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Mordt, Laura Edna

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  • Name Mordt, Laura Edna 
    Born 27 Feb 1923  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • She and her ten siblings were born on the family farm in Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, not far from Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri.
    Gender Female 
    Census Apr 1930  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 25 Oct 2008  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    • According to the Social Security Death Index, the last address of record was in Boone County, Missouri; this, however, is not necessarily the place of death.
    Person ID I2847  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2010 

    Father Mordt, Heinrich Friedrich Adolph,   b. 28 Nov 1868, Stemmen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1952  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother 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  [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 

    •      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.
    Family ID F527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rolfe, John Weldon,   b. 22 Mar 1909, Bellflower, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1975, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 8 Sep 1943  [17, 18] 
    Children 
     1. Rolfe, Margaret
     2. Rolfe, Vincent
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Laura Mordt, daughter of Henry Mordt and Meta Christina Winter; born 27 February 1923.

    2. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 20.
      Laura Mordt, daughter of Henry Mordt and Meta Christina Winter; born 27 February 1922 (corrected by hand to read 1923). No place explicitly cited; all of Henry and Meta's eleven children "were born on the home place."

    3. [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. Laura E. Mordt; daughter; age 7; single; born in Missouri. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1922-1923 by calculation.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 104.
      Laura Edna Mordt, child of Henry Friedrich Adolph Mordt and Meta Christina Winter, was born on 27 February 1923 at Hawk Point, Lincoln County, Missouri.

    5. [S104] Personal communication, From Emily Wilson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum in May 2005.
      Data from a GEDCOM file based on Emily's genealogical research.
           Laura Mordt was a daughter of Heinrich Friedrich Adolph Mordt and Meta Christine Winter.

    6. [S232] Rootsweb.com, Social Security Death Index.
      Accessed on 4 December 2010. Original data from: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File.
           Laura E. Rolfe, born on 27 February 1923, died on 25 October 2008 at the age of 85 years. She held Social Security Number 483-16-5199, issued in Iowa. The last address of record was Centralia, Boone County, Missouri; this was not necessarily the place of death.

    7. [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.

    8. [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] is survived by ...four sisters, ...Laura Rolfe of Centralia and ...eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren."

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

    10. [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."

    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. 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.

    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. Henry A. Mordt and Meta C. Mordt; married.

    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. Henry A. Mordt (age 38 at 1st marriage) and Meta C. Mordt (age 22 at 1st marriage); married.

    14. [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.

    15. [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."

    16. [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.

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 104.
      John Weldon Rolfe and Laura Edna Mordt were married on 8 September 1943. No place given.

    18. [S104] Personal communication, From Emily Wilson to J. Mark Fiegenbaum in May 2005.
      Data from a GEDCOM file based on Emily's genealogical research.
           John Weldon Rolfe and Laura Mordt were married.


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