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- [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), vol. 1, pages 394-395.
Biographical sketch of "Charles and Hulda Erdmann Family" and sketch of "William and Louella Erdman Family." Both submitted by Shirley and Martin Tempel.
William C. Erdman, son of Charles and Hulda Erdman, and Lou Ella Meinershagen, daughter of John and Minnie Meinershagen, were born and reared in rural Higginsville.
- [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), volume 1, page 394.
Biographical sketch of "William and LouElla Erdman Family." Submitted by Shirley and Martin Tempel.
William died in 1967; buried in the City Cemetery [Higginsville, Missouri].
- [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), vol. 1, pages 394-395.
Biographical sketch of "Charles and Hulda Erdmann Family." Submitted by Shirley and Martin Tempel. Charles August Erdamnn and Hulda Schwarzenbach; married 13 November 1902. No place is given, but Lafayette County is assumed. "Charles and Hulda were Higginsville area farmers, devout Baptists and the parents of six children."
- [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), volume 1, page 394.
Biographical sketch of "William and LouElla Erdman Family." Submitted by Shirley and Martin Tempel.
William C. Erdman, son of Charles and Hulda Erdman, and Lou Ella Meinershagen, daughter of John and Minnie Meinershagen; married "in 1926 at the parsonage of the Salem Evangelical Reformed Church by the Rev. Theo. Hauck. It snowed so hard the afternoon of their wedding that the dinner guests, at the home of the brides' parents, had to be transported to their homes by horse and wagon - the cars of the era could not get through the snow!"
- [S139] Fred H. Meinershagen, The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen: a Genealogy of Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen, January 1, 1785 - May 22, 1870 (Columbia, Missouri: F. H. Meinershagen, 1973), page 31.
William C. Erdman and Lou Ella Wilhelmine Meinershagen were married on 18 February 1926. No place of marriage given.
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