GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan
C E R T I F I CAT E o F D EAT H
STATE OF MINNESOTA CERTIFICATE NO , C-226 -229 COUNTY OF RICE
DECEASED INFORMATION ..... N~E, WILLIAM P MEEHL
DATE OF DEATH: FEBRUARY 08, 1915
TIME OF DEATH: NOT GIVEN DATE FILED, FEBRUARY 12, 1915
DATE OF BIRTH; JUNE 08, 1858 SOCIAL SECURITY NO , NOT GIVEN
PLACE OF DEATH, FOREST TOWNSHIP RICE COUNTY, MINNESOTA
USUAL RESIDENCE, FOREST TOWNSHIP RICE COUNTY, MINNESOTA
PLACE OF BIRTH, PENNSYLVANIA
MANNER OF DEATH, NATURAL GENDER, MALE
CAUSE OF DEATH, HEART INCOMPENSATION PROBABLY BROUGHT ON BY PNEUMO NIA
MARITAL STATUS, WIDOWED
MOTHER (MAIDEN SURNAME) .. N~E, HENRIETTA PETERS
FATHER ...... NAME, JACOB MEEHL
I, PAM MELCHERT, RECORDER IN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE LEGAL DEATH RECORD ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN MY OFFICE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of sai d office at FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA, this TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2000 P~~1ELCHERT BY? d MEEHL, WILLIAM PHILLIP COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 411 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan Surname: MEEHL Given Name: WILLIAM Middle Name If Any: PHILLIP Gender: MALE Date Of Birth: JUNE 8, 1858 Place Of Birth: PENNSYLVANIA Date Of Death: FEBRUARY 8, 1915 Place Of Death: FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 25l/m Father: JACOB M. MEEHL Date Of Birth: APRIL 19, 1819 Place Of Birth: DARMSTADT (HESSE), GERMANY Date Of Death: AUGUST 14, 1891 Place Of Death: FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 23o Mother: HENRIETTA AMELIA PETER (PETERS) Interred Name: MEEHL Date Of Birth: 1829 Place Of Birth: DARMSTADT (HESSE), GERMANY Date Of Death: 1902 Place Of Death: RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 23p Marital Status: MARRIED Date: NOVEMBER 12,1883 1. CAROLINE VOSS born: AUGUST 15, 1866 in RICE COUNTY at HOME Children: 1. EDWARD MEEHL born: AUGUST 6. 1886 2. WILLIIAM ROY MEEHL born: APRIL 17, 1888 3. ARTHUR GOODWIN MEEHL born: JANUARY 27, 1890 AT HOME in RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA 4. HENRY PHILLIP MEEHL born: APRIL 22, 1892 in FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA 5. GOODWIN JOHN MEEHL born: JANUARY 23, 1894 in FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA 6. ELIZABETH MEEHL born: DECEMBER 7, 1895 7. ANNIE MEEHL (TWIN) born: JANUARY 1, 1898 8. THRESSA CAROLINE MEEHL (TWIN) born: JANUARY 1, 1898 9. CLARA AMELIA MEEHL (TWIN) born: FEBRUARY 5, 1900 10. CORA JANET MEEHL (TWIN) born: FEBRUARY 5, 1900 MEEHL, WILLIAM PHILLIP COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 104 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan OBITUARY Last First Newspaper Date Notes Name Name MR. WILLIAM PHILIP MEEHL DIED AT HIS HOME MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, AT THE AGE OF 56 YEARS. HE WAS BORN JUNE 8, 1858, TO JACOB AND HENRIETTA PETER MEEHL, NEAR DURSHIRE, PA. AT THE AGE OF FOUR YEARS HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO THE TOWN OF FOREST, WHERE HE HAS SINCE MADE HIS HOME. HE WAS MARRIED IN 1883 TO CAROLNA VOSS, OF THE TOWN OF RICE WILLIAM FOREST. TO THEIR UNION WAS BORN TEN MEEHL COUNTY 17/FEB/1915 PHILIP CHILDREN. THEY ARE EDWARD, WILLIE, JOURNAL ARTHUR, HENRY, GOODWIN, ELIZABETH, ANNIE, THRESSA, AND TWINS, CLARA AND CORA, ALL OF WHOM ARE LIVING. MRS. MEEHL PASSED AWAY ELEVEN YEARS AGO. DEATH CAME UNEXPECTEDLY TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. IN EARLY YEARS HE GAVE HIS HEART TO GOD AND WAS BAPTIZED AND TRIED HARD TO LIVE AND BE FAITHFUL TO HIS MASTER MEEHL, WILLIAM PHILLIP COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 126 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. Prinzing BOOK - RICE COUNTY FAMILIES. PUB. 1981 William P. Meehl Family. William P. Meehl, son of Jacob and Henrietta Peters Meehl, was born June 8, 1858, in Sullivan County, PA. In 1863 he came with his family to Forest Township, Rice County, where they homesteaded. In 1883 he was married to Caroline Voss (Vohs) of Forest Township. William