 1816 - 1903 (87 years)
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| Name |
Friedrich Wilhelm Meinershagen |
| Nickname |
FW |
| Born |
07 Aug 1816 |
Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
04 Nov 1903 |
Holstein, Warren County, Missouri |
| Buried |
Salem Evangelical United Church of Christ Cemetery Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri |
| Person ID |
I631713254 |
Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Dec 2008 |
| Family |
Wilhelmina Maria Brinkmann, b. 11 Sep 1823, Westerkappeln, Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Married |
17 Feb 1841 |
Femme Osage, Warren County, Missouri |
| Children |
| | 1. Herman Adolph Meinershagen, b. 01 Jul 1844, Germany , d. 09 Feb 1900, Peers, Warren County, Missouri (Age 55 years) |
| | 2. Catherine Regina Meinershagen, b. 23 Oct 1849, d. 12 Apr 1922 (Age 72 years) |
| | 3. Heinrich Herman Meinershagen, b. 3 Mar 1843 |
| | 4. Anna Elizabeth Meinershagen, b. 20 Jul 1856, Warren County, Missouri |
| | 5. Friedrich Jurgen Meinershagen, b. 22 Nov 1845, Missouri , d. 02 Jul 1925 (Age 79 years) |
| | 6. Charles Edward Meinershagen, b. 15 May 1847, Femme Osage, Warren County, Missouri , d. 18 Mar 1923, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri (Age 75 years) |
| | 7. George August Meinershagen, b. 12 Mar 1852, Femme Osage, Warren County, Missouri , d. 01 Dec 1946, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri (Age 94 years) |
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| Family ID |
F552323773 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- Thomas L Scribner:
Note:
Friederich Wilhelm Meinershagen, according to the research of Fred H. Meinershagen and his book "The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen", was the youngest of four children born to Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen and his first wife Maria Charlotte Dorothea Meese on August 16, 1816 in Wersen, Germany.
Friederich, at the age of 20, is known to have traveled from Bremen to the United States with his father Heinrich Adolph, his father's second wife Christina Maria Wilhelmina Manecken, brothers Heinrich Adolph and Friederich George, sister Christina Wilhelmina Amelia, and 23 others from Wersen, Germany on a vessel named "Gustav". The ship's records indicate 232 passengers were on board when it arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on October 19, 1836.
F.W. Meinershagen, as he was known, married Wilhelmina Maria Brinkmann on February 17, 1841. F.W. and his wife Maria had seven children. F.W. was a farmer in the Femme Osage and Marthasville areas of Missouri.
Friederich W. Meinershagen passed away on November 4, 1903 in Holstein, Warren County, Missouri and is buried beside his wife in the Salem United Church of Christ cemetery in Higginsville, Lafayette,County Missouri.
BIRTH:
1. Fred H. Meinershagen, The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen (private publication), Library of Congress Catalog card No. 75-299031.
This source, on page 3, lists the date of birth for Friederich Wilhelm Meinershagen as August 7, 1816 in Wersen, Germany. Records, according to Fred H. Meinershagen's research, of his birth are kept within the Evangelical Church in Wersen, Germany.
BURIAL:
2. Fred H. Meinershagen, The Prosperous and Diligent Blacksmith from Wersen (private publication), Library of Congress Catalog card No. 75-299031.
This source, on page 3, records the place of burial for Friederich Wilhelm Meinershagen as the Salem United Church of Christ, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri. He is buried beside his wife Maria Wilhelmine Brinkmann. It is worth noting that Fred Meinershagen suggests that the only known obituary for F.W. , as he was known, is kept at the library of The State Historical Society of Missouri. The obituary was published in the Friday, November 6, 1903 edition of the Missouri Thalbote, which was a newpaper printed in German.
- Used with permission from my cousin Thomas Scribner:
F.W. Meinershagen was Thomas Scribners 3rd great grandfather.
Friederich Wilhelm Meinershagen was born on August 16, 1816, in Wersen, Germany, and was the youngest of four children born to Heinrich Adolph Meinershagen and Maria Charlotte Dorothea Meese. Friederich was known as F.W.
At the age of 20, F.W. emigrated from Bremen, Germany, to the United States with his father, his father's second wife; Christina Maria Wilhelmina Manecken, brothers; Heinrich Adolph and Friederich George, and sister Christina Wilhelmina Amelia. They traveled to the United States aboard a vessel named "Gustav" arriving in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 19, 1836. The passenger list stated that there were a total of 232 passengers on board with 23 passengers from Wersen, Germany.
F.W. married Wilhelmina Maria Brinkmann on February 17, 1841 and they had seven children. He was a farmer in the Femme Osage and Marthasville areas of Missouri before moving to Higginsville, Missouri. Once in Higginsville, he began working as a tailor. He had a reputation for making clothing of exceptional quality.
