Family: Kersten, Louis Rudolph / Uthlaut, Caroline Wilhelmine (F1629)
m. 16 Nov 1893-
Father | Male
Kersten, Louis Rudolph
Born 10 Mar 1867 Warren County, Missouri, USA 
Died 3 Jun 1953 Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Married 16 Nov 1893 [1, 2] Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA [1, 2] Father Kersten, Ernst | F1627 Group Sheet Mother Hölscher, Lisette | F1627 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Uthlaut, Caroline Wilhelmine
Born 4 Feb 1872 Osage County, Missouri, USA Died 5 Dec 1948 Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Father Uthlaut, Heinrich Rudolph | F1625 Group Sheet Mother Brundieck, Sophia Frederika | F1625 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
Kersten, Florenz Ernst
Born 4 Oct 1894 Treloar, Warren County, Missouri, USA Died 23 Jun 1973 Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
Child 2 | Female
Kersten, Emma Lisette
Born 16 Jul 1897 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 3 | Female
Kersten, Alma Wilhelmine
Born 31 Aug 1899 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died 22 Apr 1901 Buried Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
Child 4 | Male
Kersten, Heinrich Arlie
Born 14 Jun 1902 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 5 | Female
Kersten, Ida Emma
Born 4 Jun 1904 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 6 | Male
Kersten, Walter Rudolf Theodor
Born 18 Feb 1907 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 7 | Female
Kersten, Adina Alwina
Born 4 Aug 1909 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 8 | Male
Kersten, Ervin Martin
Born 24 Nov 1911 Warren County, Missouri, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried
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Notes Married:
- Louis and Caroline's marriage was recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Immanuels Church in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Rev. J. J. Mayer officiated at the ceremony, which took place at the Kersten home near Holstein. Ernst Kersten and Hermann Uthlaut were recorded as the witnesses. For nearly all of their married life, Louis, Caroline, and their eight children made their home on a farm west of west of Treloar, Missouri. They celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1943.
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Sources - [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. 258.
Marriage records. Louis R. Kersten, of Holstein, and Caroline M. Uthlaut, of Holstein, married 16 November 1893. Ernst Kersten and Hermann Uthlaut were witnesses. - [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 54.
"LOUIS KERSTEN born March 10, 1857 near Holstein, MO married CAROLINE UTLAUT.... Rev. J. J. Mayer, pator of Immanuel Evangelical Church, Holstein, MO, married them on November 16, 1893 at the Kersten home near Holstein, MO. With the exception of a few years, the couple lived on a farm west of Treloar, MO. all of their lives, LOUIS being a farmer. They were the parents of FLORENCE, EMMA, ALMA, ARLIE, IDA, WALTER, DINA and ERWIN. The couple was privileged to observe their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1943 and was married over 55 years when death separated them."
- [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. 258.