Meinershagen, Heinrich Herman

Male 1843 - 1900  (57 years)


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  • Name Meinershagen, Heinrich Herman 
    Born 3 Mar 1843  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 9 Apr 1843  Femme Osage, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • The baptism of "Hermann Heinrich Meinerzhagen" was recorded in the baptismal register of the German Evangelical Congregation (Die Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde) at Femme Osage (known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ). His parents were identified as residents of neighboring Warren County.
    Military Service 1864–1865  [3
    • He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 21 November 1864 and mustered out at Opelika, Lee County, Alabama on 20 December 1865.
    Died 29 Dec 1900  [4
    Buried Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • He was buried in the cemetery of Salem Church.
    Person ID I6950  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2010 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Brinkmann, Maria Wilhelmina,   b. 11 Sep 1823, Westerkappeln, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1895, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1841  St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9
    • The marriage was recorded in the register of the evangelical church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as Die Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).
    Family ID F1519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Brune, Mathilde Elizabeth,   b. 14 May 1847,   d. 3 Jun 1885  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 26 May 1871  [10
    Children 
     1. Meinershagen, Anna Marie,   b. 25 Apr 1872,   d. 12 Jul 1919  (Age 47 years)
     2. Meinershagen, Emma Elizabeth,   b. 1874,   d. 1874  (Age 0 years)
     3. Meinershagen, Frank Frederich,   b. 25 Sep 1875,   d. 4 Jan 1954  (Age 78 years)
     4. Meinershagen, Walter William,   b. 25 Mar 1878,   d. 7 Aug 1954  (Age 76 years)
     5. Meinershagen, Wilhelmine Josephine,   b. 20 May 1880,   d. 9 May 1964  (Age 83 years)
    +6. Meinershagen, Alma Wilhelmine,   b. 1 Nov 1884,   d. 15 Oct 1960  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2256  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rust, Elizabeth,   b. 1857,   d. 22 Aug 1935  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 29 Apr 1891  [11
    Children 
    +1. Meinershagen, Arthur Friedrich,   b. 19 Feb 1892, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Meinershagen, Lena Elizabeth Selma,   b. 1897,   d. 1909  (Age 12 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • 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 3-4, 9-10.
      Heinrich Herman Meinershagen, son of Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen and Maria Wilhelmine Brinkmann, was born on 3 March 1843. "Day of birth from Family Bible. The records of Church at Femme Osage contains only month and year. [p.10]"

    2. [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), Baptism Records. page 15.
      "Hermann Heinr. Meinerzhagen [sic], child of "Wilh. & Wilhelmina Brinkmann" of "WarrenCo. [sic]," was born in March 1843 and was baptized on 9 April 1843.

    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), page 10.
      "He enlisted Nov. 21, 1864 for one year and mustered out of U. S. Army at Opelika, Alabama on Dec. 20, 1865."

    4. [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 9.
      Heinrich Herman Meinershagen died on 29 December 1900. No place given.

    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 10.
      Heinrich Herman Meinershagen "is buried at United Church of Christ Cemetery, Higginsville."

    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), page 347.
      The Heinrich A. Schoppenhorst Family. Wilhelm Meinershagen (1816-1903) and Wilhelmina Maria nee Brinkman (1823-1895); married.

    7. [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), pages 34, 42.
      Marriage register. Friederich Wilhelm Meinershagen and Maria Wilhelmina Brinckmann were married on 17 February 1841.

    8. [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), p. 3.
      Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen and Maria Wilhelmine Brinkmann were married 17 February 1841. "Married by the Reverend H. Garlechs [sic] of Femme Osage United Church of Christ [sic], they lived in Warren County before moving to Lafayette County in 1882."

    9. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, page 606.
      Biographical sketch of Benjamin Meinershagen. "...on February 17, 1841, in St. Charles county, he [William F. Meinershagen] married Mary W. Brinkman [sic]." "They were the parents of five sons and two daughters,...."

    10. [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 3, 9.
      Heinrich Herman Meinershagen and Mathilde Elizabeth Brune were married on 26 May 1871. No place of marriage given.

    11. [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 9.
      Heinrich Herman Meinershagen and Elizabeth Rust were married on 29 April 1891. No place of marriage given.