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Heinrich Dienstbier

Last Will & Testament

 

I, Henry Dinstbier of St. Louis Missouri being at present in good health and of sound mind do make this to be my last will and testament hereby expressly revoking all former wills and testaments by me made.

First, it is my will that all my just debts shall be paid out of my personal estate which I may have or possess at the time of my death.

Second, I hereby devise my homestead, being all my right title and interest in a lot of ground fronting thirty three feet on Cherokee street by a depth of one hundred and fifty feet on [Lempe?] Avenue together with a two story brick building out houses and other improvements, in said City of St. Louis, as follows: One undivided third interest therein to my son John Dinstbier of my first marriage in fee; One undivided third interest therein to my daughter Margaret Etling wife of August Etling also of said first marriage, in fee; and one undivided third interest to my three children of my third marriage in equal parts which three children are named Simon Dinstbier, Johann Eckhardt Dinstbier and Fritz Dinstbier. I also appoint August Etling to be my executor of this my will.

Witness my hand this thirtieth day of June A.D. 1871

signature

We attest the foregoing and above will by subscribing our names hereto as witnesses in the presence of Henry Dinstbier and in the presence of each other the said Henry Dinstbier the testator having declared the same to be his last will and testament in our presence and requested us to attest the same.

Leo Rassieur
Reinhold Buder

Interlineation in 14th
line made before [execution?]
G. A. Finkelnburg

 

Source: Henry Dienstbier, 1875; Case No: 11956; St. Louis Probate Court; Microfilm reel C 35591; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri.
Digital version accessed on 1 July 2004 at the St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project, 1802-1900 <http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/stlprobate/>.

 

Notes

This is a faithful transcription from a digital image of a microfilmed copy of the will. I have done my best to accurately decipher the handwriting and to copy it correctly without any alterations or corrections. My own additions are indicated by square brackets [ ] and my doubts by a question mark [?]. A copy of the PDF files are available below; you may check my work.

Over the course of time and in the hands of various people, family members and strangers alike, the Dienstbier family name appears in a number of forms: Dienstbier, Dinstbier, Dinsbier, Dinsbeer. Except when reproducing documents, I have chosen to use Dienstbier. This is a purely arbitrary decision on my part.

This will is the only source of information I have found to date on the three marriages of Heinrich Dienstbier. I regret that I have no further knowledge of the who, the when, or the where of these unions.

At the end of the document, G. A. Finkelnburg has penned a note, the last word of which is in doubt. It appears to read "execution," but I will entertain correction here. The interlineation in the 14th line of the will refers to the phrase "all my right title and interest in" found in the first sentence of the third paragraph. These words were clearly added later.

J. Mark Fiegenbaum

 

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