Kersten, Sophie Wilhelmine

Female 1864 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Kersten, Sophie Wilhelmine 
    Born 11 Sep 1864  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Mina and Emelie were twins.
    Gender Female 
    Confirmation 6 Apr 1879  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Sophie's confirmation was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I4991  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2006 

    Father Kersten, Ernst,   b. 7 Jul 1832, Lienen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother 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  [3, 4, 5, 6
    • 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.
    Family ID F1627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Brüggemann, Heinrich,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 12 May 1887  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • The marriage of Heinrich and "Minna" was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The bride's parents were witnesses.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • 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 4.
      "On September 11, 1864, God blessed them with the birth of twins, MINA and EMELIE, but this blessed event ended in sorrow when EMELIE was called to God at the age of seven months."

    2. [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. 207.
      Confirmation records. Sophie Wilhelmine Kersten, born 11 September 1864, confirmed in the class of 6 April 1879.

    3. [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...."

    4. [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.

    5. [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).

    6. [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."

    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), p. 256.
      Marriage records. Heinrich Brueggemann and Miss Minna Kersten married 12 May 1887. The parents of the bride were witnesses.