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Wesseler, John Henry Louis

Male 1818 - 1894  (76 years)


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  • Name Wesseler, John Henry Louis 
    Born 26 Jan 1818  Essen, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 

    •      In the genealogical report compiled by Earl and Linwood Jungerman, the place of John Henry's birth is identified as "Essen Kruis, Essen Prussia." There is some difficulty in determining just what locality is being referred to here. It seems probable that "Kruis" is a misspelling of the German word "Kreis" (an administrative district) and that the punctuation in this phrase may be a little confused. Until we can return to the primary sources for verification, we have tentatively identified this place as the city of Essen in Westphalia. This is pure speculation on our part.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1844  Weldon Springs, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 

    •      John made the seven week voyage from Germany to New Orleans, and then traveled up the Mississippi River to settled in Weldon Springs, Missouri. His older brother had emigrated to the USA in 1842.
    Died 1 Oct 1894  Weldon Springs, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Weldon Springs, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I3563  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2017 

    Family Wulfekammer, Sophia,   b. 9 Mar 1833, Westerkappeln, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1921, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. 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)
     2. Wesseler, Louise,   b. 27 Feb 1853, Weldon Springs, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1943  (Age 89 years)
     3. Wesseler, Anna Maria,   b. 1 Oct 1854,   d. 9 Sep 1872  (Age 17 years)
     4. Wesseler, Fred,   b. 9 Oct 1858,   d. Aft 1956  (Age > 99 years)
     5. Wesseler, Henry H.,   b. 10 Oct 1856,   d. 9 Jan 1899  (Age 42 years)
     6. Wesseler, Reka,   b. 21 Jul 1860,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Wesseler, John,   b. 1 Jul 1862,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Wesseler, Emma,   b. 28 Jun 1864,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Wesseler, Gustav,   b. 6 Nov 1866,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Wesseler, Anna,   b. 25 May 1869,   d. 1 Jun 1869  (Age 0 years)
     11. Wesseler, Katherine,   b. 29 Jun 1870,   d. 7 Jul 1870  (Age 0 years)
     12. Wesseler, Louis,   b. 14 Jul 1875,   d. 25 Apr 1864
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S92] Earl and Linwood Jungerman, Christian Andrew Jungermann and Descendants, 1845-1976 (Missouri: privately published typescript, [after 1975?]), page 20.
      John Henry Louis Wesseler; born 26 January 1818 in "Essen Kruis, Essen Prussia."

    2. [S92] Earl and Linwood Jungerman, Christian Andrew Jungermann and Descendants, 1845-1976 (Missouri: privately published typescript, [after 1975?]), page 21.
      Immigrated to St. Charles, Missouri in 1844. A seven week voyage from Germany to New Orleans. John's older brother had emigrated to the USA in 1842. The brother's wife died in the cholera epidemic of 1848 [in St. Charles, Missouri?]

    3. [S92] Earl and Linwood Jungerman, Christian Andrew Jungermann and Descendants, 1845-1976 (Missouri: privately published typescript, [after 1975?]), page 20.
      John Henry Louis Wesseler & Sophia Wulfekammer. In the original typescript, the date of "1 October 1894 in Weldon Springs, St. Charles County, Missouri" is given as a second birth date for John. This is an obvious error which someone has corrected by hand so that the same information is now given as a marriage date for John and Sophia. However, this appears to be in error as well - John would have been 76 years old at the time of his marriage, which would have taken place 19 years after the birth of his 12th and last child. In all probability, 1 October 1894 is the date of his death.

    4. [S92] Earl and Linwood Jungerman, Christian Andrew Jungermann and Descendants, 1845-1976 (Missouri: privately published typescript, [after 1975?]), page 21.
      John is buried "on the church grounds of the Evangelical Church in Weldon Springs. The land on which this church stands originally belonged to the Wesseler family."


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