Gerhard Lambert Meiners^[1]

1810 - 1896  (85 years)

• Name	Gerhard Lambert Meiners  [2]
  Birth	10 Oct 1810	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Christening	16 Oct 1810  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Lambert Meiners  [3, 4]
  Census	1860	Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Census	1880	Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Occupation	Farm owner in Barrington Township, Illinois  [1, 3, 4]
  Burial	Mar 1896	Deer Grove Cemetery, Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Death	13 Mar 1896	Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I979	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Johann Thale Meiners           b. Mar 1769, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 6 Apr 1833, Schale, Westfalen, Germany (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Anna Catharina Gerlemann           b. Aug 1774, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. Abt May 1847, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Catharina Wilmer           b. 16 Oct 1815, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 1842, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	14 Oct 1836	Schale, Westfalen, Germany   [2]
  Children	1. _____ Meiners           b. 3 Dec 1836, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 3 Dec 1836, Schale, Westfalen, Germany (Age 0 years)   2. Anna Katharina Adelheid Meiners           b. 14 Oct 1838, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA           d. 27 Oct 1925, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 87 years)   3. _____ Meiners           b. 1840, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA           d. 1840, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F1748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2004

  
  

  Family 2	Fenne Maria Frantzen           b. 14 Jan 1821, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 25 Dec 1866, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1843	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Meiners           b. 26 May 1849, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA           d. 3 Feb 1876, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 26 years) + 2. John Lambert Meiners           b. 29 Sep 1853, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA           d. 9 Apr 1920, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 66 years) + 3. Hannah Louisa Meiners           b. 21 Feb 1855, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA           d. 10 Dec 1933, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 78 years)   4. Mary Meiners           b. 13 Oct 1860, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA           d. 18 Jul 1863, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2004

  
  

  Family 3	Marie Charlotte Rieke           b. 5 Feb 1829, Sonneborn, Kr. Lemgo, Lippe, Germany           d. 18 Sep 1893, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1869	Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F1752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2004

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Oct 1810 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Marriage - 14 Oct 1836 - Schale, Westfalen, Germany Marriage - 1843 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Census - 1860 - Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA Marriage - 1869 - Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA Census - 1880 - Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA Burial - Mar 1896 - Deer Grove Cemetery, Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA Death - 13 Mar 1896 - Barrington, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Michael Martens Kirchhoff, The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen. [S153] Gloria Landwer Scott, Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe. [S595] 1860 US Census - Household of Lambert Meiners. [S632] 1880 US Census - Household of Lambert Meiners.