Jungermann, Theodore August[1]

Male 1894 - 1981  (86 years)


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  • Name Jungermann, Theodore August 
    Born 12 Mar 1894  St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Military Service
    • Theodore served with the American Expeditionary Force during World War I
    Died 22 Jan 1981  [3, 4
    Buried Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Theodore's grave is located in the Zion Church Cemetery.
    Notes 


    • Linwood (Nelson) Jungerman wrote this sketch of Theodore:

           "Theodore was a very small boy when the family came to Saline County [Missouri]. In fact, he was only thirteen years old when his father was forced to retire.
           "One of his first financial ventures was to sell milk in the town of Blackburn [Missouri]. He had a novel form of delivery. He would drive the obliging cow down the street and milk the required amount at the customer's door. One of his first investments was $2.00 for a bicycle. He was with his parents when they were in the home of his brother Julius. But the necessity to become independent led him to go to Nebraska as a farm hand as he could get $35.00 a month there which was ten dollars more than he could get in Missouri.
           "He soon grew to love the prairie -- its rich soil, wonderfully clean air, and the kindly people of that state. He still remains there although none of the family are there at present.
           "It was from Nebraska that he joined the Army during World War I. He stayed in the army of occupation because he could speak German and returned there briefly the year of the fiftieth anniversary of that armistice.
           "Although he never had a family of his own, his interest in his nieces and nephews have made him almost a second father to them. He has also befriended and helped many boys in his neighborhood. We all hope Father Time deals lightly with him."
    Person ID I3520  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2006 

    Father Jungermann, Johann Fredrick Andreas Christian,   b. 26 Oct 1845, Kleinern, Prinicipality of Waldeck Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1917, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Wesseler, Katherine Wilhelmenia,   b. 27 Feb 1853, Weldon Springs, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1946, Genoa, Nance County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 19 Oct 1871  [5, 6


    • Linwood (Nelson) Jungerman, in her history of the family, wrote this sketch of Christian and Katherine's life:

           "Christian Andrew and Katherine Wilhelimena first lived in St. Charles, MO, later farmed near there. It was on this farm that all the children were born and some grew to adulthood. This farm home was unusual then and still is today. It had been built before the Civil War, three stories high, of solid brick construction. Bricks were probably burned on the farm and labor was possibly slave. Rooms were spacious, ceilings were high, cool in summer, and warm in winter. It was to this home that Fred, Andreas' son born in 1861, came in need of a family home. He was only a child, but he felt that his room was more desirable than his presence in the home of his step-mother. Christian and Katherine welcomed him and there he remained for twenty years. In this way Christian could repay his brother Andreas for bringing him to the New World and providing a home for him. Through out life Katherine's motto was 'the house is always big enough if the heart is.'
           "Another incident that happened in this home had to do with the arrival one evening of [a] sick and weary veteran of the Confederate Army. He was given food and lodging and when he was better, he asked Christian A. if he had any type of light work he might do for his 'keep.' Christian had long talks with him, realized he had been seriously wounded, and also realized here was an educated Englishman. The upshot of the matter was he offered this man a room in the upper story of the house where he could operate a subscription school in exchange for teaching his children the proper use, pronunciation, reading and writing of English. They spoke German entirely in the home. How long this lasted we do not know but the teacher remained until his death. We are also sure that many a long winter evening was spent by the two old soldiers, on in blue, the other grey, refighting the campaigns of the war.
           "Life was very pleasant and comfortable in this farm home. They were near their church home and many of Christian Andrews family had come to St. Charles County as well as innumerable Wesseler family relations. As the children grew to man and womanhood Christian realized there was not work or room for all on so small a farm. He began to look westward. He found a purchaser for his land among the descendants of Andreas family. The fourth generation descendants live in this home today. The house has been re-modeled and is very comfortable and beautiful. On the east side of the house runs a road, Jungerman Road, on local maps.
           "In the spring of 1894 the family moved to Audrain County near Rush Hill, Mo. Christian Andrew was in search of a larger farm and better soil. Finding the soil of Audrain County not up to their expectations, they moved on to Saline County around the turn of the century. Christian suffered a stroke in 1907 and remained an invalid the rest of his life.
           "They moved to the town of Blackburn after his stroke. When the wife of Julius died, they moved to his home. After Julius re-married, they spent some time with their daughter, Anna, who lived near by. He died in 1917 while in the home of Julius. He is buried in the Mayview Cemetery as are a number of his descendants.
           "Christian's youngest son, Theodore, attended his father's funeral. He was then in training to go back to fight against the country Christian had left so long ago.
           "Christian Andrew has been portrayed to me as a very stern man - a strict disciplinarian. Life and the army had left its mark on him and he ruled his family of fun-loving children with a firm hand. His wife was rather prone to spoiling her children. She could never conceal her love for them. In her eyes they were perfect, so between the two they created a family of well-balanced children.
           "After her son, Theodore, returned from the army, he began farming in Nebraska. His mother made a home for him there as he never married. Her greatest pleasures in her later years were in planning the family reunions which they held in Nebraska around Thanksgiving."
    Family ID F1139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S92] Earl and Linwood Jungerman, Christian Andrew Jungermann and Descendants, 1845-1976 (Missouri: privately published typescript, [after 1975?]).
      pages 52-53. Biographical sketch of Theodore August Jungerman.

    2. [S92] Earl and Linwood Jungerman, Christian Andrew Jungermann and Descendants, 1845-1976 (Missouri: privately published typescript, [after 1975?]).
      pages 18, 52. Theodore August Jungerman; born 12 March 1894 in St. Charles County, Missouri.

    3. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 150.
      Jungerman [sic]: Theodore A; 12 Mar 1894 (St Chas.Mo); 22 Jan 1981. W W I AEF (son C A & Wilh.).
           According to the instructions on page 2 of this compilation, the information in parentheses comes from sources other than the tombstone inscription. These additional sources are not identified.

    4. [S92] Earl and Linwood Jungerman, Christian Andrew Jungermann and Descendants, 1845-1976 (Missouri: privately published typescript, [after 1975?]).
      p.18. Information add by an unidentified hand gives the year of death as either 1980 or 1981.

    5. [S92] Earl and Linwood Jungerman, Christian Andrew Jungermann and Descendants, 1845-1976 (Missouri: privately published typescript, [after 1975?]), pages 17-18.
      Johann Frederick Andreas Christian Jungermann & Katherine Wilhelmenia Wessler; married 19 October 1871. Biographical sketch on pages 22-24.

    6. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 150.
      Jungerman [sic]: C A (Chris); 26 Oct 1845; 17 Nov 1917. Wilhelmine K (Katherine) Wessler; wife; 27 Feb 1853; 3 Nov 1946.
           According to the instructions on page 2 of this compilation, the information in parentheses comes from sources other than the tombstone inscription. These additional sources are not identified.