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Female 1834 - 1915  (80 years)


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  • Name Dienstbier, Margaretha 
    Born 2 Jul 1834  Mühlhausen, Bavaria Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 1845  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10, 11, 12] 
    Died 3 Mar 1915  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19] 
    • According to her death certificate, Margaretha died about 7:00 am of cerebral apoplexy of about 1½ days duration.

      Some of her obituaries:

           ETLING - Passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 1915, at 7 a.m., Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer), widow of August Etling, at the age of 81 years, dear mother of Charlotte Gerber (nee Etling), Elizabeth Wende (nee Etling), Amelia Bayer (nee Etling), mother-in-law of George L. Gerber and William F. Beyer, and our dear grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother."
           Funeral on Saturday, March 6, at 2 p.m. from the residence, 2616 Potomac street, to St. Matthew's Church, thence to St. Matthew's Cemetery."
           Deceased was a member of Good Ladies' Aid Society, Co. Hassendeubel, W.R.C. No. 19; Concordia Aid Society and St. Matthew's Frauenverein.

                ETLING RITES TO-MORROW.
           The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Etling, 80 years old, who was the widow of August Etling, formerly a prosperous South St. Louis merchant, and who died Wednesday morning at her residence, 2616 Potomac street, after an illness of a month, will be held from the residence at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Burial will be in St. Mathew's [sic] Cemetery.
           Mrs. Etling is survived by three children, seventeen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Mrs. Etling was born in Bavaria, July 2 1834, and came to America with her parents in 1845. She was the only living member of the Order of Good Ladies.

      From a German-language obituary:

                Mrs. Margaret Etling's Funeral
                Takes place tomorrow afternoon at St. Matthew's Evangelical Church

           The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Etling, who died on Wednesday morning at her home at 2616 Potomac Street at the age of 80 years, 8 months and 1 day after a month long confinement to her sick bed, takes place tomorrow afternoon from the house of mourning and St. Matthew's Evangelical Church on Jefferson Ave. and Potomac Street and on to the St. Matthew's Cemetery.
           The deceased was born on 2 July 1834 in Bavaria and came to the United States in 1845 with her parents, where the family settled in South St. Louis. She later married August Etling, a well known business man from South St. Louis, who was at one time a member of the City Council and also played a prominent roll in the Free Masons. Her husband preceded her in death on 7 December 1876. The marriage was blessed with 11 children, of whom 3 are still alive. In addition to these, 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild, as well as four brothers, Dr. John, Frederick, and Eckhardt Dinsbeer in St. Louis and Simon Dinsbeer in Decatur, Ill., as next of kin, mourn the death of the dear departed.
           Mrs. Etling was the sole surviving Charter Member of the Order of Good Ladies and belonged to the Women's Relief Corp of the Hassendeubel Post, G. A. R, the Concordia Aid Society, the St. Matthew's Ladies' Society as well as being an active member of the St. Matthew's Evangelical Church itself.
           At the funeral, six grandchildren will serve as pall-bearers. Pastor H. Drees of St. Matthew's Church officiates.
    Buried 6 Mar 1915  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25] 
    • Margaretha was buried at St. Mathew's Cemetery.
    Person ID I522  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2011 

