M. Pauline (Schaffer) Meisner (1886 - 1952)

Born 31 Oct 1886 in Grimm, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Wife of Alexander Meisner — married 6 Jul 1908 in Grimm, Volga, Russia

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1952 at age 66 in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

Pauline (Schaffer) Meisner was a Volga German.

M. "Pauline" Schaffer^[1] (Schaefer) was born on 31 Oct 1886 in Grimm, Volga, Russia to Fred Schaefer. Pauline is the name listed for her mother in her obituary. The mother listed in her death record is: Kristine Fritzler (see research notes).^[2][3] Family records indicate that Pauline's mother Kristine or Christina Fritzler was a sister to Katheran nee Fritzler Leonhardt Strecker.

Pauline married Alexander Meisner on 6 Jul 1908, who was recently widowed with two small children, Frederick and Lydia. They most likely married in Grimm. Alex and Pauline had at least eight recorded children together.

Soon after their marriage, the family made their way to Scotland where they set sail for America, arriving in Oct 1908. The family immigrated to America via S.S. Columbia arriving at Ellis Island on 19 Oct 1908 where they were detained for five days due to requirement of doctor certification. They sailed with Alexander's parents Christian and Eva Katherina Meisner. The two families were bound for Fort Collins, Colorado to be with Jacob and Eva's other son Christian Jacob Meisner, Jr.

The Meisner families were farm laborers answering the call for Colorado German-Russian beet laborers. Meisner families can be found in census records together. In 1910, they lived in Buckingham Place in Fort Collins.

In October 1919, Alex and his family moved to Gering, Nebraska. He worked in the sugar factory and farmed in Gering, Nebraska.

Pauline Meisner passed away on 16 Dec 1952 in Gering, Nebraska. She is buried in West Lawn Cemetery in Gering, Nebraska.^[4]

Children

• Alex Meisner Jr. - 1909–1965
• Herman Meisner - 1911–1995
• Victor Meisner - 1912–2000
• Leah Meisner Helzer - 1914–2002
• Edward Meisner - 1917–1992
• Helen Esther Meisner Schaeffer - 1918–1990
• Harold Meisner - 1924–1984
• Elsie Pauline Meisner - 1931-1931

Immigration

• 10 Oct 1908 - Departure: Glasgow, Scotland^[5]

Passengers:

Alexander Meisner, age 28, married, going to brother Jacob Meisner in Fort Collins, Colorado

Paulina, age 21, wife

Feda [Fred], age 7, son

Lida [Lydia], age 6, daughter

Christian Meisner, age 57, married, farm laborer, Tiesnoi, going to son Jacob Meisner in Fort Collins

Katherina, age 53, wife

Christina, age 16, daughter

Friedrich, age 12, son

Christian Jacob Meisner Family - Page One Ship Manifest [Lines 8-15]

• 19 Oct 1908 - Arrival: Ellis Island, New York, New York, USA^[6]

Christian Jacob Meisner Family - Page Two Ship Manifest [Lines 8-15]

Christian Jacob Meisner Family - Special Bd of Inquiry 10/19-10/24

Census

• 1910 U.S. Census, Paulina, age 33, wife of Alexander Mirner [Meisner], age 33, Farm Laborer at Buckingham Place in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado^[8]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Alexander Mirner Head Male 33 Russia

Paulina Mirner Wife Female 29 Russia

Alexander Mirner Jr. Son Male 0 Colorado

Fred Mirner Son Male 10 Russia

Leda Mirner Daughter Female 8 Russia

• 1920 U.S. Census, Pauline, age 32, wife of Alexander Meisner, age 40, Laborer at Sugar Factory, living on 6th Street, in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska^[9]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Alexander Meisner Head Male 40 Russia

