Block, Wilhelm Heinrich

Male 1870 - 1917  (46 years)


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  • Name Block, Wilhelm Heinrich 
    Born 18 Nov 1870  Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • According to his death certificate, Wilhelm was single and engaged in the raising of fine poultry.
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Jul 1917  Canaan Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    • The cause of death was arthritis defomans, which had afflicted Wilhelm for 30 years. He had also suffered from bronchial asthma for two years.
    Buried 29 Jul 1917  Tea, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    • He was buried in Salem Lutheran Cemetery.
    Person ID I5091  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2007 

    Father Block, Frederick Heinrich Conrad,   b. 20 Oct 1837, Husum, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1919, Brush Creek Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Homeier, Dorothea L.,   b. 22 Mar 1846, Swiss, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1937  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1865  Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7, 8, 9
    • The marriage was performed by Rev. F. Drewel.
    Family ID F1655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], volume 2, page 177.
      Block family genealogical sketch. "Conrad and Dorothea had seven children: ...William H. (1870-1917); ...."

    2. [S173] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County Cemetery Survey ([Hermann, Missouri]: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1985), page 235.
      Salem Lutheran Cemetery; Tea, Canaan Township, Gasconade County, Missouri. William H. Block; born 18 November 1870; died 26 July 1917.

    3. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), William Henry Block; Gasconade County; 1917; Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #24926. Accessed in September 2007.
      William Henry Block. Born 18 November 1870 at Tea, Missouri. Father's name: Conrad Block, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Louise D. Homeyer, born in Germany. Personal information was provided by L. W. Block of Safe, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    4. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), William Henry Block; Gasconade County; 1917; Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #24926. Accessed in September 2007.
      William Henry Block. Born 18 November 1870 at Tea, Missouri. Father's name: Conrad Block, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Louise D. Homeyer, born in Germany. Died 9:00 a.m. on 26 July 1917 in Canaan Township, Gasconade County, Missouri at the age of 46 years, 8 months, 8 days. His occupation was raising fine poultry. He was single at the time of death. Cause of death was "Arthritis Deformane;" duration 30 years. A contributory cause was "Asthma, Bronchial;" duration 2 years. Burial or cremation was to be at Tea, Missouri on 29 July 1917. The undertaker was Herman Koch, of Owensville, Missouri. Personal information was provided by L. W. Block of Safe, Missouri. J. J. Ferrell, MD, of Owensville, Missouri, attended the deceased from 6 November 1915 to 27 July 1917 and signed the death certificate on 26 July 1917. The certificate was filed with the local registrar on 31 July 1917.

    5. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), William Henry Block; Gasconade County; 1917; Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #24926. Accessed in September 2007.
      William Henry Block. Died 9:00 a.m. on 26 July 1917 in Canaan Township, Gasconade County, Missouri. Burial or cremation was to be at Tea, Missouri on 29 July 1917. The undertaker was Herman Koch, of Owensville, Missouri. Personal information was provided by L. W. Block of Safe, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    6. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], volume 2, page 177.
      Block family genealogical sketch. "Conrad's Uncle Henry was married to Louise Homeyer, and Conrad married her sister, Dorothea L. Homeyer, on April 4, 1865. Dorothea was born March 22, 1846."

    7. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Heinrich Gustav Block; Gasconade County; 1955; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #776. Accessed in March 2007.
      August Heinrich Gustav Block. Born 15 May 1886 at Tea, Missouri. Father: Conrad Block. Mother's maiden name: Dora Homeyer. Personal information provided by Mrs. Emma Block, of Bland, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    8. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Henry August Conrad Block; Gasconade County; 1912; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #32615. Accessed in April 2006.
      Henry August Conrad Block. Born 7 October 1879 at Tea, Missouri. Child of Conrad Block, born in Germany, and Dora Homeyer, born in Swiss, Missouri. Personal information provided by Mary Hempelman, of Rosebud, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    9. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Conrad Block-Dorothea Homeier; 1865; Gasconade County.
      Accessed in July 2013. A transcription on page 174 of a document in which F. Drewel, Minister of the Gospel, certified that on 4 April 1865 he had joined in holy matrimony Conrad Block and Dorothea Homeier, both of Gasconade County. The certificate was filed with William Wesselhoft, Recorder of Gasconade County, on 11 May 1865.