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  • Name Kersten, Ernst 
    Born 7 Jul 1832  Lienen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1833  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    • Ernst, his parents and five of his siblings, all under the age of 15, immigrated to the USA, settling first near Marthasville, Missouri. A short time later, the family establish itself on a farm about two miles northwest of Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri.
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I4987  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2009 

    Father Kersten, Johann Hermann,   b. 1779/80, Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1843, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Hölscher, Sophie Elisabeth,   b. Abt 28 Sep 1792, Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1875, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F1626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hölscher, Lisette,   b. 24 Sep 1841, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 18 Nov 1859  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10] 
    • Ernst and Sophie's marriage was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Friedrich Hölscher and Rudolph Kienker were witnesses. Pastor Rieger officiated. Ernst and Sophie lived on a farm near Holstein and became the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived into adulthood.
    Children 
     1. Kersten, Sophia Alwine,   b. 16 Apr 1861, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1861, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Kersten, Gustav,   b. Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Kersten, Sophie Wilhelmine,   b. 11 Sep 1864, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Kersten, Emelie,   b. 11 Sep 1864, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Apr 1865, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Kersten, Louis Rudolph,   b. 10 Mar 1867, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1953  (Age 86 years)
     6. Kersten, Ernst Georg,   b. 29 Jun 1869, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1958  (Age 89 years)
     7. Kersten, Heinrich Rudolph Theodor,   b. 1 Feb 1872, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Kersten, Wilhelmine Mathilda,   b. 28 Jul 1874, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Kersten, Heinrich Martin,   b. 20 Jun 1877, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1951  (Age 73 years)
    +10. Kersten, Emma Friederike,   b. 26 Feb 1881, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1956, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 3.
      "It is an established fact that ERNEST KERSTEN [sic], his son, was less than one year old when he arrived on our shores, and he was born on July 7, 1832."

    2. [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 4.
      "ERNST KERSTEN [sic], who was born on July 7, 1832, in Lienen Tecklenburg, Germany, came to America with his parents when he was less than one year old..."

    3. [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. 248.
      Marriage records. Ernst Kersten, born in Lienen, and Lisette Hölscher, born "here," married 18 November 1859.

    4. [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 3.
      "It is highly probable that J. H. KERSTEN and JOHN UTHLAUT brought their families to America with the "Thirty-twoers".... To alleviate another doubt, we may have to concede that J. H. KERSTEN could have arrived in American [sic] in 1833. It is an established fact that ERNEST KERSTEN [sic], his son, was less than one year old when he arrived on our shores, and he was born on July 7, 1832."

    5. [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 59.
      #51; Erlaubte Auswanderung. "a) Joh. Herm. Kersten aus Lienen, Handelsmann b) - d) Ehefrau e) sechs Kinder unter 15 Jahren - o) 1833 p) Nordamerika - Baltimore -."
           Translated and decoded according to the abbreviations explained on pages 54 and 56, the record reads: a) Johann Hermann Kersten from Lienen, merchant b) [no data concerning birth] d) accompanied by spouse e) accompanied by six children under the age of 15 years -o) emigrated 1833 p) to North America - Baltimore -.

    6. [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 4.
      "SOPHIE ELIZABETH KERSTEN, nee Hoelscher, wife of J. H. KERSTEN was born September 29, 1792..."

    7. [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 4.
      "ERNST [Kersten] courted and won unto himself as his wife, LIZETTE HOELSCHER, who was born September 24, 1841 on the Simon Stock Farm west of Holstein. Whom he married on November 18, 1859; the ceremony being performed by the late [sic] Rev. J. Rieger, then pastor of Immanuel Evangelical Church, Holstein, Missouri. They went to housekeeping on the Kersten farm near Holstein...."

    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), p. 248.
      Marriage records. Ernst Kersten, born in Lienen, and Lisette Hölscher, born "here," married 18 November 1859. "Friedr. Hölscher" and "Rud. Kienker" were the witnesses.

    9. [S138] Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, Marriage Records, Warren County, Missouri: Books A and B, 1833-1860 (Kansas City, Missouri: Mrs. H. W. Woodruff, 1969), page 56.
      Marriage Book B, 1846-1860; page 312. "18 Nov. 1859 Ernst Kersten - Lisette Hoelscher." The ceremony was performed by "Joseph Reiger, German Protestant at Holstien" [sic] (p. 62).

    10. [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 5.
      "Thus a family of seven living children were born to grow to adulthood and take their places in society."


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