    Father Dienstbier, Heinrich,   d. 4 Oct 1875, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother [---?---], [--?--],   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [26] 
    • In his will, Henry Dienstbier names as his heirs two children from the first marriage and three children from his third marriage. The second marriage is implied; no offspring, if there were any, are mentioned as heirs. The name of Henry's first wife is not known at this time.
    Family ID F432  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 28 Oct 1852  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38] 
    • The marriage was performed by Rev. Franz (Frederick) Picker. When enumerated for the 1900 U. S. Census, Margaretha, a 65 year old widow, was identified as the mother of 11 children, of whom only 5 were alive at the time the enumeration. A German language obituary for Margaretha also mentions her 11 children, only three of whom survived her.
    Children 
    +1. Etling, Katherine Augusta,   b. 17 Mar 1857, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1908, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    +2. Etling, Charlotte Elisabetha,   b. 10 Nov 1859, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1933, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +3. Etling, Elizabeth Margaretha,   b. 18 Feb 1862, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1923, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     4. Etling, George W.,   b. 1864,   d. 18 Apr 1880  (Age 16 years)
    +5. Etling, Louis August,   b. 11 Oct 1866, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1903, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
    +6. Etling, Emelia Margaretha,   b. 10 Sep 1870, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1932, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1845 - St. Louis, 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), NARA microfilm T623, roll 893, page 77.
      Margaret Etling household, 1900 US Census, St. Louis County, Missouri, City of St. Louis, Ward 10, SD 11, ED 152, sheet 2A, house 2611 Potomac? Street, family 26, lines 3-4. Margaret Etling; born July 1834 in Germany; age at last birthday 65 years.

    2. [S123] Missouri State Archives, St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project, 1802-1900 (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/ - last confirmed in May 2011), Henry Dienstbier, 1875; Case No: 11956; St. Louis Probate Court.
      Microfilm Reel C 35591; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [Online version on 1 July 2004; surname spelled Diensbier].
           Will of Henry Dienstbier, written 30 June 1871; filed 12 October 1875; recorded in Book L, page 1911. Henry, in a will written by his lawyer, names as his heirs from his first marriage his son John "Dinstbier" [sic] and Margaret Etling, wife of August Etling.

    3. [S125] Will, Margaretha Etling, 1915; Case No: 44673; St. Louis Probate Court.
      Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
           Letters of Administration; dated and signed 20 March 1916; John Dinsbeer [sic], executor, "to whom letters testamentary were heretofore granted on the estate of said deceased [Margaretha Etling] has since departed this life; ...these letters of administration de bonis non with the will annexed are hereby granted to George L. Gerber." In her will, signed 15 February 1911, Margaretha appoints her brother, John Dinsbeer [sic], her Administrator, or in his place, George L. Gerber.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T9, roll 729, page 569.
      Margaret Etling household, 1880 US Census, St. Louis County, Missouri, City of St. Louis, SD 1, ED 159, page 7, house 406 Dorcas Street, dwelling 34, family 73, lines 32-36. Margaret Etling, head of household; age 47; born in Germany; both parents born in Germany; widow.

    5. [S127] Raymond Etling, Genealogical research.
      Margaretha Dienstbier; born 2 July 1834 in Bavaria.

    6. [S22] Obituary, For Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer).
      "ETLING - Passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 1915, at 7 a.m., Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer), widow of August Etling, at the age of 81 years..." This calculation of age is not correct. From an undated and unidentified newspaper, in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri. For the full text of the obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    7. [S22] Obituary, For Frau Margaret Etling.
      From an undated and unidentified German-language newspaper, in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri. "Die Dahingeschiedene war am 2. Juli 1834 in Bayern geboren und kam in Jahre 1845 mit ihren Eltern nach den Ver. Staaten, wo sich die Familie in Süd St. Louis niederließ" [The deceased was born on 2 July 1834 in Bavaria and came to the United States in 1845 with her parents, where the family settled in South St. Louis.]. For the full text of the obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    8. [S22] Obituary, For Mrs. Margaret Etling.
      ETLING RITES TO-MORROW. "Mrs. Etling was born in Bavaria, July 2 1834, and came to America with her parents in 1845. She was the only living charter member of the Order of Good Ladies." From an undated and unidentified newspaper in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri. For the full text of this obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    9. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health certificate #10251. For Margaret Etling. Born 2 July 1834 in Germany. Father: Hy Dinsbeer [sic], born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: unknown, born in Germany. See the notes for Margaret's death for more details of the death certificate.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), Margaret Etling household, 1900 US Census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, City of St. Louis, Ward 10, SD 11, ED 152, sheet 2A, house 2611 Potomac? Street, family 26, lines 3-4. NARA microfilm T623, roll 893, page 77.
      Immigration to the USA in 1845; had resided in USA for 55 years.

