Plöger, Wilhelm Heinrich

Male 1866 - 1881  (14 years)


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  • Name Plöger, Wilhelm Heinrich 
    Born 12 Sep 1866  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 4 Nov 1866  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Wilhelm's baptism is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The sponsor was Heinrich Aufderhar [sic].
    Died 24 May 1881  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6
    Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Wilhelm was buried in the cemetery located south of and next to the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein and know since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ.
    Person ID I353  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 26 May 2008 

    Father Plöger, Friedrich Ernst,   b. 1 Apr 1830, Lemgo, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1912, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Aufderhaar, Christine Elisabeth,   b. 17 Sep 1839, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1907, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1857  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    • Friedrich and Christine's marriage is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). According to the published church records, "Heinr. Aufder Har" [sic] and "Christoph Plöger" were witnesses. Friedrich is identified as coming from Lippe Detmold (it should be noted that the baptism record for his first child identifies him as "Ernst Friedr. Plöger"). Friedrich and Christine had 10 children.
    Family ID F79  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Baptism record; page 113.
      "Wilhelm Heinrich," child of "Ernst Plöger" and "Christine nee Aufderhar," was born on 12 September 1866 and baptized on 4 November 1866. The sponsor was Heinrich Aufderhar [sic].

    2. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Death record; page 292.
      "W. Heinrich Plöger" died on 24 May 1881 and was buried at Holstein, Missouri in the "2nd cemetery, now south of the church." The date of birth given in the death record was 12 September 1866.

    3. [S22] Obituary.
      For Friedrich Ernst Ploeger; in the Marthasville (Missouri) Record on 18 October 1912; written by "F. Egger, Pastor" [of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri]. Transcription of the obituary provided by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts. Son: Wilhelm Henry, died at age 15 in 1881 (which gives a birth in 1866).

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 46.
      Wilhelm Heinrich Ploeger, child of Friedrich Ernst Ploeger and Christine Elisabeth Auf-Der-Haar, was born on 12 September 1866 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    5. [S22] Obituary.
      For Friedrich Ernst Ploeger; in the Marthasville (Missouri) Record on 18 October 1912; written by "F. Egger, Pastor" [of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri]. Transcription of the obituary provided by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts. Son: Wilhelm Henry, died at age 15 in 1881.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 46.
      Wilhelm Heinrich Ploeger died on 24 May 1881 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    7. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989).
      Marriage record for "Friedrich Ernst Plöger" & "Christina Elisab. Aufder Har;" p. 247. Married 3 April 1857. Friedrich identified as coming from Lippe Detmold. Witnesses were "Heinr. Aufder Har" and Christoph Plöger."

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 46. Obituary.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Friedrich Ernst Plöger which she reported had appeared on 18 October 1912 in the Marthasville (Missouri) Record.
           "In 1857 he was married to Miss Christine E. Auf-Der-Haar." "This union was blessed with ten children...."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 46.
      Friedrich Ernst Ploeger and Christine Elisabeth Auf-Der-Haar were married on 3 April 1857 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.