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Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER 1840–1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 MAY 1840

Birth Location: Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany

Death Date: 26 MAY 1911

Death Location: Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri

Father: Johann I

Mother: Anna [BÜHRIG]

Spouse(s): Francis I, Heinrich I

Children(s): Rosena STRACK, Wilhelmina OSSENKOPP, Heinrich II, Heinrich OSSENKOPP, Anton STRACK, Franz STRACK

The story of Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER began in 1840 in Barbecke, BrunswickBraunschweig, Germany. Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER married Francis Xavier Strack I, Heinrich Ossenkopp I, and had children including Anton Strack, Franz H Strack, Heinrich Christoph Ossenkopp Ii, Heinrich Fredrich Wilhelm Ossenkopp, Rosena Strack, Wilhelmina Maria Karoline Henrietta Ossenkopp. Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER/ passed away in 1911 in Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri.

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Biography

  • The story of Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER began in 1840 in Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany.
  • Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER married Francis Xavier Strack I, Heinrich Ossenkopp I, and had children including Anton Strack, Franz H Strack, Heinrich Christoph Ossenkopp Ii, Heinrich Fredrich Wilhelm Ossenkopp, Rosena Strack, Wilhelmina Maria Karoline Henrietta Ossenkopp.
  • Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER passed away in 1911 in Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann I
1803–1873
Birth Location: Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
JI
Anna [BÜHRIG]
1812–1844
Birth Location: Berel, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Francis I
1837–1890
Birth Location: Soufflenheim, Bas-Rhin, France
FI
Heinrich I
1831–1863
Birth Location: Holstein, Germany
HI

Children(s)

Rosena STRACK
1870–1941
Birth Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
RS
Wilhelmina OSSENKOPP
1858–1861
Birth Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
WO
Heinrich II
1859–1931
Birth Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
HI
Heinrich OSSENKOPP
1862–1862
Birth Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
HO
Anton STRACK
1866–1957
Birth Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
AS
Franz STRACK
1869–
Birth Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
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Dorothea MEYER's Ancestors

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Dorothea MEYER
1840–1911
Birth Place: Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Parents
Johann Julius Heinrich ‘Henry’ MEYER I
1803–1873
Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Anna (Sophie Karoline BUHRICH) [BÜHRIG]
1812–1844
Berel, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Grandparents
Johann (Julius Conrad) MEYER
1760–1834
Germany
Anna (Elizabeth BANK) [BAUH]
1780–1833
Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Levin (Heinrich BUHRICH) [BÜHRIG]
1774–1848
Berel, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Illse (Magdalene) BOLLMANN
1777–
Berel, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothea MEYER's Descendants

