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Etling, Christian

Male 1804 - Abt 1875  (71 years)


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  • Name Etling, Christian 
    Born 19 Sep 1804  Landgraviate Hesse-Darmstadt Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1846  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Christian, his wife (who name is not yet known) and at least two children, August and Benjamin, immigrated to St. Louis from Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse, in 1846.
    Military Service 1861/2  St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 

    •      Christian Etling enlisted on 2 September 1861 at St. Louis in the First Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry, serving in Company H under Captain Leonard. He entered as a Corporal and left service with the rank of Sergeant. He was discharged on 23 June 1862 at St. Louis because of an inguinal hernia.
    Died Abt 24 Oct 1875  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    • Documents filed with the St. Louis Probate Court state that Christian Etling died "on or about" 25 October 1875. His gravestone in St. Matthew Cemetery in St. Louis shows a date of death of 24 October 1875.
    Buried St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Christian was first buried in Holy Ghost Cemetery. The body was later moved to St. Matthew Cemetery at 4360 Bates Street.
    Person ID I1322  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 

    Family Woerner, Anna E.,   b. Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [11, 12] 
    Children 
    +1. Etling, August Louis,   b. 17 Nov 1831, Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1876, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    +2. Etling, Johann George,   b. 18 Jan 1836, Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1886, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    +3. Etling, Benjamin Werner,   b. 13 Oct 1840, Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Etling, Charles,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Etling, Catharine,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1846 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - 1861/2 - St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt 24 Oct 1875 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), Household of Christian Etling, 1870 US Census, St. Louis County, Missouri, City of St. Louis, ward 2, page 142, dwelling 982, family 1223, line 25. NARA microfilm M593, roll 811, page 410.
      Christian Etling; living alone; age 63; born in Hesse Darmstadt.

    2. [S169] June Norsworthy, Genealogical Research, Letter of 23 May 2007.
      Image of Christian Etling's gravestone in St. Matthew Cemetery, 4360 Bates Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Birth engraved as 19 September 1804.

    3. [S22] Obituary, For Benjamin W. Etling.
      "Mr. Etling was born in Allsfeld, Germany, October 13, 1840, and with his parents emigrated to St. Louis in 1846. He was educated in the public schools here." From an undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] newspaper clipping in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri. The complete text is available in the notes for Benjamin's death.

    4. [S169] June Norsworthy, Genealogical Research, Letter of 23 May 2007.
      Copy of a U.S. Army Certificate of Disability for Discharge. According to the upper portion of the certificate completed at Glencoe, St. Louis County, Missouri on 2 June 1862 by the Company Commander, "Christian Etling a Sargt of Captain Leonard Weindel Company, H, of the first Regiment of United States U S R C was enlisted by Capt. Leonard Weindel, of the first Regiment of U S R C at St. Louis Mo. on the second day of Septmeber 1861, to serve three years; he was born in Alsfeld, in the State of Hessian, is fifty-eight years of age, five feet ten inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair, and by occupation when enlisted a Potter.
           Charles Ludwig, Surgeon, certified that Christian Etling was "incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of inguinal hernia, of the left side."
           Christian Etling was discharged on 23 June 1862 at St. Louis, Missouri.

    5. [S169] June Norsworthy, Genealogical Research, Letter of 23 May 2007.
      Image of Christian Etling's gravestone in St. Matthew Cemetery, 4360 Bates Street, St. Louis, Missouri. "Christian Etling / Serg Co H 1 MO Infantry / Civil War."

    6. [S129] National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) ( http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ ), Accessed 3 June 2007.
      Christian Etling served in the 1st Regiment, US Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry , Company H; entered service as a Corporal, left as a Sergeant. Data taken from a General Index Card on microfilm M390, Roll 14.

    7. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research, St. Louis Probate, Wills, Book L, pages 251-252.
      Christian Etling died 25 October 1875.

    8. [S123] Missouri State Archives, St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project, 1802-1900 (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/ - last confirmed in May 2011), Christian Etling, 1875; Case No: 12001; St. Louis Probate Court; Microfilm Reel C 35594; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [Online version on 1 July 2004].
      Will of Christian Etling, written 21 October 1875; filed 15 November 1875; recorded in Book L, page 251. Jacob Bastian and George J. Gerber swore that on 21 October 1875 they saw "Christian Etling the testator make his mark as and for his signature" on his last will; and that Christian Etling died on or about 25 October 1875.

    9. [S169] June Norsworthy, Genealogical Research, Letter of 23 May 2007.
      Image of Christian Etling's gravestone in St. Matthew Cemetery, 4360 Bates Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Death date engraved as 24 October 1875.

    10. [S169] June Norsworthy, Genealogical Research, Letter of 23 May 2007.
      Image of Christian Etling's gravestone in St. Matthew Cemetery, 4360 Bates Street, St. Louis, Missouri. June Norsworthy reports that Christian was first buried in Holy Ghost Cemetery at St. Louis and that the body was later moved to St. Matthew Cemetery.

    11. [S37] Charles and Susanne Gerber and family, Genealogical research .

    12. [S104] Personal communication, from Rex D. Hemme to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 4 April 2016 via email.
      Rex Hemme, a descendant of Benjamin Werner Etling, shared that Christian Etling was married to "Anna E. Woerner (abt 1807-21 Nov 1867). Christian and Anna immigrated in the 1840s with their first 3 sons."


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