Meinershagen, Elizabeth Sophia

Female 1871 - 1947  (76 years)


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  • Name Meinershagen, Elizabeth Sophia 
    Born 11 Apr 1871  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Apr 1947  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Buried 21 Apr 1947  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • She was buried in the cemetery of Salem Church.
    Person ID I3942  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2010 

    Father Meinershagen, Friedrich Jürgen,   b. 22 Nov 1845, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1925, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Hackmann, Maria Wilhelmine,   b. 20 Oct 1851, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1939  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1870  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10
    • The marriage of "Friedrich Georg Meinershagen" and "Mina Maria Hackmann" was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette, at Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). "Parents & siblings" were recorded as the witnesses.
    Family ID F1706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hoefer, Henry,   b. 26 May 1868,   d. 3 Mar 1944  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1891  [11, 12
    Children 
    +1. Hoefer, Arthur August Friedrich,   b. Oct 1892, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1970  (Age ~ 77 years)
    +2. Hoefer, Albert Gustav,   b. 20 Oct 1894, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1980  (Age 86 years)
     3. Hoefer, Clarence Ernest,   b. 1900, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1960  (Age 60 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Apr 1871 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Apr 1947 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 21 Apr 1947 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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), pages 13, 29.
      Elizabeth Sophia (or Sophie) Meinershagen, child of Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen and Marie Wilhelmine Hackmann, was born on 11 April 1871. Warren County, Missouri as place of birth is implied.

    2. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). September 2007.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #14009. For Elizabeth Sophia Hoefer. Born 11 April 1871 at Holstein, Missouri. Father's name: Fritz G. Meinershagen, born in Holstein. Mother's maiden name: Minnia Hackmann, born in Hopewell, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Arthur Hoefer, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    3. [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), pages 13, 29.
      Elizabeth Sophia (Meinershagen) Hoefer died 19 April 1947. No place given.

    4. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). September 2007.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #14009. For Elizabeth Sophia Hoefer. Born 11 April 1871 at Holstein, Missouri. Father's name: Fritz G. Meinershagen, born in Holstein. Mother's maiden name: Minnia Hackmann, born in Hopewell, Missouri. Died 2:00 a.m. on 19 April 1947 at Higginsville, Dover Township, Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 76 years, - months, 8 days. Her usual residence was Higginsville, Dover Township, Lafayette County, Missouri; she had been in the community "all of her life." She had been a housekeeper. She was widowed at the time of death; spouse's name not given. Cause of death was "Cerebral Embolism" due to "High Blood Pressure." Burial was to be at "Evg. Cemetery" on 21 April 1947. The undertaker was C. G. Meinershagen, of Higginsville, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Arthur Hoefer, of Higginsville, Missouri. Leon L. Spenser, DO, of Higginsville, Missouri, attended the deceased from 18 April 1947 to 19 April 1947 and signed the death certificate on 21 April 1947. The certificate was received with the local registrar on 30 April 1947.

    5. [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), pages 13, 29.
      Elizabeth Sophia (Meinershagen) Hoefer was buried at Higginsville, Missouri.

    6. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). September 2007.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #14009. For Elizabeth Sophia Hoefer. Died 2:00 a.m. on 19 April 1947 at Higginsville, Dover Township, Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 76 years, - months, 8 days. Burial was to be at "Evg. Cemetery" on 21 April 1947. The undertaker was C. G. Meinershagen, of Higginsville, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Arthur Hoefer, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    7. [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), pages 4, 12-13.
      Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen and Marie Wilhelmine Hackmann were married on 31 March 1870.
           In writing on page 12 about Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen's preference for George as a middle name in place of Jurgen, the author wrote "He never used it [Jurgen]. It was 'Friedrich George [sic] and Meina [sic] Maria' when they were married at Holstein, Missouri, on March 31, 1870."

    8. [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 Records. p. 250.
      "Friedrich Georg Meinershagen" and "Mina Maria Hackmann" were married on 31 March 1870. "Parents & siblings" were recorded as the witnesses.

    9. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, page 793.
      Biographical sketch of Frederick G. Meinershagen. "In 1870 Mr. Meinershagen was married to Minnie Hackman, in Warren county, of which she was a native."

    10. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Biographical sketch of Benjamin Meinershagen; Volume 2, pages 606-607.
      "His [Fred Meinershagen's] wife was Minnie Hackman, of Warren county, and they are the parents of ten children: Lizzie, wife of Henry Hoefer, of Higginsville; Emma, wife of the Rev. Theo. Hoefer, of Marthasville, Missouri; John, a farmer four miles northwest of Higginsville; Ida, at home; Ben, the immediate subject of this sketch; Oscar, clerk in a grocery at Higginsville; Amelia, wife of William Voss, at Fair Grounds; Bertha, Dan and Lillie, at home."

    11. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), volume 2, page 469.
      Biographical sketch of "Albert and Lula (Rinnie) Hoefer Family." Submitted by Wilma Hoefer. Albert Gustav Hoefer; born 20 October 1894; son of Henry Hoefer and Elizabeth S. (Meinershagen) Hoefer.

    12. [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), pages 13, 29.
      Henry Hoefer and Elizabeth Sophia Meinershagen were married 26 February 1891. No place given.