Meinershagen, Herman Adolph

Male 1844 - 1900  (55 years)


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  • Name Meinershagen, Herman Adolph 
    Born 4 Jul 1844  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 20 Aug 1844  Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Herman Adolph's baptism is recorded in the archives of the church at Femme Osage, Missouri.
    Residence Aft 1872  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Fred H. Meinershagen, in his genealogy of the family, writes that "Herman was a wagon maker in Warren County. Farmed north of Higginsville after 1872."
    Died 9 Feb 1900  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Herman died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Catherine Regina (Meinershagen) Schoppenhorst near Peers, Missouri. He had been visiting relatives in Warren County.
    Buried Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I4521  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2009 

    Father Meinershagen, Friedrich Wilhelm,   b. 7 Aug 1816, Wersen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1903, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Brinkmann, Maria Wilhelmina,   b. 11 Sep 1823, Westerkappeln, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1895, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1841  St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10
    • The marriage was recorded in the register of the evangelical church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as Die Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).
    Family ID F1519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Reineke, Henriette Johanne Frederike,   b. 12 Apr 1849, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1874, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 30 Jan 1868  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13
    • The marriage of Hermann and Henriette is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Karl Meinershagen and Mina Jäger were witnesses.
    Children 
     1. Meinershagen, Wilhelm Julius,   b. 9 Mar 1869, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1946  (Age 77 years)
    +2. Meinershagen, Edward Herman,   b. 15 Jul 1872,   d. 3 Nov 1941  (Age 69 years)
     3. Meinershagen, Ernest John,   b. 31 Oct 1874,   d. 28 Jan 1953  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eichmeyer, Amalia Elisa,   b. 27 Jan 1854,   d. 15 Jul 1939, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 26 Aug 1875  Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    • Herman and Amelia were married at the home of the bride's father by the minister of Hopewell Academy, which was located in Warren County, Missouri.
    Children 
     1. Meinershagen, Gustav Henry,   b. 1876,   d. 1942  (Age 66 years)
     2. Meinershagen, Otto Benjamin,   b. 1878,   d. 1885  (Age 7 years)
     3. Meinershagen, Emma Wilhelmine,   b. 22 Oct 1880,   d. 8 Nov 1969  (Age 89 years)
     4. Meinershagen, Lydia Alma Christine,   b. 3 May 1883,   d. 14 Jul 1940  (Age 57 years)
     5. Meinershagen, Alfred August,   b. 15 Apr 1885,   d. 1 Sep 1935  (Age 50 years)
     6. Meinershagen, Amanda Martha,   b. 19 Oct 1887,   d. 11 Jun 1944  (Age 56 years)
     7. Meinershagen, Ella Marie,   b. 24 Jan 1890,   d. 31 Aug 1960  (Age 70 years)
     8. Meinershagen, Hugo Carl,   b. 28 Jan 1893,   d. 4 Oct 1955  (Age 62 years)
     9. Meinershagen, Johanna Anna Pauline,   b. 19 Aug 1895, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1959, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Aft 1872 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Aug 1875 - Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - 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 3-4, 10-11.
      Herman Adolph Meinershagen, son of Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen and Maria Wilhelmine Brinkmann, was born on 4 July 1844 in Warren County, Missouri.

    2. [S137] Thomas Lee Scribner, Genealogical research.
      Herman Adolph Meinershagen; born 4 July 1884. Thomas Scribner cites The Herman Meinershagen Family, an unpublished manuscript by Esther Meinershagen; and also information from Herman's great grand-daughter, Margie Ida Katherine (Nolte) Scribner.

    3. [S118] St. Charles County Genealogical Society, Femme Osage United Church of Christ, Femme Osage, Missouri: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (St. Charles, Missouri: St. Charles County Genealogical Society, no date), p.15.
      "Hermann Adolf Meinerzhagen," son of Wilhelm and Wilhelmine (Brinkmann) Meinerzhagen, Warren County; baptized 20 August 1844. Page 278 of the church records.

    4. [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 10.
      "Herman was a wagon maker in Warren County. Farmed north of Higginsville after 1872."

    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 3-4, 10-11.
      Herman Adolph died on 9 February 1900. "Herman died at the home of his sister Mrs. H. A. Schoppenhorst near Peers, Mo. He had been visiting relatives in Warren County. He is buried at Higginsville."

    6. [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 10-11.
      Herman Adolph died 9 February 1900. "Herman died at the home of his sister Mrs. H. A. Schoppenhorst near Peers, Mo. He had been visiting relatives in Warren County. He is buried at Higginsville."

    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), page 347.
      The Heinrich A. Schoppenhorst Family. Wilhelm Meinershagen (1816-1903) and Wilhelmina Maria nee Brinkman (1823-1895); married.

    8. [S118] St. Charles County Genealogical Society, Femme Osage United Church of Christ, Femme Osage, Missouri: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (St. Charles, Missouri: St. Charles County Genealogical Society, no date), pages 34, 42.
      Marriage register. Friederich Wilhelm Meinershagen and Maria Wilhelmina Brinckmann were married on 17 February 1841.

    9. [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), p. 3.
      Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen and Maria Wilhelmine Brinkmann were married 17 February 1841. "Married by the Reverend H. Garlechs [sic] of Femme Osage United Church of Christ [sic], they lived in Warren County before moving to Lafayette County in 1882."

    10. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, page 606.
      Biographical sketch of Benjamin Meinershagen. "...on February 17, 1841, in St. Charles county, he [William F. Meinershagen] married Mary W. Brinkman [sic]." "They were the parents of five sons and two daughters,...."

    11. [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 3, 10.
      Herman Adolph Meinershagen and Henriette Johanna Frederika Reineke; married 30 January 1868. No place given.

    12. [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), p.250.
      Hermann Adolph Meinershagen and Henrietta Johanna Friederika Reineke; married 30 January 1868. Karl Meinershagen and Mina Jäger are recorded as the witnesses.

    13. [S156] Fred H. Meinershagen, The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen Revisited (Columbia, Missouri: F. H. Meinershagen, 1998), page 8.
      "[Herman Adolph (1844-1900)] and his wife had three sons; his wife died November 1, 1874 following the birth of the third. He remarried Amelia Elize Eichmeyer at Hopewell in 1875 and reared eight more children to adulthood." This total of 11 children falls one short of the list of 12 children Fred H. Meinershagen lists as offspring in his The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen: a Genealogy of Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen, January 1, 1785-May 22, 1870, published in 1973.

    14. [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 10-11.
      Herman Adolph Meinershagen and Amalia Elize Eichmeyer; married 26 August 1875. "They were married at the home of the bride's father by the minister of Hopewell (Methodist) Academy at Hopewell [Warren County, Missouri]."