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- [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).
- [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 2, 3.
Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen, child of Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen and Maria Charlotte Dorothea Meese, was born 7 August 1816. "Birthdate recorded in Evangelical Church, Wersen and on application to emigrate agree; date in Family Bible is July 24, 1816; apparently is an error [p. 3]."
- [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. "William F. Meinershagen was born in Lippe-Detmold, Westphalen [sic], Prussia, Germany,...."
- [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. Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen (1816-1903) emigrated from Wersen, Tecklenburg, Prussia, in 1836.
- [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. "He [William F. Meinershagen] came to the United states as a young man in 1836,...."
- [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 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."
- [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. "In 1882 he [William F. Meinershagen] came to Lafayette county and lived with his sons, but was a tailor by trade, and after two years with them worked at that at Higginsville, then moved to a small farm west of Higginsville, where he died."
- [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. 347.
The Heinrich A. Schoppenhorst Family. Wilhelm Meinershagen (1816-1903).
- [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 died 4 November 1903.
- [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. "William F. Meinershagen was born in Lippe-Detmold, Westphalen [sic], Prussia, Germany, and died on November 4, 1903, at Higginsville, Missouri." "...was a tailor by trade, and after two years with them worked at that at Higginsville, then moved to a small farm west of Higginsville, where he died."
- [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 was buried in "Salem U.C. of C. Cemetery at Higginsville, Mo."
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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."
- [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,...."
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