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Meinershagen, George August

Male 1852 - 1946  (94 years)


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  • Name Meinershagen, George August 
    Born 12 Mar 1852  Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Moved To 1876  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • He and his wife came by boat up the Missouri River to Lafayette County in 1876, landing at Berlin, Missouri. They farmed southwest of Higginsville.
    Died 1 Dec 1946  [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 I6952  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 Hackmann, Maria Louisa,   b. 9 Jan 1859, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1950  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 6 Apr 1877  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. Meinershagen, Pauline S.,   b. 14 Apr 1878,   d. 13 Nov 1909, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
    +2. Meinershagen, Edwin William,   b. 19 Apr 1880,   d. 5 Mar 1972  (Age 91 years)
    +3. Meinershagen, Anna Wilhelmine,   b. 21 Jan 1886, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1963  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMoved To - 1876 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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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, 15.
      George August Meinershagen, son of Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen and Maria Wilhelmine Brinkmann, was born on 12 March 1852. "August, born at Femme Osage,...."

    2. [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 15.
      "They [George August Meinershagen and Maria (Mary) Louise Hackmann] came by boat to Lafayette County in 1876 arriving at Berlin. He farmed southwest of Higginsville. The brick residence built in 1880 made from brick hauled from Lexington, Mo. Coal mining was beginning in the community when he purchased the McMeekin farm for $32.50 per acre which included mineral rights."

    3. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), volume 2, pages 583-584.
      Biographical sketch of "Wilbur Edwin and Jacqueline (Neher) Meingershagen." Submitted by Annette (Meinershage) Dittmer.
           "Wilbur's grandfather George August Meinershagen purchased a farm in 1877 for $32.50 an acre which is located southwest of Higginville and is still owned by Wilbur, his brother Homer and the descendants of his brother Ralph."

    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), pages 3-4, 15.
      George August Meinershagen died on 1 December 1946. 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 15.
      George August Meinershagen was "buried in 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), page 15.
      George August Meinershagen and Maria (Mary) Louise Hackmann were married on 6 April 1877. "August, born at Femme Osage, married Maria Louise Hackmann, a half sister of Mrs. F. G. and Mrs. Charles E. Meinershagen."


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