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Willard John Meiners

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Willard John Meiners (son of Herbert Lambert Earnest Meiners and Emma Miller).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Herbert Lambert Earnest Meiners was born on 15 Jul 1884 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (son of John Lambert Meiners and Mary E. Rieke); died on 15 Dec 1963 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer, carpenter

    Herbert married Emma Miller on 22 Aug 1912 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Emma was born on 27 Jun 1888 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Jan 1979 in Riverside County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emma Miller was born on 27 Jun 1888 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Jan 1979 in Riverside County, California, USA.
    Children:
    1. Howard Meiners
    2. 1. Willard John Meiners


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Lambert Meiners was born on 29 Sep 1853 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (son of Gerhard Lambert Meiners and Fenne Maria Frantzen); died on 9 Apr 1920 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Apr 1920 in Evergreen Cemetery, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorrhage
    • Occupation: Farm owner in Barrington Township, Illinois
    • Census: 1860, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: Aug 1918, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    dropped dead in National Bank

    John married Mary E. Rieke on 29 Sep 1875 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Mary (daughter of Heinrich Ernst Rieke and Amelia Sophia Schroeder) was born on 11 Mar 1857 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 15 Nov 1940 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary E. Rieke was born on 11 Mar 1857 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (daughter of Heinrich Ernst Rieke and Amelia Sophia Schroeder); died on 15 Nov 1940 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    Children:
    1. Emma Hannah Mary Meiners was born on 26 May 1876 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Apr 1908 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    2. Simon John Meiners was born on 14 Dec 1877 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 8 Mar 1945 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    3. Luella Betsy Meiners was born on 15 Nov 1879 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 25 Nov 1923 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    4. Clara Lavinia Meiners was born on 4 Feb 1882 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 23 Nov 1950 in Kane County, Illinois, USA.
    5. 2. Herbert Lambert Earnest Meiners was born on 15 Jul 1884 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 15 Dec 1963 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
    6. Orville Harvey Franklin Meiners was born on 4 Aug 1897 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Gerhard Lambert Meiners was born on 10 Oct 1810 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 16 Oct 1810 (son of Johann Thale Meiners and Anna Catharina Gerlemann); died on 13 Mar 1896 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1896 in Deer Grove Cemetery, Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Lambert Meiners
    • Occupation: Farm owner in Barrington Township, Illinois
    • Census: 1860, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA
    • Census: 1880, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Officially immigrated to the Netherlands in 1831; returned to Schale in 1834. Came to America in 1837 and spent six months in New York state between 1837 and 1838. Moved to Chicago in 1838, where he worked as a teamster. In 1849, moved to the 160 acre farm he owned two miles south of Barrington, Illinois (also owned 120 acres in Palatine Township). Retired from farming in 1877 and moved into the village of Barrington. Before 1877, he was the highway commissioner for Barrington Township.

    Gerhard married Fenne Maria Frantzen in 1843 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Fenne (daughter of Johann Gerhard Frantzen and Catharina Adelheid Dresselhaus) was born on 14 Jan 1821 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 21 Jan 1821 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; died on 25 Dec 1866 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Fenne Maria Frantzen was born on 14 Jan 1821 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 21 Jan 1821 in Schale, Westfalen, Germany (daughter of Johann Gerhard Frantzen and Catharina Adelheid Dresselhaus); died on 25 Dec 1866 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Mary
    • Census: 1860, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    Godparents: tenant farmer’s wife Fenne Aleid Franzen & farm owner’s son Gerhard Henrich Dresselhaus. Came to America in 1841 with her father.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Meiners was born on 26 May 1849 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Feb 1876 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    2. 4. John Lambert Meiners was born on 29 Sep 1853 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 9 Apr 1920 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Apr 1920 in Evergreen Cemetery, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    3. Hannah Louisa Meiners was born on 21 Feb 1855 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 10 Dec 1933 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    4. Mary Meiners was born on 13 Oct 1860 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 18 Jul 1863 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

  3. 10.  Heinrich Ernst Rieke was born on 16 Mar 1830 in Sonneborn, Kr. Lemgo, Lippe, Germany; was christened on 28 Mar 1830 in Sonneborn, Kr. Lemgo, Lippe, Germany (son of Arend Henrich Rieke and Christine Caroline Kropp); died on 10 Jan 1916 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Jan 1916 in Evergreen Cemetery, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Research Notes: Gloria Landwer Scott lists his movements: 1849 - to England, 1852 - to Australia, 1855 - back to Sanneborn, 1856 - to Barrington, Illinois, bef. 1890 - to Chester, Nebraska, 1912 - returned to Barrington.

    Heinrich married Amelia Sophia Schroeder on 3 Apr 1853 in Australia. Amelia was born on 1 Sep 1836 in Mecklenburg, Germany; died on 2 Nov 1922 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Amelia Sophia Schroeder was born on 1 Sep 1836 in Mecklenburg, Germany; died on 2 Nov 1922 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary E. Rieke was born on 11 Mar 1857 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 15 Nov 1940 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
    2. Earnest Rieke was born on 10 May 1861 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died in 1924 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1924 in White Cemetery, Cuba Township, Lake County, Illinois, USA.



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