Friederich W. Meinershagen passed away on November 4, 1903 in Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, and is buried beside his wife in the Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.
The following essay was written by Benjamin H. Meinershagen about 1951. It appears that this may be a copy of a presentation for the Meinershagen Reunion in 1951.
The Meinershagen Family Reunion is a tradition that continues today with the year 2006 marking the 73rd year that the Meinershagen Family Reunion has been held. The reunion is held on the third Sunday of June each year. The 2007 reunion will be held in Femme Osage, Missouri. If you plan to attend or have any questions, please contact me. Thank you.
Emma (Meinershagen) Seba assisted Ben in the writing of this essay. I've transcribed the following from a very poor copy. Please forgive any errors in transcription.
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Grandfather William Meinershagen, as I knew him, moved here to live in Lafayette County [Missouri] in the Spring of 1882. Before that he lived in the Charette Creek Bottom of Warren county, near the town of Marthasville [Missouri]. Of course, his birth place was in Lippe Detmold, Westphalen, Germany. As a young man he specialized in making fine tailored suits (wedding suits for men and dresses for brides). Grandmother's name was Wilhelmina Brinkman and she was born in Germany. Their family consisted of seven children; five sons and two daughters.
Henry, the oldest child, served in the Civil War, and while a soldier, once had a bullet pass through his hat, just a few inches from his brain. After the war was over he first became a businessman, dealing in foods and general merchandise. Later he moved onto a farm five miles southwest of Higginsville, Missouri, where he died in December, 1903. He had seven children, three sons, and four daughters; namely, Mary Hayenbrock, Frank, Josephine Voss, Walter, Alma Redhage, Arthur, and Selma. It is interesting to know that while Uncle Henry was farming he also served as part-time road overseer in his neighborhood, thus doing public service besides operating his farm.
Herman Adolph, the second son, lived on a farm 3 miles northeast of Higginsville, Missouri. He married Hannah Freitag. To this union three sons were born; namely, Julius William, Edward Herman and Ernest John. The mother passed away following the birth of Ernest. Herman later married Amalia Elise Eichmeyer. They had nine children as follows; Gustav H., Otto Benjamin (died at the age of six), Mrs. Emma Wilhelmina Seba, Lydia Alma Christine, Alfred August, Mrs. Amanda Martha Matthews, Ella Mary, Hugo Carl, Paulina Anna Johannah. Uncle Herman, as I called him, was also a wagon maker as well as a farmer. He had the skill of making good strong wooden wagon wheels. He also learned to make caskets from his Uncle Brinkman with whom he had lived as a child. Uncle Herman also raised livestock including cattle and pigs. He was much devoted to his family and church and Sunday school. He served two terms of three years each on the church board. I remember at our early Sunday school sessions he would distribute tickets to the most diligent pupils for memorizing Bible verses and verses of familiar Hymns. These tickets, when accumulated in large numbers, could be then redeemed for a Bible or large picture. This was all conducted in the German language. It would not be fair when reviewing the history of Uncle Herman Meinershagen's family and his descendants if we would forget to mention the happy intentions of one of his great-grandsons, named John Bock, who is from Lincoln, Illinois, and who if fitting himself to become a minister of the Gospel at some later day. All good luck and God speed to him in this noble venture. We hope that in some of the near Meinershagen reunions we may have the privilege of having him present us and thus become closer acquainted and befriended with him. And finally, when we consider the family of Uncle Herman, we want to honor the memory of two of his sons, Gus and Hugo, who perfected the idea of having this Meinershagen reunion about 30 years ago.
Fred G. Meinershagen, [This individual's name was actually Frederich Jurgen but he never used that name, always identifying himself as Fred G. Meinershagen and having his gravemarker inscribed with the same.. However he is identified as Frederich Jurgen within our database.] the third son, lived on a 240 acre farm 3 1/2 miles southwest of Higginsville. [This is the farm that Fred H. Meinershagen was raised on and currently owns] He bought this farm at $50 dollars per acre in 1881. It was , then, the highest price ever paid per acre for a farm in that community. The former owner had been a slave owner and a log cabin, covered with weather boards, which at one time housed 24 slaves, was still standing until Father salvaged it several years later. In our family there were 10 children as follows; Mrs. Lizzie Hoefer, Mrs. Emma Hoefer, John, Ida, Ben, Mrs. Emilie Voss Kronsbein, Oscar, Mrs. Bertha Tempel, Daniel, Mrs. Lillie Tempel.
