Christian Jakob Meisner (abt. 1850 - 1930)

Born about 20 Jul 1850 in Grimm, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Ancestors

Husband of Eva Katherina (Zulauf) Meisner — married 1872 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1930 at about age 80 in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

Christian Meisner was a Volga German.

Christian Meisner has German Roots.

Christian Jakob Meisner was born on 20 Jul 1850 in Grimm, Volga, Russia to Friedrich Alexander Meisner and Elizabeth nee Unknown.

Christian Jacob Meisner married Eva Katharina Zulauf around 1872 most likely in Grimm at the age of 22.^[1]

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 their son Alexander and his family along with Jacob and Eva's teenage children. The two families were bound for Fort Collins, Colorado to be with Jacob and Eva's other son Christian Jacob Meisner, Jr.

The families were farm laborers answering the call for Colorado German-Russian beet laborers. The Meisner families can be found in census records together.

Eva died in 1924 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado and is buried in the Grandview Cemetery.

In 1924, Jacob went to live with his son Alex in Gering, Nebraska.

On 3 Aug 1930, Jacob died at age 80 in his son's home in Gering and was buried in West Lawn Cemetery in Gering.

Volga Census

Family #7 in the 1857 Grimm census. 1857 Grimm Census ^[2]

Note that all of the children in this record were her step-children, not her biological children. Their mother was Katharina (Schäfer) Meisner, as per the 1834 Grimm census.

Family # 7

Head of the Household Charlotta Meisner, age 67, widow

Child #1 Christian Jakob Meisner, age 44

Wife of Child #2 Katharina Meisner, age 40

Grandchild #1 Maria Charlotta Meisner, age 21

Grandchild #2 Katharina Elisabeth Meisner, age 19

Grandchild #3 Peter Meisner, age 17

Grandchild #4 Georg Friedrich Meisner, age 14

Grandchild #5 Katharina Margaretha Meisner, age 10

Grandchild #6 Anna Margaretha Meisner, age 8

Grandchild #7 Anna Elisabeth Meisner, age 5

Grandchild #8 Katharina Barbara Meisner, age 2

Child #2 Georg Konrad Meisner, age 42

Wife of Child #2 Eva Katharina Meisner, age 39

Grandchild #9 Katharina Margaretha Meisner, age 18

Grandchild #10 Konrad Meisner, age 15

Grandchild #11 Christian Jakob Meisner, age 9

Grandchild #12 Johann Jakob Meisner, age 6

Grandchild #13 Johannes Meisner, age 5

Grandchild #14 Philipp Michael Meisner, age 3

Child #3 Friedrich Meisner, age 35

Wife of Child #3 Julianna Elisabeth Meisner, age 33

Grandchild #15 Katharina Elisabeth Meisner, age 11

Grandchild #16 Anna Margaretha Meisner, age 8

Grandchild #17 Charlotta Meisner, age 6

Grandchild #18 Karl Meisner, age 3

Grandchild #19 Katharina Margaretha Meisner, age 1 year 9 months

Child #4 Michael Meisner, age 33

Wife of Child #4 Katharina Margaretha Meisner, age 30

Grandchild #20 Anna Elisabeth Meisner, age 9

Grandchild #22 Katharina Margaretha Meisner, age 8

Grandchild #23 Elisabeth Margaretha Meisner, age 3

Grandchild #24 Christian Jakob Meisner, age 6 months

Child #5 Friedrich Alexander Meisner, age 28

Wife of Child #5 Elisabeth Meisner, age 28

Grandchild #25 Christian Jakob Meisner, age 5

Grandchild #26 Philipp Jakob Meisner, age 3

Grandchild #27 Peter Meisner, age 1

Immigration

• 10 Oct 1908 - Departure: Glasgow, Scotland^[3]

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^[4]

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

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

U.S. Census

• 23 Apr 1910 U.S. Census, Jacob Mirner [Meisner], age 59, Farm Laborer at Buckingham Place in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado^[1]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Jacob Mirner Head Male 59 Russia

Cathilena Mirner Wife Female 55 Russia [10 children born/7 living]

Christina Mirner Daughter Female 17 Russia

Frederick Mirner Son Male 14 Russia

• 12 Feb 1920 U.S. Census, Jacob Meisiner [Meisner], age 70, Laborer on East Lincoln Street, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado^[6]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Jacob Meisiner Head Male 70 Russia

Eva Meisiner Wife Female 65 Russia

• Apr 1930 U.S. Census, Jacob Meisner, age 79, Father, "too old to work" in household of son, Alex Meisner, age 50, Farmer, in Gering, Scottsbluff, Nebraska^[7]

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

Death

• 3 Aug 1930 - age 80 in home of son Alex Meisner inGering, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA^[8]
• Burial: West Lawn Cemetery, Gering, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
• Find A Grave: Memorial #71722634

Obituary

Jacob Meisner Obituary

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4C-V9C : accessed 1 July 2019), Jacob Mirner, Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 228, sheet 3B, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 121; FHL microfilm 1,374,134.
2. ↑ 1857 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 5 November 1857; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2005; page 5-6, family #7, line 131, Christian Jakob Meisner, age 5.
3. ↑ "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.).
4. ↑ "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.).
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX21-1F6 : accessed 1 July 2019), Jacob Meisiner, Fort Collins Ward 1, Larimer, Colorado, United States; citing ED 150, sheet 11A, line 17, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 166; FHL microfilm 1,820,166.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ26-KDZ : accessed 1 July 2019), Jacob Meisner in household of Alex Meisner, Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 12B, line 58, family 210, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1293; FHL microfilm 2,341,028.
8. ↑ Schaub, Scott. Personal copy of Jacob Meisner's obituary from Scottsbluff Star-Herald newspaper microfilm, 3 Aug 1930, Sunday; 1930 [digital newspapers only start from 1940]; emailed to cousin Koreen Goodman 1 July 2019.

• Schmick, Henry, AHSGR Grimm village coordinator, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia-www.ahsgr.org; emails to Koreen Goodman on Meisner family.
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