    11. [S22] Obituary, For Mrs. Margaret Etling.
      From an undated and unidentified newspaper, in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri. "Mrs. Etling was born in Bavaria, July 2 1834, and came to America with her parents in 1845." For the full text of the obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    12. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health certificate #10251. For Margaret Etling. Born 2 July 1834 in Germany. Died 3 March 1915, at 7:00 am, at 2616 Potomac Street, Ward 13, St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 80 years, 8 months, 1 day. Margaret had been a resident of the place of death for 16 years, and had lived in the state of Missouri for 70 years. These facts as reported calculate to immigration the USA about 1845. See the notes for Margaret's death for more details of the death certificate.

    13. [S22] Obituary, For Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer).
      "ETLING - Passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 1915, at 7 a.m., Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer), widow of August Etling, at the age of 81 years, dear mother of Charlotte Gerber (nee Etling), Elizabeth Wende (nee Etling), Amelia Bayer (nee Etling), mother-in-law of George L. Gerber and William F Beyer, and our dear grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother."
           "Funeral on Saturday, March 6, at 2 p.m. from the residence, 2616 Potomac street, to St. Matthew's Church, thence to St. Matthew's Cemetery."
           "Deceased was a member of Good Ladies' Aid Society, Co. Hassendeubel, W.R.C. No. 19; Concordia Aid Society and St. Matthew's Frauenverein." From an undated and unidentified newspaper in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.

    14. [S126] Legal document, Affidavit as to heirs; by Eugene Adolph Gerber for Walter G. Thielecke Title Co., St. Loius, Missouri; 20 July 1934.
      Margaretha Etling died on or about 3 March 1915.

    15. [S127] Raymond Etling, Genealogical research.
      Died 3 March 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri.

    16. [S22] Obituary, For Mrs. Margaret Etling.
      "ETLING RITES TO-MORROW.
           "The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Etling, 80 years old, who was the widow of August Etling, formerly a prosperous South St. Louis merchant, and who died Wednesday morning at her residence, 2616 Potomac street, after an illness of a month, will be held from the residence at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Burial will be in St. Mathew's Cemetery.
           "Mrs. Etling is survived by three children, seventeen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Mrs. Etling was born in Bavaria, July 2 1834, and came to America with her parents in 1845. She was the only living charter member of the Order of Good Ladies." From an undated and unidentified newspaper, in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.

    17. [S22] Obituary, For Frau Margaret Etling. From an undated and unidentified German-language newspaper, in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.For Frau Margaret Etling.
           "Frau Margaret Etling's Beerdigung
           "Findet morgen nachmittag von der Ev. St. Matthäus-Kirche aus statt.
           "Die Beerdigung von Frau Margaret Etling, die nach einmonatlichem Krankenlager am Mittwoch morgen im Alter von 80 Jahren, 8 Monaten und 1 Tag in ihrer Wohnung, Nr. 2616 Potomac Straße, strab, findet morgen Nachmittag vom Trauerhause und der Ev. St. Matthäus-Kirche, an Jefferson Ave. und Potomac Straße, aus auf dem St. Matthäus-Friedhofe statt.
           "Die Dahingeschiedene war am 2. Juli 1834 in Bayern geboren und kam in Jahre 1845 mit ihren Eltern nach den Ver. Staaten, wo sich die Familie in Süd St. Louis niederließ. Sie verheiratete sich später mit August Etling, einem bekannten Geschäftsmann von Süd St. Louis, der zu einer Zeit Mitglied des Stadtrats war und auch in Logenfreisen eine hervorragende Rolle spielte. Ihr Gatte ging ihr bereits am 7. Dezember 1876 im Tode voraus. Die Ehe war mit 11 Kindern gesegnet, von denen jetzt noch drei am Leben sind. Außer diesen betrauern 17 Enkel-, 19 Urenkel- und ein Ururenkelkind, sowie vier Brüder, Dr. John, Frederick und Eckhardt Dinsbeer in St. Louis und Simon Dinsbeer in Decatur, Ill., als nächste Anverwandte das Ableben der Dahingeschiedenen.
           "Frau Etling war das einzige überlebende "Charter" Mitglied des "Order of Good Ladies" und gehörte dem "Women's Relief Corp" des Hassendeubel Postens, G. A. R. , den Concordia Unterstützungsverein, dem St. Matthäus-Frauenverein und der Evang. St. Matthäus-Gemeinde selbst als geschätztes Mitgleid an.
           "Bei der Beerdigung werden sechs Enkel as Bahrtuchträger fungieren. Pastor H. Drees von der St. Matthäus-Kirche amtiert."