and Caroline had 10 children: Edward, William, Arthur, henry, Goodwin, Elizabeth, Anne and Threasa (twins) Clara and Cora (twins). All are now deceased except Anne, Clara and Cora. Anne married Alfred Verdick and lives in Jackson, MN, for some years. They had 1 daughter, Ardith Potter, who passed away at the age of 28. She had 4 sons, Greg, Tim (who is a doctor), Scott and Joel. Elizabeth lived in Chicago, married and had 3 daughters. Threasa moved to Wyoming when young, was a WILLIAM schoolteacher, married and had 1 son. MEEHL BIOGRAPHY P. Clara and Cora also moved to Wyoming and taught school. Clara married a Wilkenson, had 3 children, 1 of whom survives, namely Glen. Cora married Irl Brown, has 1 daughter, Carol. Edward married Marie Paulson, they had 2 children, LaVern and Doris. William married Clara Paulson. They had 2 daughters, Grace and Margaret. Grace passed away in 1974. Arthur married Johanna Paulson, they had 3 children, Harlan, Bernice and Geraldine, all of whom are still living. It might be interesting to note that 3 brothers married 3 sisters. Goodwin married Mabel Mosher. They had 6 children, Elinor, Clifford, Donald, Charles, Donna and Patsy, all of whom survive. Henry married Sadie Johnson. They had 2 children, Lloyd and Irene Meehl Searle, who are still living. Caroline died at the early age of 38. Her 4 youngest were twins, ages 2 and 4. William Meehl built COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER - 450 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan CERTIFICATE OF DEATH STATE OF MINNESOTA CERTIFICATE NO: COUNTY OF RICE Deceased Information ...... NAME: ANNIE MEYER DATE OF DEATH: NOVEMBER 7, 1891 DATE FILED: DECEMBER 17,1891 DATE OF BIRTH MARCH 13, 1808 SOCIAL SECURITY NO NOT GIVEN PLACE OF DEATH: FOREST TOWNSHIP RICE, MINNESOTA USUAL RESIDENCE FOREST TOWNSHIP RICE, MINNESOTA PLACE OF BIRTH: FROTHINGHAM, GERMANY MANNER OF DEATH NATURAL GENDER: FEMALE CAUSE OF DEATH: OLD AGE MARITAL STATUS WIDOWED SPOUSE: NOT GIVEN Mother...... NAME: ALICE SMITH Father...... NAME: HENRY SMITH INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE-IN OBTAINED FROM BURIAL RECORDS OF FOREST TOWNSHIP, RICE COUNTY, MINNESOTA AND COPIED THERE-FROM BY RONALD R. PRINZING, PRESIDENT AND ACTUARY OF THE GERMAN UNION CEMETERY. RONALD R. PRINZING BY, £-4.{!2v-7 DATE: March 18, 2000 MEYER, ANNIE ADELHEID. NEE: SMITH COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 412 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan Surname: SMITH Married Name: MEYER Given Name: ANNIE Interred Name: MEYER Middle Name If Any: ADELHEID Gender: FEMALE Date Of Birth: MARCH 13, 1808 Place Of Birth: FROTHINGHAM, GERMANY Date Of Death: NOVEMBER 7, 1891 Place Of Death: FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 48a Father: HENRY SMITH Date Of Birth: Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: Mother: ALICE Date Of Birth: Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: Marital Status: Date: Children: MEYER, ANNIE ADELHEID. NEE: SMITH COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 105 - . ~'·, VIE.' " ~ f ~ :fl'l ...,~. . """ ~~ - ,-.- . .. ' I ' , p . _oJ.... ·'.t' ' 8. '· 91. ·.-. . .. . ' , • - - * ., ' -• • - - - " MIELKE - < GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan (OTHER SIDE) MIELKE, FRANK FREDRICK COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 370 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan Surname: MIELKE Given Name: FRANK Middle Name If Any: FREDRICK Gender: MALE Date Of Birth: 1871 Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: SEPTEMBER 3, 1948 Place Of Death: POLK COUNTY – WISCONSIN Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 39l Father: CARL F. E. MIELKE Date Of Birth: MAY 5, 1841 Place Of Birth: GERMANY Date Of Death: JANUARY 25, 1921 Place Of Death: FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 40k Mother: JOHANNA RADTKE Interred Name: MIELKE Date Of Birth: JUNE 24, 1843 Place Of Birth: KUCKMUEHLE, PRUSSIA Date Of Death: SEPTEMBER 20, 1924 Place Of Death: BEAVER TOWNSHIP – KOOCHICHING COUNTY – RAY, MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 40m