Our parents were much devoted to church, and the various festivals of the church, and thus set a good example for us to follow. Father would go along with us to Sunday school and when the superintendant had no permanent teacher for the beginners, he would quite often assign that class to be taught by my father. He would then talk low German to us boys, ----
[Note from Thomas Scribner: There is a "low" and "high" within the German language and they are different. This does not refer to "volume"]
--- whose ages ranged from 4 to 6 years. Believe it or not, our lessons every Sunday were simply to learn the A B C's in the German language. I might just mention before finishing my father's family history, that my sister Emma, became the wife of a parochial school teacher. They are both retired now after teaching and sharing the word of God for 50 years in various Evangelical Churches.Thus another member of our family became another specialized worker in God's Vineyard. We will hear of others later.
Kate, the fourth child, and oldest daughter, married Henry Schoppenhorst, and lived on a large farm farm about four miles northwest of Marthasville, Missouri. In their family were 12 children as follows; Mary, by his firt wife; Lizzie, Emma, Will, Clara, Paul, Hugo, Lydia, Frank, Arthur and Martha. Uncle Schoppenhorst was a Civil War Veteran, having served in the Union army. He was also elected to our Missouri state Legislature for one or two terms as Representative of Warren County. Aunt Kate was a very devoted and good mother to her brood of twelve children. One of the children was a child from Mr. Schoppenhorst's previous marriage. One of Uncle's hobbies was to tend honeybees and I never saw a man more calm and easy going with bees ( while robbing them of their honey) as he was.
His family first attended church in Holstein, Missouri, but later became members of the Evangelical church in Marthasville, Missouri.
Charley Meinershagen, the fourth son, lived on a nice large farm which parallels to the now called Truman Road. [In Kansas City, Missouri] He was a good Christian gentleman and loved his church and was ready to serve his church and God's Kingdom whenever the opportunity presented itself. He proved this when he and his wife Anna sponsored the aspirations of their first born son to become a parochial teacher and parish worker, but unfortunately the son whose name was William, fell victim to a long disease and succumbed to an early death.
Uncle Charley married Anna Hackman and they had nine children as follows; Will, Sam, Charles, George, Mrs. Meta Lefman, Clara, Mrs. Nettie Voss, Laura and Martha. When Uncle Charles bought his farm in 1870 there was no Chicago and Alton (sp?) Railroad but several years later he and his brother August, whose farm bordered Charley's on the south, were instrumental in the railroad being constructed through Higginsville. They were each happy to give a free right-of-way to help build the railroad and thus putting Higginsville, Missouri on the map. And as I indicated before Uncle Charley was a real prop and pillar of the Evangelical church in its early days. Charley was a deacon for six years. His living children still regularly attend and are devoted to the church.
August Meinershagen, the fifth and youngest son, happened to attain the highest age of all the children. He passed away two months before his 95th birthday. He lived on the same farm one-half mile west of Higginsville ever since he was a young man. He was a studious and progressive farmer his entire life. He and his wife, Louisa Hackman, were blessed with eight children as follows; Mrs. Paline Jungermann, Edwin, Albert, Mrs. Anna Mollenkamp, Mrs. Mamie Schlomann, Mrs. Lizzie Fieth (sp?), and Mrs. Emma Conselman (sp?).
He was also a Christian gentleman who loved his Lord and his church. He and his brother Charley were neighbors and in the early years of our Evangelical church, they both aided with their children to help make our services more beautiful by working in church and Sunday school. Both brothers served six years each on the church council. I remember him telling me once about the building of our first church building, which ws a wooden frame building without a steeple. He and his brother Charles took a long coupled wagon and drove into their woods and chopped down four tall trees and raised them near this first church, and that was the first belfry to be erected for the large bell, which is still serving in our modern church building today. Then another noble event which can be attributed to the honor of Uncle August's descendants is that his grandchild, Alma Jungerman, gave herself to full time service to be a missionary in far away India. She is now the wife of a missionary and is no doubt a faithful servant of her Lord. Her sister, Elsie, is also a faithful worker in the Evangelical Deaconess Home of St. Louis, Missouri.
Anna was the youngest member of the family. She was married to Charles Schaefer and to this union were born nine children. They lived on a fine fertile farm two miles east of Higginsville. This farm has been, lately, declared a model farm because it has all the modern improvements of soil productivity, also the conservation of soil by the erection of terraces and other water outlets. A modern poultry house is also included in the modern improvements. Credit is due largely to his son, Charles, and his cooperative wife Hulda. Their children were as follows; Minnie Feldmann, Fred, Mrs. Mary Ordelheide, Edward, Alfred, Alvina, Paulina, Charles, and Anna.
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"Wir Nachkommen sind auf unsere Vorfahren stolz. Und dankbar zum guten Herrn für ihr Beispiel und Tradition, die sie für uns gelassen haben. Mogen wir alles uns behumen, eines gottesfürchtig Leben zu führen, wie sie"
"We descendants are proud of our ancestors, and thankful to the good Lord for their example and tradition they have left us. May we all strive to live God fearing lives as they did".
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