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Menn, Johannes

Male 1820 - 1855  (34 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Menn, Johannes was born 8 Mar 1820, Hilchenbach, Prussia (son of Menn, Johannes and Roth, Anna Maria); died 19 Jan 1855, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: Aft 1845, USA

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Curtis Dombek reports that the church records in Hilchenbach, Germany give Johannes' date of birth as 8 MARCH 1820. He also notes that in the 1850 census for the City of St. Louis, Johannes is listed as 27 years old. This would mean he was born about 1823.

    Immigration:
    Curtis Dombek reports the family's possession of a protestant hymnal bearing the following inscriptions, translated from the German. "Johnnes Menn in Hilchenbach March 23, 1845. This is his book". "Elisabeth Lehmann married John Menn Oct. 21, 1850 in St. Louis". "On August 15, 1851, our daughter Wilhelmina was born in St. Louis." "John Menn died Jan. 19, 1855".

    Johannes married Lehmann, Elisabeth 21 Oct 1850, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA. Elisabeth was born Abt 1831; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Curtis Dombek found an entry for the marriage of Johann and Elisabeth in the records of Trinity Lutheran Church, in the Soulard area of St. Louis. He gives the following translation of the entry: "Johann Menn, second son of the late Johann Menn from Helberhausen, near Siegen, Prussia, married to Elisabeth Lehmann, oldest daughter of the late Christian Lehmann Oct. 21, 1850. The witnesses were Gottlieb Frey and Wilhelm Menn." Helberhausen is a section of Hilchenbach.

    Children:
    1. Menn, Wilhelmina was born 15 Aug 1851, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; died 1923.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Menn, Johannes was born 26 Feb 1787, Hilchenbach, Prussia (son of Menn, Johannes and Daub, Anna Katherina); died Yes, date unknown.

    Johannes married Roth, Anna Maria. Anna died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Roth, Anna Maria died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 1. Menn, Johannes was born 8 Mar 1820, Hilchenbach, Prussia; died 19 Jan 1855, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Menn, Johannes was born 27 Feb 1754, Hilchenbach, Prussia (son of Menn, Johann Jacob and Stocker, Anna Margaretta); died 20 Feb 1808, Hilchenbach, Prussia.

    Notes:

    Curtis Dombek notes that Johannes continued operating the powder mill founded by his father. He was also an elder in his church.

    Johannes married Daub, Anna Katherina 13 Jul 1775. Anna died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Daub, Anna Katherina died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 2. Menn, Johannes was born 26 Feb 1787, Hilchenbach, Prussia; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Menn, Johann Jacob was born 27 Apr 1710, Hilchenbach, Prussia (son of Menn, Johann Jacob and Roth, Maria Elisabeth); died 7 Apr 1770, Hilchenbach, Prussia.

    Notes:

    Johann Jacob was his parents' first son. He founded a powder mill used in the production of explosives for excavation projects in the area, a region rich in iron ore. The mill continued in operation until after the Second World War.

    Johann married Stocker, Anna Margaretta 31 May 1736. Anna died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Stocker, Anna Margaretta died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 4. Menn, Johannes was born 27 Feb 1754, Hilchenbach, Prussia; died 20 Feb 1808, Hilchenbach, Prussia.


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