Marital Status: MARRIED Date: 1. MARY L. DEMANN (BENSON) born: 1874 Children: 1. LOUIS MIELKE born: MAY 1896 2. MARTHA MIELKE born: SEPTEMBER 1898 NOTE: The Disposition Permit shows the place of burial to be ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CEMETERY LONSDALE, MINNESOTA which is the same as GERMAN UNION CEMETERY. St. John’s Church, before it’s demise, was located nearby and the cemetery was sometimes referred to as ST. JOHN’S CEMETERY MIELKE, FRANK FREDRICK COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 106 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan OBITUARY Last First Newspaper Date Notes Name Name Frank F. Mielke, 77, a former resident of Forest township, passed away at Frederic, Wisconsin, on Friday morning after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m. from the St. John’s church in Forest with the Rev. Frank Faribault Walter Beltz officiating. Interment will take place in St. Mielke 04/Sep/1948 F. Daily News John’s cemetery. He is survived by his wife, a son, Louis, of Northfield, a daughter, Mrs. Albert Gusse, Hillman, two brothers, August and Charles, of Danville, Ill., a sister, Mrs. Frank Greenwold of Ray, Minn., and three grandchildren. Funeral spirations are being made by the Boldt Funeral Home. MIELKE, FRANK FREDRICK COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 235 - MOTHER MAHY L 1874 ·1937 GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan Surname: MIELKE Given Name: FRANK JR. Middle Name If Any: Gender: MALE Date Of Birth: 1897 Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: 1897 Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 39n Father: FRANK FREDRICK MIELKE Date Of Birth: 1871 Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: SEPTEMBER 3, 1948 Place Of Death: POLK COUNTY – WISCONSIN Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 39l Mother: MARY L. DEMANN (BENSON) Date Of Birth: AUGUST 27, 1874 Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: JULY 27, 1952 Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: Marital Status: NEVER MARRIED MIELKE, FRANK JR. COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 107 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan MIELKE, JOHANA A. NEE: RADTKE COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 346 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan Surname: RADTKE Married Name: MIELKE (KARL F. E.) Given Name: JOHANNA Interred Name: MIELKE Middle Name If Any: A. Gender: FEMALE Date Of Birth: JUNE 24, 1843 Place Of Birth: GERMANY Date Of Death: SEPTEMBER 20, 1924 Place Of Death: BEAVER TOWNSHIP – KOOCHICHING COUNTY – RAY, MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 40m Father: Date Of Birth: Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: Mother: Date Of Birth: Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: Marital Status: MARRIED Date: 1. KARL F. E. MIELKE born: MAY 5, 1841 in GERMANY NOTE: Karl is spelled with a “K” on stone, NOT “C”. Children: 1. WILLIAM MIELKE born: 2. AUGUST MIELKE born: 3. FRANK FREDRICK MIELKE born: 1871 4. CHARLES MIELKE born: 5. GEORGE MIELKE born: 6. MRS. F. GREENWOLD born: NOTE: The Permit for Burial or Removal shows the place of burial to be FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA. The correct place of burial is the GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA. MIELKE, JOHANA A. NEE: RADTKE COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 108 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. Prinzing Daily News Mielke, who died at Ray, Minnesota last Friday, Sept. 19th., were held Monday afternoon at the home of her son Frank Mielke in Forest. The funeral started from the home at 1 o'clock and services were held at the Forest church at 2 o'clock. Rev. Schultz of Faribault officiated at the services. Interment was made in St. John's Union cemetery. Johanna Rodke was born in Kuckmuehle, Prussia, June 24, 1843. She was married 57 years ago to Karl Mielke. Five years later they came to Faribault, from Germany and made their home in Forest town. She leaves to mourn her death one daughter, Mrs. Frank Greenwald of