    18. [S22] Obituary, From an undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] German-language newspaper.
      In the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.
           "Margaret Etling,
           "geb. Dinsbeer, Wittwe von August Etling, theure Mutter von Charlotte Gerber (geb. Etling), Elizabeth Wende (geb. Etling), Amelia Beyer (geb. Etling), Schwiegermutter von George L. Gerber und William F. Beyer, und unsere theure Großmutter, Urgroßmutter und Ururgroßmutter; entschlief am Mittwoch, den 3. März 1915, um 7 Uhr Morgens, im Alter von 81 Jahre. Leichenbegängniß am Samstag, den 6. März, um 2 Uhr Nachmittags, von der Wohnung, 2616 Potomac Stra., nach der St. Matthews = Kirche, alsdann nach dem St. Matthews = Friedhofe.
           "Die Verstorbene war Mitglied der Good Ladies' Aid Society, des Col. Hassendeubel W. R. C. No. 19, Concordia Unterstützungs Vereins und des St. Matthews Frauenvereins."

    19. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health certificate #10251. For Margaret Etling. Born 2 July 1834 in Germany. Father: Hy Dinsbeer [sic], born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: unknown, born in Germany. Died 3 March 1915, at 7:00 am, at 2616 Potomac Street, Ward 13, St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 80 years, 8 months, 1 day. Margaret was a widow at the time of her death. She had been a resident of the place of death for 16 years, and had lived in the state of Missouri for 70 years. Principal cause of death was "cerebral appoplexy [sic]" of 1½ days duration. Contributory cause was senility. Burial was to be 6 March 1915 at St. Matthew's Cemetery. Undertaker: Zugenheim Brothers, 2623 Cherokee, [St. Louis, Missouri]. Personal information provided by Wm. F. Beyer, of 2616 Potomac. Medical data provided by [P?] Brickbauer, M.D., of 3147 S. Jeff[erson?] Ave., who signed the certificate on 3 March 1915. Filed with the registrar on 4 March 1915.

    20. [S211] Article or notice (Reliability: 3).
      "CARD OF THANKS. We hereby wish to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to the Rev. Henry Drees of the Evangelical St. Mathaeus Church, for the kind words of condolence spoken at the bier of our dear mother, Margaretha Etling. Also to Friendship Assembly No. 1, A.O.G.L., the Concordia Aid Society, Hassendeubel W. R. C., the St. Mathaeus Ladies' Society, and to all our relatives and friends for their kind assistance and floral offerings and sympathy expressed in our hour of bereavement.
           "CHARLOTTE GERBER (nee Etling), ELIZABETH WENDE (nee Etling), EMELIA BEYER, (nee Etling)."
           From two editions of an English, and one German "Card of Thanks" from undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] newspapers. In the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.

    21. [S127] Raymond Etling, Genealogical research.
      Ray's transcription of burial stone in St. Matthew's Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri reads: "Magaretha Etling, wife of August, nee Dienstbier; 7/2/34; 4/16/15."

