Meinershagen, Heinrich Adolph

Male 1785 - 1870  (85 years)


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  • Name Meinershagen, Heinrich Adolph 
    Born 1 Jan 1785  Wersen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 May 1870  St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    • The death was recorded in the register of the evangelical church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).
    Buried 24 May 1870  Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    • According to a published transcription of Heinrich's gravestone, the year of birth was 1784. Church records at Wersen record the year as 1785.
    Person ID I5344  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2007 

    Family 1 Meese, Maria Charlotte Dorothea,   b. 5 May 1780, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1818, Wersen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 1807  Wersen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
    +1. 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)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Manecken, Christina Maria Wilhelmina,   b. 1793, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1865, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 1819  Wersen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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 1, 2.
      Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen, child of Johann Rudolph Meinershagen and Agnesa Catharine Thor Horst, was born 1 January 1785, at 5:00 a.m. The birth date, including the hour, was recorded in the register of the evangelical church in Wersen.

    2. [S142] Boone-Duden Historical Society, 1993 Cemetery Update for Femme Osage Township in St. Charles County, MO (New Melle, Missouri: Boone-Duden Historical Society, 1995), page 11.
      Buenemann-Meinershagen Cemetery, located on Highway T, Section 33. Gravestone transcription for H. Adolph Meinershagen. Birth: 1 January 1784. Death: 22 May 1870.

    3. [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 1, 2.
      Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen died 22 May 1870. "The death of H. A. is recorded as the 393rd death entry in the registry of United Church of Christ at Femme Osage."

    4. [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), page 61.
      Register number 393. ----- Meinershagen, Sr. died 22 May 1870 at about the age of 87 years. Burial was 24 May 1870.
           The transcription notes that the first name was not recorded in the register.

    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), page 2.
      "H. A. And Christina Marie are buried in Hickory Flat Cemetary [sic], 3 miles northwest of Augusta [Missouri] and about 1/4 mile east of Route T. On his gravstone his birthday is given as 1784."

    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), page 2.
      Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen and Maria Charlotte Dorothea Meese were married in 1807.
           The place of the marriage is not explicitedly stated, but the narrative before and after this entry implies it took place in Wersen.

    7. [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 2.
      Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen and Christina Maria Wilhelmina Manecken were married in 1819.
           Although not explicitedly stated, it is implied by the surrounding narrative that the marriage took place in Wersen.