Kersten, Wilhelmine Mathilda

Female 1874 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Kersten, Wilhelmine Mathilda 
    Born 28 Jul 1874  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 27 Sep 1874  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Wilhelmine Mathilda's baptism was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The sponsor was Mrs. Rudolph Kienker.
    Confirmation 14 Apr 1889  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Wilhelmine Mathilda's confirmation was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I4996  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 5 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  [5, 6, 7, 8
    • 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 Uthlaut, Frederick,   b. 14 Apr 1866, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 6 Jun 1895  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • Friedrich and Mathilda's marriage was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Louis Uthlaut and Georg Kersten were witnesses.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1630  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsConfirmation - 14 Apr 1889 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Jun 1895 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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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 5.
      "On July 28, 1874, a daughter, MATILDA, came to make this a family of five living children."

    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. 124.
      Baptismal records. Wilhelmine Mathilda, child of Ernst Kersten and "Lisette, nee Hölscher." Born 28 July 1874.

    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. 124.
      Baptismal records. Wilhelmine Mathilda, child of Ernst Kersten and "Lisette, nee Hölscher." Born 28 July 1874. Baptized 27 September 1874. The sponsor was Mrs. Rudolph Kienker.

    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. 209.
      Confirmation records. "W.mine Mathilde Kersten," born 28 July 1874, confirmed in the class of 14 April 1889.

    5. [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...."

    6. [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.

    7. [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).

    8. [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."

    9. [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. 258.
      Marriage records. Friedrich Uthlaut, of "LaFayette Co." and Mathilde Kersten, of Holstein, were married 6 June 1895 in Holstein, Missouri. Louis Uthlaut and Georg Kersten were witnesses.