    22. [S22] Obituary, For Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer).
      "Funeral on Saturday, March 6, at 2 p.m. from the residence, 2616 Potomac street, to St. Matthew's Church, thence to St. Matthew's Cemetery." From an undated and unidentified newspaper in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri. For the full text of the obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    23. [S22] Obituary, For Mrs. Margaret Etling.
      ETLING RITES TO-MORROW. "The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Etling, 80 years old, who was the widow of August Etling, formerly a prosperous South St. Louis merchant, and who died Wednesday morning at her residence, 2616 Potomac street, after an illness of a month, will be held from the residence at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Burial will be in St. Mathew's Cemetery." From an undated and unidentified newspaper, in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri. For the full text of the obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    24. [S22] Obituary, For Frau Margaret Etling. From an undated and unidentified German-language newspaper, in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.
      "Die Beerdigung von Frau Margaret Etling, die nach einmonatlichem Krankenlager am Mittwoch morgen im Alter von 80 Jahren, 8 Monaten und 1 Tag in ihrer Wohnung, Nr. 2616 Potomac Straße, strab, findet morgen Nachmittag vom Trauerhause und der Ev. St. Matthäus-Kirche, an Jefferson Ave. und Potomac Straße, aus auf dem St. Matthäus-Friedhofe statt" [The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Etling, who died on Wednesday morning at her home at 2616 Potomac Street at the age of 80 years, 8 months and 1 day after a month long confinement to her sick bed, takes place tomorrow afternoon from the house of mourning and St. Matthew's Evangelical Church on Jefferson Ave. and Potomac Street and on to the St. Matthew's Cemetery.]. For the full text of the obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    25. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health certificate #10251. For Margaret Etling. Died 3 March 1915, at 7:00 am, at 2616 Potomac Street, Ward 13, St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 80 years, 8 months, 1 day. Margaret was a widow at the time of her death. Burial was to be 6 March 1915 at St. Matthew's Cemetery. Undertaker: Zugenheim Brothers, 2623 Cherokee, [St. Louis, Missouri]. See the notes for Margaret's death for more details of the death certificate.

    26. [S123] Missouri State Archives, St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project, 1802-1900 (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/ - last confirmed in May 2011), Henry Dienstbier, 1875; Case No: 11956; St. Louis Probate Court; Microfilm Reel C 35591; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [Online version on 1 July 2004; surname spelled Diensbier].
      Will of Henry Dienstbier, written 30 June 1871; filed 12 October 1875; recorded in Book L, page 1911. Henry, in a will written by his lawyer, names as his heirs from his first marriage his son John "Dinstbier" [sic] and Margaret Etling, wife of August Etling. He names "my three children of my third marriage...which three children are named Simon "Dinstbier" [sic], Johann Eckhardt "Dinstbier" [sic] and Fritz "Dinstbier" [sic]. No heirs from the second marriage are named.

    27. [S123] Missouri State Archives, St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project, 1802-1900 (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/ - last confirmed in May 2011), August Etling, 1879; Case No. 12504; St. Louis Probate Court.
      Microfilm reel C 35576; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City [online version 1 July 2004].
           Letter from the office of Finkelnburg & Rassieur, attorneys at law; dated 16 December 1876. The letter includes a list of surviving heirs of August Etling. Identified as his widow is Margaretha Etling.

    28. [S123] Missouri State Archives, St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project, 1802-1900 (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/ - last confirmed in May 2011), August Etling, 1879; Case No. 12504; St. Louis Probate Court.
      Microfilm reel C 35576; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City [online version 1 July 2004].
           Application of Administrator, filed with the Court on 18 December 1876. Margaretha Etling, widow of August Etling, declared on 16 December 1876 that August Etling died on or about 7 December 1876; that he left no known will; that his estate does not exceed the sum of $4,000; and "that to the best of her knowledge there are the following named heirs of August Etling...." Margaretha Etling is identified as "the affiant widow of said deceased."

