Mordt, Heinrich Friedrich Adolph

Male 1868 - 1952  (83 years)


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  • Name Mordt, Heinrich Friedrich Adolph 
    Born 28 Nov 1868  Stemmen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1881  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9
    Residence Between 1898 and 1901  Alaska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • Henry spent about 2 and a half years in Alaska prospecting for gold.
    Census Apr 1910  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • Also living in the Mordt household during the 1910 U.S. Census is Henry's mother, Carolina (a widow, age 63).
    Census Jan 1920  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Census Apr 1930  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Died 21 Oct 1952  [5, 14
    Buried Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    • Henry was buried in Zion Methodist Church Cemetery.
    Person ID I1604  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2016 

    Family Winter, Meta Christina,   b. 15 Mar 1884, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1960, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1906  Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

    •      According to their application for a marriage license and the marriage license, Henry A. Mordt, age 37, of Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri, and Meta C. Winter, age 22, of Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, were married at Truxton by Rev. L. H. H. Winter. Rev. Winter was almost certainly Meta's elder brother, Louis Heinrich Hermann Winter, a pastor in the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
           In 1908, Rev. Winter would also officiate at the marriage of Meta's younger sister, Alma F. Winter and Herman A. Luelf.
           Following their marriage, Henry and Meta lived together on a farm in Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, not far from Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri. All of their eleven children were born at this home.
    Children 
    +1. Mordt, Alvina Carolina,   b. 10 Sep 1907, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 2000, Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     2. Mordt, August William,   b. 1 Nov 1908, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1989, Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +3. Mordt, Louis Henry,   b. 17 Jul 1910, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 2004, Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     4. Mordt, Flora Marie,   b. 24 May 1912, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1998, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     5. Mordt, Lena Clara,   b. 12 Jan 1914, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1914, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +6. Mordt, Ella Alma,   b. 8 Aug 1915, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 2010, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    +7. Mordt, Meta Minne,   b. 26 Jul 1917, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 2008, Lake Saint Louis, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    +8. Mordt, Marie Amelia,   b. 7 Jan 1920, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +9. Mordt, Laura Edna,   b. 27 Feb 1923, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 2008, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +10. Mordt, Esther Viola
    +11. Mordt, Robert Karl,   b. 27 May 1930, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 2004, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 21.
      Henry Mordt came to Warren County, Missouri on 31 August 1881, from Stemmen, Germany, at the age of 12 years. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1868-1869 by calculation.

    2. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T624, roll 828, part 1, page 13B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1910 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 172, sheet 4 A, enumerated 23-25 April 1910, dwelling 65, family 67, lines 10-14. Henry A. Mordt; head; age 41; born in Germany. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1868-1869 by calculation.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, page 5A. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1920 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 187, sheet 5 A, enumerated 14 & 15 January 1920, dwelling 98, family 98, lines 19-26. Henry A. Mordt; head; age 51; born in Lippedetmold [sic]. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1868-1869 by calculation.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T626, roll 1249, page 1B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1930 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 110-2, sheet 1B, enumerated 3 April 1930, dwelling 16, family 16, lines 68-78. Henry A. Mordt; head; age 61; born in Germany. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1868-1869 by calculation.

    5. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Newspaper Death Index.
      Accessed on 3 December 2010.
           Henry F. A. Mordt, born on 28 November 1868, died 21 October 1952. Reported on 30 October 1952 in the Montgomery City Standard.

    6. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 21.
      Henry Mordt came to Warren County, Missouri on 31 August 1881, from Stemmen, Germany, at the age of 12 years.

    7. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T624, roll 828, part 1, page 13B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1910 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 172, sheet 4 A, enumerated 23-25 April 1910, dwelling 65, family 67, lines 10-14. Henry A. Mordt; immigrated to USA in 1881; naturalized citizen.