Ray, Minn.; and four sons Will, of Ray, Minn.; Frank of Forest, and Charles and August of Danville, Ill. The youngest son George, preceded her in death two years ago last March. The surviving sons and daughters were present at the funeral. MIELKE, JOHANNA A. NEE: RADTKE BIOGRAPHY BOOK - EARLY PIONEERS AND JOHN PRINZING BIOGRAPHY INDIANS OF MINNESOTA AND RICE FREDERICK COUNTY, BY LILLIE CLARA BERG. COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER - 452 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan MIELKE, KARL F. E. COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 338 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan Surname: MIELKE Given Name: KARL NOTE: Karl spelled with a “K” on stone, NOT “C”. Middle Name If Any: F. E. Gender: MALE Date Of Birth: MAY 5, 1841 Place Of Birth: GERMANY Date Of Death: JANUARY 25, 1921 Place Of Death: FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 40k Father: Date Of Birth: Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: Mother: Date Of Birth: Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: Marital Status: MARRIED Date: 1. JOHANNA RADTKE born: JUNE 24, 1843 in KUCKMUEHLE, PRUSSIA Children: 1. WILLIAM MIELKE born: 2. AUGUST MIELKE born: 3. FRANK FREDRICK MIELKE born: 1871 4. CHARLES MIELKE born: 5. GEORGE MIELKE born: 6. MRS. F. GREENWOLD born: NOTE: The Permit for Burial or Removal shows the place of burial to be FOREST TOWNSHIP. The correct place of burial is the GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA. MIELKE, KARL F. E. COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 109 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan OBITUARY Last First Newspaper Date Notes Name Name CARL MIELKE AN OLD RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF FOREST PASSED AWAY TUESDAY JAN. 25, AFTER AN ILLNESS OF TWO WEEKS AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS. HE WAS BORN IN GERMANY, MAY 5, 1841. HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS LOSS HIS WIFE AND FIVE SONS, WILLIAM AND GEORGE OF RAY, MINN., FARIBAULT MIELKE CARL 01/FEB/1921 CHARLES AND AUGUST OF DANVILLE, ILL., DAILY NEWS FRANK OF CIRCLE LAKE AND ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. F. GREENWOLD OF RAY, MINN. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD FROM THE RESIDENCE THEN AT ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, FRIDAY AT 1 O’CLOCK. INTERMENT WAS MADE IN ST. JOHN’S CEMETERY, REV. WEINOLD OF WEBSTER OFFICIATING. NOTE: Stone on gravesite has the name Karl spelled with a K, NOT a “C”. MIELKE, KARL F. E. COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 149 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan MIELKE, MARY L. NEE:LUDWIG COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 350 - GERMAN UNION CEMETERY THREE-GENERATION GENEALOGY Created by Ronald R. PrinzingSusan Surname: LUDWIG Married Name: MIELKE (FRANK FREDRICK) Given Name: MARY Interred Name: MIELKE Middle Name If Any: L. Gender: FEMALE Date Of Birth: OCTOBER 19, 1874 Place Of Birth: MINNESOTA Date Of Death: MARCH 28, 1937 Place Of Death: FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Place Of Burial: GERMAN UNION CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Plot Number: 39m Father: FRED LUDWIG Date Of Birth: 1826 Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: FEBRUARY 17, 1892 Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: FOREST CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Section: S. E. Mother: MINNIE YENTZ Married Name: LUDWIG (FRED) Date Of Birth: DECEMBER 25, 1834 Interred Name: LUDWIG Place Of Birth: Date Of Death: FEBRUARY 22, 1913 Place Of Death: Place Of Burial: FOREST CEMETERY – FOREST TOWNSHIP – RICE COUNTY – MINNESOTA Section: S. E. Marital Status: MARRIED Date: 1. FRANK FREDRICK MIELKE born: 1871 NOTE: The Permit for Burial or Removal shows the place of burial to be ST. JOHN’S CEMETERY, which is the same as GERMAN UNION CEMETERY. St. John’s Church, before it’s demise, was located nearby and the cemetery was sometimes referred to as ST. JOHN’S CEMETERY MIELKE, MARY L. NEE: LUDWIG COMPUTER REFERENCE NUMBER: - 110 -