordt, of Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21 years, and Miss. Meta C. Winter, of Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, who was over 18 years of age.
           L. H. H. Winter, a minister of the Gospel, certified that he had married the above named persons on 29 November 1906 at Truxton, Warren [sic] County.
           The Certificate of Marriage was filed with the recorder of deeds on 3 December 1906 at 1:20 p.m.

    20. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 141.
      Melvin Luelf and Meta Minnie Winter were married on 24 September 1940 at Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri.

    21. [S104] Personal communication, From Emily Wilson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum in May 2005.
      Data from a GEDCOM file based on Emily's genealogical research.
           Melvin Vernon Luelf and Meta Minnie Mordt were married on 24 September 1940 at Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri.

    22. [S22] Obituary, for Meta M. Luelf.
      STLtoday.com; posted on 30 January 2008. (http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_0ccc3d2a-cd7c-5469-8bb7-b04b530e17d9.html). Accessed on 5 July 2011.
           "[Meta Minnie Luelf] was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Luelf;...."