Family: Kersten, Ernst / Hölscher, Lisette (F1627)
m. 18 Nov 1859-
Father | Male
Kersten, Ernst
Born 7 Jul 1832 Lienen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia 
Died Yes, date unknown Buried Married 18 Nov 1859 [1, 2, 3, 4] Warren County, Missouri, USA [1, 2, 3, 4] Father Kersten, Johann Hermann | F1626 Group Sheet Mother Hölscher, Sophie Elisabeth | F1626 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Hölscher, Lisette
Born 24 Sep 1841 Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Father Mother
Child 1 | Female
Kersten, Sophia Alwine
Born 16 Apr 1861 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died 8 Jul 1861 Warren County, Missouri, USA Buried
Child 2 | Male
Kersten, Gustav
Born Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Warren County, Missouri, USA Buried
Child 3 | Female
Kersten, Sophie Wilhelmine
Born 11 Sep 1864 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Brüggemann, Heinrich | F1628 Married 12 May 1887 Warren County, Missouri, USA
Child 4 | Female
Kersten, Emelie
Born 11 Sep 1864 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Abt Apr 1865 Warren County, Missouri, USA Buried
Child 5 | Male
+ Kersten, Louis Rudolph
Born 10 Mar 1867 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died 3 Jun 1953 Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Spouse Uthlaut, Caroline Wilhelmine | F1629 Married 16 Nov 1893 Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
Child 6 | Male
Kersten, Ernst Georg
Born 29 Jun 1869 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died 4 Nov 1958 Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
Child 7 | Male
Kersten, Heinrich Rudolph Theodor
Born 1 Feb 1872 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Pöppelmeier, Alwine | F1631 Married 14 Mar 1901 Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
Child 8 | Female
Kersten, Wilhelmine Mathilda
Born 28 Jul 1874 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Uthlaut, Frederick | F1630 Married 6 Jun 1895 Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
Child 9 | Male
Kersten, Heinrich Martin
Born 20 Jun 1877 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died 10 Feb 1951 Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
Child 10 | Female
+ Kersten, Emma Friederike
Born 26 Feb 1881 Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Died 7 Dec 1956 Missouri, USA Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Spouse Niemeyer, August Friedrich Jr. | F1593 Married 14 Apr 1904 Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
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Notes Married:
- Ernst and Sophie's marriage was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Friedrich Hölscher and Rudolph Kienker were witnesses. Pastor Rieger officiated. Ernst and Sophie lived on a farm near Holstein and became the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived into adulthood.
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Sources - [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 4.
"ERNST [Kersten] courted and won unto himself as his wife, LIZETTE HOELSCHER, who was born September 24, 1841 on the Simon Stock Farm west of Holstein. Whom he married on November 18, 1859; the ceremony being performed by the late [sic] Rev. J. Rieger, then pastor of Immanuel Evangelical Church, Holstein, Missouri. They went to housekeeping on the Kersten farm near Holstein...." - [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), p. 248.
Marriage records. Ernst Kersten, born in Lienen, and Lisette Hölscher, born "here," married 18 November 1859. "Friedr. Hölscher" and "Rud. Kienker" were the witnesses. - [S138] Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, Marriage Records, Warren County, Missouri: Books A and B, 1833-1860 (Kansas City, Missouri: Mrs. H. W. Woodruff, 1969), page 56.
Marriage Book B, 1846-1860; page 312. "18 Nov. 1859 Ernst Kersten - Lisette Hoelscher." The ceremony was performed by "Joseph Reiger, German Protestant at Holstien" [sic] (p. 62). - [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 5.
"Thus a family of seven living children were born to grow to adulthood and take their places in society."
- [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 4.