Charles Wende
Application for Administration
Hon. W. W. Henderson, Judge of Probate Court,
The undersigned respectfully represents that Charles Wende died on or about the Third day of August, 1899, in this City, leaving surviving him the undersigned Lizzie Wende, his widow, Charles Wende, aged sixteen years six months, William Wende, aged fifteen years, Minnie Wende, aged thirteen years, and Arthur Wende, aged three years. His estate consists of real estate valued at Fourteen hundred Dollars encumbered by a deed of trust for Eight hundred Dollars, and tools, household effects, etc., not exceeding Two hundred Dollars in value. She hereby waives her right to administer on said estate, and requests that the Lincoln Trust Company be appointed administrator thereof.
St. Louis, August 21, 1899.
Lizzie Wende [signature]
Affidavit of Administration.
Digital version accessed at the St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project, 1802-1900 <http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/stlprobate/> on 1 July 2004.
Downloadable Files
- Application for Administration (PDF file; 299 kb)
- Inventory (PDF file; 472 kb)
Brief Genealogy
Charles Wende's family
Details of the birth family of Charles Wende ( ? -1899) are not currently known.
Mary Schönweiss' family
Details of the birth family of Mary Schönweiss ( ? - ? ) are not currently known.
Wende - Schönweiss family
Charles' 1st marriage
Elizabeth Margaretha Etling's family
Wende - Etling family
Charles' 2nd marriage
Various pieces of data in U. S. census returns and family documents indicate that Elizabeth Margaret Etling's first marriage, probably on 17 March 1887, was to Louis C. Maeser, Meser or Moeser, and that a child, Louise or Louisa (born January 1888), commonly known by the family as Lulu, was born of this marriage. Lulu later became the wife of Harry Streitz.
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