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Meinershagen, Friedrich Jürgen

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  • Name Meinershagen, Friedrich Jürgen 
    Born 22 Nov 1845  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Although his birth and baptismal records and early family documents record his given names as Friedrich Jürgen, his personal preference was to be known as Friedrich Georg (or George), Fred G. or F. G.
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 10 Apr 1846  Femme Osage, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Friedrich Jürgen's baptism was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Congregation (Die Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde) at Femme Osage (known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).
    Moved To 1882  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 

    •      The following biographical sketch appeared in Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910):

           Frederick G. Meinershagen

           Many of the most fertile farms in our country occupy land which was by the first settlers considered unfit for farming, because it was wet or swampy, but which has by draining or tiling had the surplus water removed and is now more fertile than any other land, on account of the great amount of decayed vegetable matter accumulating in such places and because the low lands naturally receive the wash from above and thus have deeper soil. There is also much land which was not too wet to be farmed without drainage, but which holds a surplusage of water over the needs of crops, which can be so much improved by tiling as to in some cases double the yield. The intelligent farmer who owns such land promptly proceeds to tile it and soon finds the expense of tiling met by increased yields and greater ease in cultivation. Mr. Meinershagen owes much of his success to the thoroughness with which he understands the methods of tiling and to the application of his knowledge.
           Frederick G. Meinershagen was born in Warren county, Missouri, November 22, 1846, the son of William and Minnie (Brinkmann) Meinershagen, both natives of Prussia. His mother was five years old when she came to Missouri, and was married to his father in St. Charles county, who then moved to a timber farm on the Missouri bottoms in Warren county. In 1882 Frederick Meinershagen came to Lafayette county to operate a farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres, three miles southwest of Higginsville, for which he paid fifty dollars per acre. This was the old Henry Higgins homestead. He has rebuilt all the farm buildings and has improved the farm until now it is without question one of the best in the county. While living on it he has laid over ten thousand tile. He carries on mostly grain farming, and also owns a farm in Oklahoma. The home farm in underlaid with coal.
           In 1870 Mr. Meinershagen was married to Minnie Hackman, in Warren county, of which she was a native. Mr. Meinershagen is a Republican. He has always given his attention closely to his farm and is a quiet, hardworking man, naturally of great force of character, which has given to him considerable influence in neighborhood affairs. In farming no man in the community has been more successful than he. He is the father of Dr. Ben Meinershagen, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work.
    Died 2 Jul 1925  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Buried Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I5280  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  [10, 11, 12, 13] 
    • 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 Wilhelmine,   b. 20 Oct 1851, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1939  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1870  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16, 17] 
    • The marriage of "Friedrich Georg Meinershagen" and "Mina Maria Hackmann" was recorded in the register of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette, at Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). "Parents & siblings" were recorded as the witnesses.
    Children 
    +1. Meinershagen, Elizabeth Sophia,   b. 11 Apr 1871, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1947, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +2. Meinershagen, Emma Wilhelmine,   b. 16 Sep 1873, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1963  (Age 90 years)
     3. Meinershagen, Ida,   b. 22 Oct 1878,   d. 3 Oct 1946  (Age 67 years)
    +4. Meinershagen, Emilie A.,   b. 6 Jun 1886,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +5. Meinershagen, Bertha Louise,   b. 12 Dec 1888,   d. 22 Aug 1972  (Age 83 years)
    +6. Meinershagen, Lillie Anna Catherine,   b. 7 Mar 1896,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Meinershagen, John William,   b. 8 Jan 1876,   d. 1 Jul 1957  (Age 81 years)
    +8. Meinershagen, Benjamin Henry,   b. 9 Apr 1881,   d. 18 Nov 1967  (Age 86 years)
    +9. Meinershagen, Herman Oscar,   b. 2 Oct 1883,   d. 3 Oct 1962  (Age 79 years)
    +10. Meinershagen, Daniel Carl,   b. 1 Nov 1892,   d. 24 May 1968  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMoved To - 1882 - 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, 12-13.
      Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen, child of Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen and Marie Wilhelmine Brinkmann, was born on 22 November 1845.
           The place of birth of Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen is not explicitedly stated. Fred H. Meinershagen writes of the parents on page 3: "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." On page 12, he writes: "The birth of Friedeich Jurgen Meinershagen is recorded in entry 346 Femme Osage United Church of Christ [sic]; also, in Family Bible of Wilhelm and Mina Meinershagen as Friedrich Jurgen. The name Jurgen, a welcome spark of originality in the family system of naming children and a long needed departure from a preponderance of Johns, Wilhelms, Heinrichs, Wihelminas, and Marias apparently was not appreciated by its bearer. He never used it. It was 'Friedrich George [sic] and Meina [sic] Maria' when they were married at Holstein, Missouri, on March 31, 1870. It was 'Fred G.' or 'F. G.' whenever he signed his name."