Pauline Meisner Wife Female 32 Russia

Fred Meisner Son Male 19 Russia

Alexander Meisner Jr. Son Male 11 Colorado

Herman Meisner Son Male 9 Colorado

Victor Meisner Son Male 7 Colorado

Leah Meisner Daughter Female 5 Colorado

Edward Meisner Son Male 2-8/12 Colorado

Helen Meisner Daughter Female 1-1/2 Colorado

Herman Ahlbrandt Roomer Male 22 Russia

• 1930 U. S. Census, Pauline, age 44, wife of Alex Meisner, age 50, Farmer in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska^[10]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Alex Meisner Head Male 50 Russia

Pauline Meisner Wife Female 44 Russia

Alex Meisner Son Male Colorado

Herman Meisner Son Male 19 Colorado

Victor Meisner Son Male 17 Colorado

Leah Meisner Daughter Female 15 Colorado

Eddie Meisner Son Male 13 Colorado

Etta Helen Meisner Daughter Female 11 Colorado

Herold Meisner Son Male 5 Nebraska

Tony Franc Hired man Male 25 Germany

Jacob Meisner Father Male 79 Russia

• 1940 U.S. Census, Pauline, age 52, wife of Alex Meisner, age 60, Farmer on Farm in Gering Election Precinct, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska^[11]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Alex Meisner Head Male 60 Russia

Pauline Meisner Wife Female 52 Russia

Helen Meisner Daughter Female 21 Colorado

Harold Meisner Son Male 15 Nebraska

Edward Meisner Son Male 23 Colorado

Martha Meisner Daughter-in-law Female 20 Nebraska

• 1950 U.S. Census, Pauline, age 62, wife of Alex Meisner, age 70, in Gering, Nebraska w/ son Harold, age 25^[12]

Obituary

Pauline Schaffer Meisner Obituary

Research Notes

Printz-168 22:39, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

• 1897 Grimm census searches:
  • One Paulina Schaefer, age 14 (1883) daughter of Karl Jacob Schaefer, age 53 (1844) with wife Anna Katharina age 51: Household #928, p.220 This record and family names do not match as well as they are listed residing in Brunnental, so can be ruled out.
  • Katarina Margareta Schaefer/Schäfer, age 11, daughter of daughter-in-law, Note: orphan, no family of her own in Household #499, p138 Daughter-in-law is a Katarina, age 39 (1858), who was the second wife to Jakob Kimpel, age 40, s/o Johann Heinrich Kimpel. This record matches the birth date and possibility that her mother Kristine Fritzler Schaefer was widowed and remarried. If there were siblings to Pauline, they are not listed in this record.

Note by: Koreen Goodman

• AHSGR Grimm VC, Henry Schmick's, Ahnentafel chart lists Frederich Schaeffer and Christina Fritzler as parents. Obituary lists Fred and Pauline Schaffer. Referred to as M. Pauline Schaffer in her daughter Leah Helzer's obit.

Julie Mangano's census research for possible parents:

• 10-11 years old in 1897
• daughter of Friedrich and Christine or Pauline Schaefer
• Pauline is very rare in the Volga German colonies and I can't find it at all in the 1897 Grimm census
• Family: #386 Head of the household: Friedrich Schaefer, age 46 Wife: Katharina Margaretha Schaefer, age 33 Daughter: Margaretha Schaefer, age 10 [Her full name would have been Margaretha Pauline Schaefer]
• Family: #925 Head of the household: Johann Friedrich Schaefer, age 50 Wife: Eva Elisabeth Schaefer, age 52 Son: Johann Friedrich Schaefer, age 25 Daughter-in-law: Christina Margaretha Schaefer, age 26 No daughter with first name starting with C or P in this one, though, but maybe she was living with another family at the time of the census.
• Family: 934 Head of the household: Johann Friedrich Schaefer, age 51 Wife: Maria Elisabeth Schaefer, age 46 Daughter: Maria Schaefer, age 11 [Her full name would have been Maria Pauline Schaefer]
• Family: 936 Head of the household: Johann Jakob Schaefer, age 43 Wife: Katharina Elisabeth Schaefer, age 41 Brother: Johann Friedrich Schaefer, age 39, widower Brother's daughter: Natalia Schaefer, age 7 No daughter of brother Johann Friedrich with first name starting with C or P in this one, though, but maybe she was living with another family at the time of the census. He was the right age to have an 11-year-old daughter.

