Heinrich Meisner (1908 - 1982)

Born 31 Jan 1908 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Son of Georg Jacob Meisner and Elisabeth Meisner

Husband of Lydia (Scheuerman) Meisner — married 28 Dec 1927 in Basin, Wyoming, USA

Died 20 Feb 1982 at age 74 in Washakie Memorial Hospital, Washakie, Wyoming, United States

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Biography

Henry Meisner was a Volga German.

Henry Meisner has German Roots.

Henry Meisner was born in 1908 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia. He was the son of Jacob Meisner and Elizabeth Meisner.

Parents Jacob and Elisabeth, along with children Henry and Emilie (Millie) immigrated in 1912 on an 18-day journey via S.S. Dominion from Liverpool, England to Portland, Maine. The records show they were headed to Belwood, Illinois to an Uncle Friedrich Haas. Although they planned to go to Illinois, the family ended up in April of 1912 in Monte Vista, Colorado. The family then moved to Pueblo but in 1913 they moved to Windsor, Colorado.

The family moved to Worland, Wyoming in 1923. Henry met Lydia and they married in 1927 in Basin, Wyoming. Henry farmed, worked sugar beet campaigns, and then became an automotive mechanic.

He and his wife Lydia Scheuerman Meisner had three children: Arlon Meisner, Eileen Meisner Soller, and Dorothy Meisner Evans. He passed away in 1982 at age 74.

Immigration

• 16 Mar 1912 - Departure: via S.S. Dominion sailing from Liverpool, England

Ship Manifest Page 1 of 2 - Jacob Meisner Family

• 30 Mar 1912 - Arrival: Portland, Maine, USA

Ship Manifest Page 2 of 2 - Jacob Meisner Family

Marriage

• 28 Dec 1927 to Lydia Scheuerman

Death

• 20 Feb 1982 at Washakie Memorial Hospital, Washakie, Wyoming

Henry Meisner Obituary

• 23 Feb 1982 - Burial at Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery

• Find A Grave Memorial ID#:148121266

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between J.M., great-granddaughter of Henry Meisner and her third cousin, Koreen Goodman. Their common ancestors are their great-great grandparents, Alexander Meisner and Katharina Elisabeth Fritzler. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th Cousins, based on sharing 73 cM across 3 segments; Confidence: Extremely High. Actual: 3C1XR

Sources

• Page 1 - Ship Manifest - [Lines 20-23] Jacob Meisner, Elisabeth Meisner, Henry Meisner, and Emilie Meisner. Ancestry.com; Departure 16 Mar 1912 via S.S. Dominion sailing from Liverpool, England; Arrival 30 Mar 1912 Portland, Maine, USA; U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Publisher Date: 2010; Publisher Location: Provo, UT, USA

• "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS3-3YVB : 17 March 2018), Henry Meisner, 20 Feb 1982; citing Obituary, in "Windsor Beacon"; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska.

• "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSQ-C7YL : 17 March 2018), Henry Meisner, 20 Feb 1982; citing Obituary, in "Windsor Beacon"; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTQC-Z3P : 20 May 2014), Henry Meisner, Feb 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1R-XN2S : 15 December 2015), Henry Meisner, ; Burial, Worland, Washakie, Wyoming, United States of America, Riverview Memorial Gardens; citing record ID 148121266, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WC-37G : accessed 12 December 2018), Henry Meisner, Election District 6, Washakie, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1A, line 48, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2625; FHL microfilm 2,342,359.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WH-1VN : accessed 12 December 2018), Henry Meisner in household of Jacob G Meisner, Election District 4, Washakie, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 1A, line 36, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2625; FHL microfilm 2,342,359.