Ancestors of Hermann Gerhard Meiners
40. Hermann Gerhard Meiners Family
Hermann Gerhard Meiners (40)
b. 12 Jan 1827, Suttrup, Hannover, Germany
m. Maria Adelheid Overmöhle, 8 Apr 1856, Ankum, Hannover, Germany
d. 25 Jun 1916, Heron Lake, MN
Maria Adelheid Overmöhle (41)
b. 12 Nov 1829, Besten, Hannover, Germany
d. 23 Apr 1908, Heron Lake, MN
Children:
1. Gerhard Meiners (bap. Arnold Gerhard Meiners)
b. 8 Aug 1857, Suttrup, Germany
m. Katherine Schroeder, 28 Jul 1885, Roselle, IA
d. 12 Feb 1933, Willey, IA
2. Heinrich Meiners
b. 7 Mar 1859, Suttrup, Germany
d. 9 Mar 1859, Suttrup, Germany
3. Henry Meiners (bap. Heinrich Diederich Meiners)
b. 21 Aug 1861, Lechterke, Germany
m. Anna Mary Langreck, 13 Mar 1883, Roselle, IA
d. 3 Feb 1909, Pleasant Valley Township, Carroll County, IA
4. Theodore Henry Meiners (bap. Johann Diederich Meiners) (20)
b. 18 Jul 1863, Lechterke, Germany
m. Mary Elizabeth Sand, 21 Apr 1891, Louisville, KY
d. 15 Jan 1902, Louisville, KY
5. Margaret Elizabeth Meiners (bap. Anna Elisabeth Margaretha Meiners)
b. 3 Nov 1865, Lechterke, Germany
m. Christian Joseph Dorpinghaus, 12 Feb 1884, Roselle, IA
d. 24 Aug 1940, Fulda, MN
6. Mary Meiners (bap. Anna Maria Meiners)
b. 4 Jan 1868, Lechterke, Germany
m. John Langreck, 19 Feb 1889, St. Lucas, IA
d. 21 Apr 1947, Neillsville, WI
7. Unnamed daughter
b. 10 Dec 1869, Lechterke, Germany
d. 10 Dec 1869, Lechterke, Germany
8. Maria Anna Meiners
b. 10 Dec 1869, Lechterke, Germany
d. 16 Dec 1869, Lechterke, Germany
9. Anna Meiners (bap. Maria Anna Meiners)
b. 16 Dec 1870, Lechterke, Germany
m. Rudolph Nusser, 7 Jan 1890, Heron Lake, MN
d. 25 Oct 1926, Heron Lake, MN
Notes:
Hermann Gerhard Meiners and Maria Adelheid Overmöhle lived in Suttrup, Germany, until about 1859, when they moved with their family to Lechterke, near Badbergen, Germany. The Meiners family immigrated to the United States in 1880. They traveled aboard the Hermann, which embarked at Bremen, Germany, and arrived at the Port of Baltimore on 12 Aug 1880. The Meiners family settled in Roselle, Carroll County, IA.
Hermann Meiners and Adelheid Overmöhle moved to Minnesota with the family of their daughter, Margaret Meiners Dorpinghaus, about 1888. The Dorpinghaus family settled near Fulda, MN, where Hermann Meiners and Adelheid Overmöhle lived until about 1896. After that time, they lived with the family of their youngest daughter, Anna Meiners Nusser, near Heron Lake, MN.
Hermann Meiners worked as a farmer. In Germany he and his son Theodore made wooden shoes, which they sold in Holland in the summer. Gerhard Meiners, the oldest son of Hermann Meiners, worked as a railroad conductor to help the family earn money for their passage to America.