    8. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, page 5A. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1920 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 187, sheet 5 A, enumerated 14 & 15 January 1920, dwelling 98, family 98, lines 19-26. Henry A. Mordt; immigrated to USA in 1881; naturalized citizen (1891).

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T626, roll 1249, page 1B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1930 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 110-2, sheet 1B, enumerated 3 April 1930, dwelling 16, family 16, lines 68-78. Henry A. Mordt; immigrated to USA in 1881; naturalized citizen.

    10. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 21.
      "In 1898, Henry Mordt joined the rush to the Alaskan Gold Mines where he spent two and a half years."

    11. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T624, roll 828, part 1, page 13B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1910 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 172, sheet 4 A, enumerated 23-25 April 1910, dwelling 65, family 67, lines 10-14.

    12. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, page 5A. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1920 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 187, sheet 5 A, enumerated 14 & 15 January 1920, dwelling 98, family 98, lines 19-26.

    13. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T626, roll 1249, page 1B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1930 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 110-2, sheet 1B, enumerated 3 April 1930, dwelling 16, family 16, lines 68-78.

    14. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 21.
      Henry Mordt died 21 Ocotber 1952. No place given.

    15. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 21.
      Henry Mordt and his wife, Meta C. (Winter) Mordt, were buried in Zion Cemetery near Truxton, Missouri.

    16. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Henry Mordt and Meta Christina Winter; married 29 November 1906.

    17. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 18.
      Henry Mordt and Meta Christina Winter; married 29 November 1906. "...their lives were spent together on a farm near Hawk Point, Missouri. They were the parents of eleven children, namely: Alvina, August, Louis, Flora, Lena, Ella, Meta, Marie, Laura, Esther, and Robert. All were born on the home place."

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T624, roll 828, part 1, page 13B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1910 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 172, sheet 4 A, enumerated 23-25 April 1910, dwelling 65, family 67, lines 10-14. Henry A. Mordt and Meta Mordt; both married for the first time (married for 3 years); Meta is the mother of 2 children (2 still living). The reported length of the marriage would yield date of marriage of 1906-1907 by calculation.

    19. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T625, roll 966, page 5A. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1920 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 187, sheet 5 A, enumerated 14 & 15 January 1920, dwelling 98, family 98, lines 19-26. Henry A. Mordt and Meta C. Mordt; married.

    20. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T626, roll 1249, page 1B. Access through Ancestry Library July 2005.
      Henry A. Mordt household, 1930 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Camp Branch Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 110-2, sheet 1B, enumerated 3 April 1930, dwelling 16, family 16, lines 68-78. Henry A. Mordt (age 38 at 1st marriage) and Meta C. Mordt (age 22 at 1st marriage); married.

    21. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 103.
      Henry Friedrich Adolph Mordt and Meta Christina Winter were married on 29 November 1906 at Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri.

    22. [S22] Obituary, for Meta M. Luelf.
      STLtoday.com; posted on 30 January 2008. (http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_0ccc3d2a-cd7c-5469-8bb7-b04b530e17d9.html). Accessed on 5 July 2011.
           "Meta Minnie Luelf...was born July 26, 1917, to Henry Adolf and Meta (Winter) Mordt in Warren County."

    23. [S25] Marriage license, from Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
      An online database accessed on 3 December 2010. Original data from microfilm records at the Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri.
           Application for License to Marry, Warren County, Missouri, 1906, Number 74, page 457. Henry A Mordt of Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri, age 37, and Miss Meta C. Winter of Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, age 22, both single and unmarried, applied for a license to marry on 26 November 1906.
           Marriage License from page 115 issued on 26 November 1906 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri to Henry A. Mordt, of Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21 years, and Miss. Meta C. Winter, of Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, who was over 18 years of age.
           L. H. H. Winter, a minister of the Gospel, certified that he had married the above named persons on 29 November 1906 at Truxton, Warren [sic] County.
           The Certificate of Marriage was filed with the recorder of deeds on 3 December 1906 at 1:20 p.m.