    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. p. 15.
      Friederich Juergen Meinershagen, child of "Friedr. Wilh. & Wilh. Brinkmann" of "Warr. Co.," was born on 22 November 1845 and baptized on 10 April 1846.

    3. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, page 792.
      Biographical sketch of Frederick G. Meinershagen. "Frederick G. Meinershagen was born in Warren county, Missouri, November 22, 1846, the son of William and Minnie (Brinkmann) Meinershagen, both natives of Prussia."

    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), Baptism Records. page 15.
      "Friederich Juergen Meinershagen," child of "Friedr. Wilh. & Wilh. Brinkmann" of "Warr. Co.," was born on 22 November 1845 and baptized on 10 April 1846.

    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), pages 12-13.
      "He [Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen] farmed in the Missouri (Charette) River bottom, southwest of Marthasville until 1882, when he purchased the 235 acre Higgins farm south of Higginsville for $50. per acre."

    6. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Biographical sketch of Frederick G. Meinershagen; Volume 2, pages 792-793.
      "In 1882 Frederick Meinershagen came to Lafayette county to operate a farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres, three miles southwest of Higginsville, for which he paid fifty dollars per acre. This was the old Henry Higgins homestead."

    7. [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. "Fred Meinershagen (see his sketch) was the third son of William F. and lives on the Higgins farm three miles southwest of Higginsville, where he located in 1882, and operates two hundred and thirty-seven acres as a high-grade stock and grain farmer."

    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), pages 3-4, 12-13.
      Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen died on 2 July 1925. No place given.

    9. [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 13.
      Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen was "buried in Salem U. C. of C. Cemetery [sic] at Higginsville."

    10. [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.

    11. [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.

    12. [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."

    13. [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,...."

    14. [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 4, 12-13.
      Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen and Marie Wilhelmine Hackmann were married on 31 March 1870.
           In writing on page 12 about Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen's preference for George as a middle name in place of Jurgen, the author wrote "He never used it [Jurgen]. It was 'Friedrich George [sic] and Meina [sic] Maria' when they were married at Holstein, Missouri, on March 31, 1870."

    15. [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), Marriage Records. p. 250.
      "Friedrich Georg Meinershagen" and "Mina Maria Hackmann" were married on 31 March 1870. "Parents & siblings" were recorded as the witnesses.

    16. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, page 793.
      Biographical sketch of Frederick G. Meinershagen. "In 1870 Mr. Meinershagen was married to Minnie Hackman, in Warren county, of which she was a native."

    17. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Biographical sketch of Benjamin Meinershagen; Volume 2, pages 606-607.
      "His [Fred Meinershagen's] wife was Minnie Hackman, of Warren county, and they are the parents of ten children: Lizzie, wife of Henry Hoefer, of Higginsville; Emma, wife of the Rev. Theo. Hoefer, of Marthasville, Missouri; John, a farmer four miles northwest of Higginsville; Ida, at home; Ben, the immediate subject of this sketch; Oscar, clerk in a grocery at Higginsville; Amelia, wife of William Voss, at Fair Grounds; Bertha, Dan and Lillie, at home."


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