In n umerous previous posts, I have actually described a particular “area” discovered near New Wells, Missouri as the “Koenig-Koch-Haertling Area”. I obtained that term from seeing many census pages from the Shawnee Municipality that list households with those surnames in succeeding censuses. It resembles these households stayed next-door neighbors for lots of, several years. Today’s post will start with an infant that was born because area.

Plants Adeline Koenig was born upon January 26, 1893. Or was she born upon January 25, 1893? Plants is another among those cases in which we discover her baptism record specifying she was born upon January 25th and her Findagrave.com entry that states she was born upon January 26th. Because she was a woman, we can not see a military type that provides her birthday. Military files are fantastic locations to get verification of somebody’s birthday. Likewise, because Plants passed away too just recently, we can not see her death certificate, which is another source that notes an individual’s date of birth. Plants would be either commemorating her 130th birthday today or the other day.

Plants was the child of Alvin and Martha (Schrumpf) Koenig and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. We can have a look at the baptism record for Plants from that parish’s books.

Plants was the only kid of Alvin and Martha since Martha passed away the exact same year that Plants was born. She passed away in November of 1893 of diphtheria, leaving Alvin as a widower. Alvin wed once again in 1896. His 2nd partner was Elisabeth Diefenbach. So, when the 1900 census was taken, we discover the following Koenig family. 2 extra Koenig kids had actually been born to Alvin and Elisabeth. Likewise, it appears like Elisabeth had a kid, Henry Diefenbach, by a previous marital relationship. Plants’s dad was a farmer in the Shawnee Municipality.

Next, we discover Plants in the 1910 census at the age of 17. As soon as once again, Henry Diefenbach belonged to this family. Henry was dealing with his stepfather’s farm. Alvin needs to have actually valued his assistance since his other kids were all children.

Now, we will have a look at the male who would end up being Plants’s spouse. His name was Otto Friedrich Meyr, who was born upon October 2, 1890. Otto was the kid of Johann and Emilie (Mirly) Meyr. Otto was the 3rd of 6 kids in his household. Like Plants, Otto was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. His baptism record from that church’s books is shown here.

Otto is discovered in his very first census in 1900 at the age of 9. His dad was a farmer in the Shawnee Municipality. He likewise had some extra members of his family. A young nephew, Fritz Mirly, Emilie’s mom, Mary Mirly, and a guest called Ernst Harrison were noted in this entry.

In the 1910 census, we discover Otto, at the age of 19, was dealing with his dad’s farm. We discover Emma Koch as a servant woman and Rudolph Reisenbichler and Friedrich (Fritz) Mirly as worked with males likewise consisted of in the family.

Otto Meyr wed Plants Koenig on the day after Valentine’s Day, February 15, 1914. The marital relationship license for this couple is revealed listed below

The above license states the wedding event was carried out by Rev. August Wilder, who was the pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. I discovered the church marital relationship record for this set in a binder we have which contains Trinity, Cape Girardeau records.

Our German Ancestral tree notes 2 kids born to Otto and Plants. They were both baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. A couple of years after his wedding event, Otto had a World War I draft registration finished in 1917.

The 1920 census lists both of the Meyr kids, together with Rudolph Reisenbichler, who had actually appeared in the exact same entry with Otto in the previous census. Otto was a farmer in the Shawnee Municipality.

The Meyr’s are next discovered in the 1930 census. 2 servants, Otto Hoffmann and Nora Perr, were consisted of in their family.

In the exact same year as the above census, plat maps were produced for Cape Girardeau County. We discover the Otto Meyr farm situated not far from New Wells.

In 1940, the Meyr family included Otto, Plants, their child, Evelyn, and their kid, Ruben, who had actually wed Gertrude Schlimpert in 1939.

In 1942, Otto had a The second world war draft card finished despite the fact that he was currently 52 years of ages.

The last census we can see is the one taken in 1950. It appears Otto and Plants had a lot of kids, however many of them are really grandchildren, the kids of Rueben and Gertrude Meyr.

I believe that Otto and Plants transferred to Jackson at a later time in their lives thus lots of others carried out in those days. Otto Meyr passed away in 1972 at the age of 81. I have actually heard that the 1972 death certificates are nearly prepared to be put on the Missouri Secretary of State site, however Otto’s is not there yet. Plants Meyr passed away in 1978 at the age of 84. Otto and Plants are buried together in the Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson, Missouri.

Despite the fact that the entry on Findagrave states Plants Meyr was born upon January 26, 1893, her gravestone is inscribed with the date of January 25, 1893. So, I conclude that she was born upon the 25th, and I admit that I must have composed this story the other day. Our German Ancestral Tree, that includes the January 26th date, led me astray. I do understand this. My post composed the other day about our newly-named museum director, Kristen Lewis, was a far more crucial story to inform.