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Ploeger, Roy Friedrich

Male 1904 - 1990  (85 years)


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  • Name Ploeger, Roy Friedrich 
    Born 3 Jun 1904  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • The spelling of the surname in the archives of the church in Holstein, Missouri changes around the beginning of the 20th century from Plöger to Ploeger. The exact time of the change varies considerably from family to family and it is not unusually to find both forms existing almost simultaneously.
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 10 Jul 1904  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Roy's baptism is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The sponsor was "Friedrich Ploeger, Sr."
    Died 25 May 1990  Hermann, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 

    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Roy F. Ploeger from an unidentified source.

      Roy F. Ploeger, 85, of Hermann died Friday 25 May 1990. He was born 3 June 1904 in Holstein, Missouri to Robert and Elizabeth (Steffen) Ploeger. He was married to Mabel Hanke in Holstein on 19 June 1926. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Hermann, Missouri. Roy is survived by his wife, Mabel, daughters Mrs. Melvin (Marolyn) Block of Montgomery City, Missouri and Mrs. Albert (Eileen) Baumstark of Festus; sister Helen Schroeder of Dallas, Texas and eleven grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Funeral services were held 29 May at the Toedtmann-Grosse Funeral Home in Hermann. Burial was in the Holstein Cemetery.
    Buried 29 May 1990  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Roy was buried in the cemetery associated with Immanuels United Church of Christ.
    Person ID I3447  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 31 May 2008 

    Father Plöger, Robert Wilhelm,   b. 2 Jan 1876, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1949, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Steffen, Elisabeth Katharina Antonie,   b. 24 Mar 1879, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1949, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 6 Aug 1899  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Family ID F1115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hanke, Mabel Amoena,   b. 4 May 1906, Bernheimer, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1993, Hermann, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 19 Jun 1927  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16, 17] 
    • Some report that the marriage took place in the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri, but the published marriage register of that church fails to record any wedding on this date, or any marriage for two people with these names between 1923 and 1930.
    Children 
    +1. Ploeger, Marolyn Elisabeth
    +2. Ploeger, Eilene Elisabeth
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 10 Jul 1904 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Jun 1927 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 29 May 1990 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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).
      Baptism record for "Roy Friedrich Ploeger;" p. 162. Parents names as "Robert Ploeger" and "Lizzie, nee Steffen." Born 3 June 1904. Baptized 10 July 1904. Sponsor: Friedrich Ploeger, Sr.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 100, 137.
      Roy Friedrich Ploeger, child of Robert Wilhelm Ploeger and Elizabeth Katharina Antonie Steffen, was born on 3 June 1904 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 137.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Roy F. Ploeger from an unidentified source.
           "He was born 3 June 1904 in Holstein, Missouri to Robert and Elizabeth (Steffen) Ploeger."

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 100, 137.
      Roy Friedrich Ploeger died on 25 May 1990 at Hermann, Gasconade County, Missouri.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 137.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Roy F. Ploeger from an unidentified source.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 137.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Roy F. Ploeger from an unidentified source.
           "Funeral services were held 29 May at the Toedtmann-Grosse Funeral Home in Hermann. Burial was in the Holstein Cemetery."

    7. [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), Baptism record for "Edna Christine;" p. 157.
      Parents names as "Robert Plöger" and "Lizzie, nee Steffen." Born 26 November 1899. Baptized 1 January 1900. Sponsor: Mrs. Christine Plöger.

    8. [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), Baptism record for "Irene Emma Ploeger;" p. 160.
      Parents as "Robert Ploeger" and " Elisabeth, nee Steffen." Born 24 July 1902. Baptized 31 August 1902. Sponsor: Mrs. Wm. Dustmann.

    9. [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), Baptism record for "Ida Anna;" p. 157.
      Parents names as "Robert Plöger" and "Lizzie, nee Steffen." Born 26 November 1899. Baptized 1 January 1900. Sponsor: Anna Prüssner.

    10. [S93] Judith Mae (Hasenjaeger) Liermann, Hasenjaeger family genealogy. Email communication via Beth Steinmann on 17 September 2002.
      "Robert Wilhelm Ploeger" and "Elizabeth Katharina Antonie Steffen." Married.

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 100.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Robert Wilhelm Plöger which she reported had appeared in the Marthasville Record, of Marthasville, Missouri.
           "On 6 August 1899 he was married to Miss Elisabeth Steffen of Holstein. To this union five children were born."

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 100.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Elisabeth Katharina Antonie (Steffen) Ploeger which she reported had appeared on 16 September 1949 in the Marthasville Record, of Marthasville, Missouri.
           "She was united in holy wedlock with Robert Ploeger on 6 August 1899. This union was blessed with five children, two children passed on in early childhood. With the exception of one year, their entire married life was spent in Holstein, Missouri community, the place of their birth."

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 100.
      Robert Wilhelm Ploeger and Elizabeth Katharina Antonie Steffen were married on 6 August 1899 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    14. [S93] Judith Mae (Hasenjaeger) Liermann, Hasenjaeger family genealogy. Email communication via Beth Steinmann on 17 September 2002.
      Roy "Fritz" Friedrich Ploeger and Mable Amoena Hanke; married 19 June 1927 in "U.C.C., Holstein Warren Co., Mo."
           This marriage is not included in the marriage register included in Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989).

    15. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 137.
      Roy Friedrich Ploeger and Mabel Amoena Hanke were married on 19 June 1927 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.

    16. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 137.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Roy F. Ploeger from an unidentified source.
           "He was married to Mabel Hanke in Holstein on 19 June 1926."

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 137-138.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mabel Amoena Hanke Ploeger which she reported appeared on 25 August 1993 in the Montgomery Standard.
           "She was united in marriage to Roy Ploeger in June 1926 [sic]."


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