    29. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), Margaret Etling household, 1900 US Census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, City of St. Louis, Ward 10, SD 11, ED 152, sheet 2A, house 2611 Potomac? Street, family 26, lines 3-4. NARA microfilm T623, roll 893, page 77.
      Margaret Etling; head of household; widow; married for 24 years; mother of 11 children, of whom 5 were still alive at time of enumeration (June 1900). At that time, living with Margaret was her 12 year old grand daughter, Louisa Maeser. Other sources indicate that Margaretha's husband, August Etling, died in December 1876. If it is correct, as stated in the census, that the marriage lasted for 24 years, it would seem that August and Margaretha were married about 1852.

    30. [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. In his will, Christian Etling names as one of his heirs, his daughter in law, Margareth [sic] Etling, wife of his son, August Etling.

    31. [S22] Obituary, For Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer). From an undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] newspaper clipping in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.
      For Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer). "ETLING - Passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 1915, at 7 a.m., Margaret Etling (nee Dinsbeer), widow of August Etling...." For the full text of this obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    32. [S22] Obituary, For Mrs. Margaret Etling. From an undated and unidentified newspaper clipping in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.
      ETLING RITES TO-MORROW. "The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Etling, 80 years old, who was the widow of August Etling, formerly a prosperous South St. Louis merchant,...." For the full text of this obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    33. [S22] Obituary, For Frau Margaret Etling. From an undated and unidentified German-language newspaper clipping in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.
      "Die Dahingeschiedene...verheiratete sich später mit August Etling, einem bekannten Geschäftsmann von Süd St. Louis, der zu einer Zeit Mitglied des Stadtrats war und auch in Logenfreisen eine hervorragende Rolle spielte. Ihr Gatte ging ihr bereits am 7. Dezember 1876 im Tode voraus. Die Ehe war mit 11 Kindern gesegnet, von denen jetzt noch drei am Leben sind" [The deceased...later married August Etling, a well known business man from South St. Louis, who was at one time a member of the City Council and also played a prominent roll in the Free Masons. Her husband preceded her in death on 7 December 1876. The marriage was blessed with 11 children, of whom 3 are still alive.]. For the full text of this obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    34. [S22] Obituary, For Margaret Etling, geb. Dinsbeer. From an undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] German-language newspaper clipping in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.
      "Margaret Etling, geb. Dinsbeer, Wittwe von August Etling...." For the full text of this obituary, see the notes for Margaret's death.

    35. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). September 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #4199. For Charlotte Gerber. Born 10 November 1859 at St. Louis, Missouri. Father: Aug. Etling, born Germany. Mother (maiden name): Margareth Dienstbier, born in Germany. Personal information was provided by Eugene Gerber, of 2616 Potomac.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    36. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
      Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Accessed on 25 April 2011. Original data from: Missouri Marriage Records (microfilm). Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives.
           Marriage of Justus Edling and Margaretha Dunnsbier. A transcription from the digital image: "State of Missouri, County of St. Louis. This is to Certify that on the 28th day of October A D 1852 I united in the holy bonds of Matrimony according to the Laws of the State of Missouri by virtue of authority in me vested Justus Edling and Margaretha Dunnsbier Given under my hand this 9th day of November 1852. F[rd?]. Picker Pastor.
           "Filed & Recorded Nov 15th 1852     S. D. Barlow Recorder"

    37. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriages, 1804-76.
      Compiled by the Louis Genealogical Society. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2000. Accessed on 25 April 2011. Original data from: St. Louis Genealogical Society. St. Louis Marriage Index, 1804-76. St. Louis, Missouir: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1999.
           Marriage of Justus Edling and Margaretha Dunnsbier on 28 October 1852; Volume 6, Page 014.

    38. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Emelia Beyer; St. Louis; 1932; Missouri State Board of Health certificate #31067. Accessed in May 2007.
      Emelia Beyer, of 3416 Gasconade St., St. Louis, Ward 15, Missouri. Born 10 September 1870, at St. Louis, Missouri. Father: Aug. Etling; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Margaret unknown; born in Germany. Personal information provided by Wm. F. Beyer, of 3416 Gasconade.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.


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