Menn, Johannes

Male 1820 - 1855  (34 years)


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  • Name Menn, Johannes 
    Born 8 Mar 1820  Hilchenbach, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 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.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Aft 1845  USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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".
    Died 19 Jan 1855  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I1381  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2003 

    Father Menn, Johannes,   b. 26 Feb 1787, Hilchenbach, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Roth, Anna Maria,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [1
    Family ID F454  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lehmann, Elisabeth,   b. Abt 1831,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 21 Oct 1850  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 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,   b. 15 Aug 1851, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Oct 1850 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Jan 1855 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S42] Curtis M. Dombek, Genealogical research.