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Dorothea (Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’) MEYER (27 MAY 1840–26 MAY 1911) m. Francis (Xavier STRACK) I (1 APR 1837–24 MAR 1890) m. Heinrich (OSSENKOPP) I (1831–29 NOV 1863)
  1. 1. Rosena STRACK 1870–1941 m. Francis (Xavier ‘Frank’) STRACK 1866–1922
    1. 1. Emma (Marjorie) STRACK 1905–1993 m. William BERNHARDT 1904–1984
      1. 1. Marjorie (Emmalene) BERNHARDT 1931–2001
    2. 2. Alma (Henryetta Wilhelmina) STRACK 1893–1965 m. John (Hoke) FERGUSON 1886–1953
    3. 3. Bertha (Martha) STRACK 1893–1977 m. Albert (Henry) OYLER 1892–1967
    4. 4. Elsie (Caroline) STRACK 1896–1988 m. Václav (James ‘Jim’) BENEDA 1884–1965
      1. 1. Josephine (Rosena ‘Susie’) BENEDA 1917–2006 m. John (Anton) RAAB 1911–2002
      2. 2. Virginia (Louise) BENEDA 1927–2020 m. Sammy (Gene) COX 1926–1986
        1. 1. Michael (Paul) COX 1951–1997
      3. 3. Frank (Xavier) BENEDA 1922–2002 m. Virginia (E.) ____________ 1926–2010
      4. 4. Elsie (Mae) BENEDA 1935–2002
    5. 5. Leopole (Martin ‘Leo’) STRACK 1898–1963 m. Emma (Christine) TILLQUIST 1898–1985
    6. 6. Dorothy (Johanna) STRACK 1900–1950 m. Charles (Harrison) FEAGINS 1885–1935 m. Herbert (Ellis) DUNLAP 1881–1966
      1. 1. Beatrice (Pauline) FEAGINS 1922–
      2. 2. Helen (Maxine) FEAGINS 1925–
      3. 3. Clifford (Hugh) FEAGINS 1926–
    7. 7. Francis (Virginia) STRACK 1901–1988 m. Leslie (Williams) EDSALL 1896–1961
    8. 8. Anton (Lee) STRACK 1903–1977 m. Beulah (Muriel) CORDELL 1908–1948
    9. 9. Clara (Beatrice) STRACK 1907–1997 m. Charles (Wesley SAWYER) I 1906–1973
  2. 2. Wilhelmina (Maria Karoline Henrietta) OSSENKOPP 1858–1861
  3. 3. Heinrich (Christoph OSSENKOPP) II 1859–1931 m. Mary (J.) RENNE 1859–1941
    1. 1. Henry (F.) OSSENKOPP 1883–
    2. 2. Elma OSSENKOPP 1884–
    3. 3. Leon (H.) OSSENKOPP 1887–
    4. 4. Anita (M.) OSSENKOPP 1890–1966 m. Guy (A.) DEEM 1882–1936
    5. 5. Edward (W.) OSSENKOPP 1892–
    6. 6. Albert (C.) OSSENKOPP 1894–
    7. 7. William (E.) OSSENKOPP 1898–1978 m. Cleo (F.) ____________ 1902–1960
  4. 4. Heinrich (Fredrich Wilhelm) OSSENKOPP 1862–1862
  5. 5. Anton STRACK 1866–1957 m. Annie (K. J. LOWES) [LOVES] 1871–1934
    1. 1. Martin (Christian George) STRACK 1893–1973 m. Frieda (D. A.) NIEMEIER 1898–1954
    2. 2. Henry (A. G.) STRACK 1895–1979 m. Louise (M.) BERTLING 1898–1987
      1. 1. Warren (H.) STRACK 1922–
    3. 3. Edwin STRACK 1898–1980 m. Thelma (L.) COTTLE 1904–1972
    4. 4. Albert (Henry) STRACK 1901–1991 m. Hilda (M.) BORGFIELD 1907–1982
    5. 5. Emil STRACK 1908–2002
    6. 6. Rosena STRACK 1903–1940
    7. 7. Linda (Anna Emma) STRACK 1911–1989 m. Howard (H. HINKLE) [HENKLE] 1915–
    8. 8. Ruby (H. E.) STRACK 1914–1987
  6. 6. Franz (H.) STRACK 1869–

Dorothea MEYER's Timeline

4 Records

1840
27 MAY 1840
Birth of Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER in Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
1840
31 MAY 1840
Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER was christened in Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
Barbecke, Brunswick/Braunschweig, Germany
1911
24 MAY 1911
Age 71
Death of Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
1911
26 MAY 1911
Age 71
Burial of Dorothea Christine Karoline ‘Dorta’ MEYER in Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 MAY 1840
    Event Place: Barbecke, BrunswickBraunschweig, Germany
    Record Source: 3667 Strack; Descendants of Peter Strack

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 31 MAY 1840
    Event Place: Barbecke, BrunswickBraunschweig, Germany
    Record Source: 3667 Strack; Descendants of Peter Strack

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1912
    Record Source: History of the Hanover Lutheran Church

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 MAY 1911
    Event Place: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Record Source: 3667 Strack; Descendants of Peter Strack

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 26 MAY 1911
    Event Place: Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Record Source: 3667 Strack; Descendants of Peter Strack
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