Block, Louis W.

Male 1886 - 1970  (84 years)


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  • Name Block, Louis W. 
    Born 1886  Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 1970  [1, 2
    Buried Hermann, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • He was interred in the mausoleum at Hermann City Cemetery in October.
    Person ID I5095  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2007 

    Father Block, Frederick Heinrich Conrad,   b. 20 Oct 1837, Husum, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1919, Brush Creek Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Homeier, Dorothea L.,   b. 22 Mar 1846, Swiss, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1937  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1865  Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    • The marriage was performed by Rev. F. Drewel.
    Family ID F1655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], volume 2, page 177.
      Block family genealogical sketch. "Conrad and Dorothea had seven children: ...Louis (1886-1970) who married Ida Ahring...."

    2. [S173] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County Cemetery Survey ([Hermann, Missouri]: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1985), page 494.
      Hermann City Cemetery; Hermann, Roark Township, Gasconade County, Missouri. Louis W. Block; interment in mausoleum in October 1970.

    3. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], volume 2, page 177.
      Block family genealogical sketch. "Conrad's Uncle Henry was married to Louise Homeyer, and Conrad married her sister, Dorothea L. Homeyer, on April 4, 1865. Dorothea was born March 22, 1846."

    4. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Heinrich Gustav Block; Gasconade County; 1955; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #776. Accessed in March 2007.
      August Heinrich Gustav Block. Born 15 May 1886 at Tea, Missouri. Father: Conrad Block. Mother's maiden name: Dora Homeyer. Personal information provided by Mrs. Emma Block, of Bland, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    5. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Henry August Conrad Block; Gasconade County; 1912; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #32615. Accessed in April 2006.
      Henry August Conrad Block. Born 7 October 1879 at Tea, Missouri. Child of Conrad Block, born in Germany, and Dora Homeyer, born in Swiss, Missouri. Personal information provided by Mary Hempelman, of Rosebud, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    6. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), William Henry Block; Gasconade County; 1917; Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #24926. Accessed in September 2007.
      William Henry Block. Born 18 November 1870 at Tea, Missouri. Father's name: Conrad Block, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Louise D. Homeyer, born in Germany. Personal information was provided by L. W. Block of Safe, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    7. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Conrad Block-Dorothea Homeier; 1865; Gasconade County.
      Accessed in July 2013. A transcription on page 174 of a document in which F. Drewel, Minister of the Gospel, certified that on 4 April 1865 he had joined in holy matrimony Conrad Block and Dorothea Homeier, both of Gasconade County. The certificate was filed with William Wesselhoft, Recorder of Gasconade County, on 11 May 1865.