1897 Grimm Census ^[13]

Family # 386

Head of the Household Friedrich Schaefer, age 46, married

Wife Katharina Margaretha, age 33, married

Child #1 Christian Jacob, age 14, son

Child #2 Jacob, age 12, son

Child #3 Margaretha, age 10, daughter

Child #4 Elisabetha, age 9, daughter

Child #5 Maria, age 7, daughter

Child #6 Katharina, age 5, daughter

Child #7 Friedrich, age 1, son

Sources

1. ↑ M. Pauline in daughter's obit: "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSQ-TTQ3 : 5 November 2021), M Pauline Schaffer Meisner in entry for Leah Helzer, 22 Oct 2002.
2. ↑ Schaub, Scott. Personal copy of Pauline Schaffer Meisner's obituary from Scottsbluff Star-Herald newspaper microfilm, Dec 1952; 1930 [digital newspapers only 1940 & 2005 years]; emailed to cousin Koreen Goodman 1 July 2019.
3. ↑ Schaub, Scott. Personal copy of Pauline Schaffer Meisner's funeral record; emailed to cousin Koreen Goodman 17 Mar 2023: mother Kristine Fritzler, father: Fred Schaffer.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #47480713
5. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95Y-23WZ?cc=1368704&wc=4XBX-ST1%3A1600412362 : 26 January 2018), Roll 1158, vol 2544-2545, 17 Oct 1908 > image 516 of 851; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95Y-23WQ?cc=1368704&wc=4XBX-ST1%3A1600412362 : 23 February 2018), Roll 1158, vol 2544-2545, 17 Oct 1908 > image 517 of 851; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ Ancestry.com; Special Board of Inquiry - Hospital Admission; Year: 1908; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 1158; Line: 8; Page Number: 51; Source Information; New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Publisher Date: 2010; Publisher Location; Provo, UT, USA; accessed by Koreen Goodman 30 Dec 2018.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4C-V97 : accessed 5 July 2019), Paulina Mirner in household of Alexander Mirner, Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 228, sheet 3B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 121; FHL microfilm 1,374,134.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2M-Q2N : accessed 5 July 2019), Pauline Meisner in household of Alexander Meisner, Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 223, sheet 19A, line 3, family 377, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1001; FHL microfilm 1,821,001.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ26-KD9 : accessed 5 July 2019), Pauline Meisner in household of Alex Meisner, Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 12A, line 49, family 210, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1293; FHL microfilm 2,341,028.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9MP-N5S : 15 March 2018), Pauline Meisner in household of Alex Meisner, Gering Election Precinct, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79-16, sheet 15B, line 50, family 278, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2264.
12. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6F7T-CJYP : Sun Jan 29 15:04:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Alex Meisner, Sr and Pauline Meisner, 7 April 1950.
13. ↑ 1897 Grimm (Lesnoi Karamysh), Russia Census List, Translated by Richard Rye, Compiled and Edited by John Groh, Contributor Henry Schmick; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published 2017; page 216, family #386, Friedrich Schaefer family.

• Schaub, Scott. Personal copy of Alexander Meisner's obituary from Scottsbluff Star-Herald newspaper microfilm, Jun1964; 1930 [digital newspapers only 1940 & 2005 years]; emailed to cousin Koreen Goodman 1 July 2019.

• "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSQ-YR4V : 10 May 2019), M Pauline Schaffer Meisner, ; citing , in ""; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKG-SCKR : 13 December 2015), Pauline Meisner, 1952; Burial, Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States of America, West Lawn Cemetery; citing record ID 47480713, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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