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Winter, Meta Christina

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  • Name Winter, Meta Christina 
    Born 15 Mar 1884  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Census Apr 1910  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census Jan 1920  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census Apr 1930  Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Died 13 Nov 1960  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12] 
    • Meta died in either Truxton or in St. Louis, Missouri. Further research is needed to clarify this matter.
    Buried Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Meta was buried in Zion Methodist Church Cemetery.
    Person ID I1596  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2016 

    Father Winter, Heinrich Friedrich Christian,   b. 29 May 1852, Lippstadt Gemeinde, Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1942, Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmine Florentine,   b. 20 Aug 1854, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1919, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 27 Aug 1875  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    • Heinrich and Florentine's marriage is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). "Parents & brothers & sisters of couple" were listed as the witnesses. Heinrich and Florentine set up housekeeping on a farm in Camp Branch Township, Warren County, not far from Truxton. It was here that all nine of their children were born.
    Family ID F111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 29 Nov 1906  Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26] 

    •      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. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Meta Christina Winter; born 15 March 1884 in Truxton, Missouri.

    2. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 18.
      Meta Christina Winter, daughter of Henry Fredrick Christian Winter and Florentine Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum; born 15 March 1884. Like all of Henry and Florentine's children, she was born on the family farm "in Camp Branch Township, near Truxton, Missouri" (page 3).

    3. [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. Meta Mordt; wife; age 26; born in Missouri. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1883-1884 by calculation.

    4. [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. Meta C. Mordt; wife; age 36; born in Missouri. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1883-1884 by calculation.

    5. [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. Meta C. Mordt; wife; age 45; born in Missouri. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1884-1885 by calculation.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 49, 103.
      Meta Christina Winter, child of Heinrich Friedrich Christian Winter and Florentine Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum, was born on 15 March 1884 at Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    10. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      She died 13 November 1960 in Truxton, Missouri.

    11. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 21.
      Meta Winter Mordt died 13 November 1960. No place given.

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 49, 103.
      Meta Christina died on 13 November 1960 at St. Louis, St. Louis County [sic], Missouri.

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

    14. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Reports place as Zion Methodist Church in Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri. This may be in reference to Heinrich's second marriage, to Wilhelmine Luise Fiegenbaum in October 1920.

    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), page 252.
      Marriage record for "Heinr. Fried. Christ. Winter" and "Florentine Wilh. Fiegenbaum." Married 27 August 1875. Witnesses were "Parents & brothers & sisters of couple."

    16. [S121] Alvina Mordt, Winter Family Genealogy (typescript, [about 1976-77?]), page 3.
      "On August 27, 1875, Henry F. C. Winter and Miss Florentine Fiegenbaum were united in holy matrimony and immediately went to housekeeping on a farm in Camp Branch Township, near Truxton, Missouri, which he had acquired before they were married." Alvina states that all nine of Henry and Florentine's children were born on this farm.

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 49.
      Heinrich Friedrich Christian Winter and Florentine Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum were married on 27 August 1875 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    18. [S22] Obituary, , for Florentina Winter, neé Fiegenbaum, from a memoral card issued in 1919.
      The card is in the possession of the J. W. Fiegenbaum family.
           "Am 27. August 1875 verehelichte sie sich mit ihrem nun tiefbetrübten Gattin, Hy. F. C. Winter. Diese Ehe war mit neun Kindern gesegnet." [On the 27th of August 1875 she married her now deeply grieving husband, Hy. F. C. Winter. This marriage was blessed with nine children.].

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

    20. [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."

    21. [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.

    22. [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.

    23. [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.

    24. [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.

    25. [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."

    26. [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.


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