Pauline (Paul) Meisner (1896 - 1970)

Born 5 Mar 1896 in Anton, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Ancestors

Wife of Frederick Meisner — married 15 Feb 1916 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1970 at age 74 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Pauline (Paul) Meisner was a Volga German.

Pauline Paul was born on 5 Mar 1896 in Anton, Volga, Russia^[1] to Johann "John" Paul and Theresa Schaefer.

They came to America via S.S. Patricia arriving in New York on 18 Nov 1901. They were bound to her mother's brother Adam Schaefer in Norfolk, Nebraska.^[2][3]

Passengers:

Johannes Paul, age 38, farmer, Saratov

Theresa, age 37, wife

Elisabeth, age 14

Dorothea, age 11

Johannes, age 9

Christian, age 7

Paulina, age 4

Bernhardt, 6 months

Pauline married Frederick Meisner on 15 Feb 1915 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Fred and Pauline had 12 children, three sons died in infancy. The family lived in Fort Collins, Colorado, for 18 years and then moved to Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin in 1928.

Pauline Paul passed away on 1 Nov 1970 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She is buried in Ledgeview Cemetery in Fond du Lac.^[4]

Obituary

Mrs. Pauline Meisner, 74, who resided at Rosalind Apartments, 15 N. Marr St., for more than a year, died at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Agnes Hospital where she had been a patient for two weeks.

Born in Grimm, Russia, of German descent, on March 5, 1896, she was the daughter of John and Theresa Schaeffer Paul. She was married to Fred Meisner.

Mrs. Meisner was a member of Church of Peace.

Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Hans Schumacher, Mrs. Russell Strelow, Mrs. Howard Hall and Mrs. Robert Hutter, all of the city, Mrs. Leo Reich of Chicago, and Mrs. Garhart Roth of North Fond du Lac, and three sons, Albert of Sheboygan, Jerome of the city and Tech. Sgt. Eugene of Tucson, Ariz.

Other survivors are 28 grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; four brothers, Gottlieb Paul of Scottsbluff, Neb., John Paul of Denver, Colo., Alex Paul of San Jose, Calif., and Ben Paul of Valerio, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Toussaint of San Jose Calif., and Mrs. John Amen of Scottsbluff, Neb.

Mrs. Meisner was preceded in death by her husband, three sons, four grandsons and one granddaughter.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Church of Peace with the Rev. Martin Koehler and Rev. Gerald Schrankler officiating. Burial will be in Ledgeview Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Bidlingmaier Funeral Home and at the church from 10:30 a.m. Wednesday until the time of services.^[5]

Funeral services, for Mrs. Pauline Miesner, who died Sunday, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Church of Peace with the Rev. Martin Koehler and the Rev.. Gerald Schrankler officiating. Mrs. Watson Waehler was the organist and Fred Krueger the soloist. Burial was Ledgeview Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were Gordon Mangan, Lee Walker, Ted Karls, Marvin Dobbratz, Vern LaRonge and Forrest Elkins.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Powalina Meisner: "Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZX8X-D7T2 : 1 March 2021), Powolina Meisner in entry for Fredrig Meisner, 1938.
2. ↑ "New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C913-P9PW-Z?cc=3031525 : 15 December 2021), > image 1 of 1.
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T4-399G-K?cc=1368704&wc=4X1L-Q4R%3A1600482369 : 26 January 2018), Roll 237, vol 385, 18 Nov 1901 > image 132 of 571; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #192991950
5. ↑ Obit Clipping Newspapers.com, The Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 02 Nov 1970, Mon • Page 33.
6. ↑ Obit Clipping Newspapers.com, The Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 05 Nov 1970, Thu • Page 34.

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• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V378-DPY : 20 May 2014), Pauline Miesner, Nov 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Q6-7VM : accessed 31 December 2018), Pauline Meisner in household of Fred Meisner, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 9B, line 91, family 210, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2572; FHL microfilm 2,342,306.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7VP-BYY : 16 March 2018), Pauline Meisner in household of Fred Meisner, Friendship Town, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-38, sheet 5A, line 25, family 97, 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 4480.

• "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKGX-9ZW : 11 March 2018), Pauline Meisner, 1943; citing Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 119; FHL microfilm 1,432,119.