Block, August Heinrich Gustav

Male 1886 - 1955  (68 years)


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  • Name Block, August Heinrich Gustav 
    Born 15 May 1886  Tea, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Jan 1955  Clay Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    • According to his death certificate, August died about 2:15 a.m. from apoplexy, complicated by hypertension.
    Buried Bland, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    • August was buried in the Bland City (Union) Cemetery.
    Person ID I5096  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 8 May 2011 

    Father Block, Frederick Heinrich Conrad,   b. 20 Oct 1837, Husum, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1919, Brush Creek Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Homeier, Dorothea L.,   b. 22 Mar 1846, Swiss, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1937  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1865  Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7, 8, 9
    • The marriage was performed by Rev. F. Drewel.
    Family ID F1655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bentlage, Emma L.,   b. 22 Aug 1888, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1958  (Age 69 years) 
    Married Y  [1, 10, 11
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], volume 2, page 177.
      Block family genealogical sketch. "Conrad and Dorothea had seven children: ...and August (1886-1955) who married Emma Bentlage."

    2. [S173] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County Cemetery Survey ([Hermann, Missouri]: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1985), page 275.
      Burial in Bland, City (Union) Cemetery, Clay Township, Gasconade County, Missouri. August H. Block. Born 15 May 1886. Died 10 January 1955.

    3. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Heinrich Gustav Block; Gasconade County; 1955; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #776. Accessed in March 2007.
      August Heinrich Gustav Block. Born 15 May 1886 at Tea, Missouri. Father: Conrad Block. Mother's maiden name: Dora Homeyer. Personal information provided by Mrs. Emma Block, of Bland, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    4. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Heinrich Gustav Block; Gasconade County; 1955; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #776. Accessed in March 2007.
      August Heinrich Gustav Block. Born 15 May 1886 at Tea, Missouri. Father: Conrad Block. Mother's maiden name: Dora Homeyer. Died 10 January 1955, at 2:15 a.m., at Bland, rural Clay Township, Gasconade County, Missouri at the age of 68 years. August, a farmer, was married at the time of death to Emma Bentlage Block. Principal cause of death was "apoplexy." Antecedent cause was hypertension. No autopsy was performed. Burial was to be 12 January 1955 in Union Cemetery at Bland, Missouri. Undertaker: Milford H. H. Winter, of Owensville, Missouri. Personal information provided by Mrs. Emma Block, of Bland, Missouri. Medical data provided by C. A. Bunge, M.D., of Bland, Missouri, who signed the certificate on 11 January 1955. Filed with the local registrar on 12 January 1955.

    5. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Heinrich Gustav Block; Gasconade County; 1955; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #776. Accessed in March 2007.
      August Heinrich Gustav Block. Died 10 January 1955, at 2:15 a.m., at Bland, rural Clay Township, Gasconade County, Missouri at the age of 68 years. Burial was to be 12 January 1955 in Union Cemetery at Bland, Missouri. Undertaker: Milford H. H. Winter, of Owensville, Missouri. Personal information provided by Mrs. Emma Block, of Bland, Missouri
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    6. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], volume 2, page 177.
      Block family genealogical sketch. "Conrad's Uncle Henry was married to Louise Homeyer, and Conrad married her sister, Dorothea L. Homeyer, on April 4, 1865. Dorothea was born March 22, 1846."

    7. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Henry August Conrad Block; Gasconade County; 1912; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #32615. Accessed in April 2006.
      Henry August Conrad Block. Born 7 October 1879 at Tea, Missouri. Child of Conrad Block, born in Germany, and Dora Homeyer, born in Swiss, Missouri. Personal information provided by Mary Hempelman, of Rosebud, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    8. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), William Henry Block; Gasconade County; 1917; Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #24926. Accessed in September 2007.
      William Henry Block. Born 18 November 1870 at Tea, Missouri. Father's name: Conrad Block, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Louise D. Homeyer, born in Germany. Personal information was provided by L. W. Block of Safe, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    9. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Conrad Block-Dorothea Homeier; 1865; Gasconade County.
      Accessed in July 2013. A transcription on page 174 of a document in which F. Drewel, Minister of the Gospel, certified that on 4 April 1865 he had joined in holy matrimony Conrad Block and Dorothea Homeier, both of Gasconade County. The certificate was filed with William Wesselhoft, Recorder of Gasconade County, on 11 May 1865.

    10. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], volume 2, pages 172-173.
      Bentlage family genealogical sketch. Emma L. (Bentlage) Block, child of John Henry Bentlage and Adeline Dorothea Buschmann.

    11. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Heinrich Gustav Block; Gasconade County; 1955; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #776. Accessed in March 2007.
      August Heinrich Gustav Block. Born 15 May 1886 at Tea, Missouri. August, a farmer, was married at the time of death to Emma Bentlage Block. Personal information provided by Mrs. Emma Block, of Bland, Missouri
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.