Missouri Family Group Sheet for the Johann Heinrich Christian BODENSTEIN Family

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Submitted by: Marcine Lohman (Amelung)
Email address: marcinelohman@msn.com

Husband: Johann Heinrich Christian BODENSTEIN
Birthdate: 25 Sep 1795
Birthplace: Ortshausen, Braunschweig, Germany
Death date: 13 Oct 1871 (1)
Place of death: Gordonville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Father: Andreas BODENSTEIN
Mother: Marie Margarethe MULL

Marriage date: 08 Feb 1829 (3)
Marriage place: Bornum (Braunschweig), Germany

Wife: Johanna Marie "Dorothee" ACHTERMANN
Birthdate: 06 Apr 1803 (2)
Birthplace: Bornum (Braunschweig), Germany
Death date: 23 Apr 1870 (2)
Place of death: Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri
Father: Heinrich Jacob ACHTERMANN (3)
Mother: Johanna Friederike REINECKE (3)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Friedrich "Christian" BODENSTEIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 Jan 1830 (3)
Birthplace: Klein Rhüden, Goslar, Hannover, Preussen
Death date: 08 Jan 1872 (4) (11)
Place of death: Tilsit, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Marriage date: 26 Feb 1857 (5)
Marriage place: St. Francois County, Missouri
Spouse's name: Elisabeth BEISER

Child No. 2: Adolf "Wilhelm" BODENSTEIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 19 Oct 1831 (3)
Birthplace: Jerze, Goslar, Hannover, Preussen
Death date: 23 Oct 1871 (10)
Place of death: Gordonville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Marriage date: See footnote 6.
Marriage place: Spouse's name: (1) Mina
EPS 22 Aug 1854; (2) Anna Christiana NIEMANN 03 Mar 1869 (6)

Child No. 3: Johanna Marie Magdalene BODENSTEIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 09 Feb 1833 (7) or 7 Feb. 1835 (3)
Birthplace: Hahausen, Goslar, Hannover, Preussen
Death date: 04 Dec 1918 (8)
Place of death: Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri
Marriage date: 05 Jan 1854 (9)
Marriage place: St. Francois County, Missouri
Spouse's name: Johann Heinrich "Christian" AMELUNG
 
 
Documentation:
  (1) Zion Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Route 3, Box 43, Gordonville, MO 63752
  (2) Pilot Knob Cemetery, Highway V, Pilot Knob, MO 63663, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/iron/cemeteries/pilknobn.txt, Tombstone indicates Dorothee's date of birth as April 6, 1802 and date of death as April 28, 1870.
  (3) Gruhne, Fritz, Auswandererlisten Des Ehemaligen Herzogtums Braunschweig, Ohne Stadt Braunschweig und Landkreis Holzminden, 1846-1871, (1971, Braunschweiger Geschichtsverein, Forstweg 2, D-38302 Wolfenbuettel), Pages 40, & 118. "BODENSTEIN, Johann Heinrich, Daily laborer, son of the small house owner (?) in Ortshausen, Andreas Bodenstein, married in Bornum on 8 Feb. 1829 to ACHTERMANN, Johanna Marie Dorothee, service maid in Bornum, daughter of Heinrich Jacob Achtermann and N. N. Reinecke. Their Children: 1. Friedrich Christian, born 13 Jan. 1830, 2. Johanna Marie Magdalene, born 7 Feb. 1835. Announced to leave in 1853 to America. BODENSTEIN, Adolf Wilhelm, Servant, born 19 Oct 1831, son of the aforementioned. Announced to leave in 1852 to America."
  (4) St. James United Church of Christ Church and Cemetery, Tilsit,
  Missouri. Cemetery Association, Larry Schlimme, President, Route 1, Whitewater, MO 63785.
  (5) St. Francois County Courthouse, Farmington, MO 63640, Marriage Record: Marriage Book B (1852-1866), February 16, 1857, Page 75, By # 130.
  (6) St. Francois County Courthouse, Farmington, MO 63640, Marriage Record: St. Francois County Marriage Book B (1852-1866), Page 47, By # 129, William Bodenstein to Mina Eps, 22 August 1854. Missouri State Genealogical Association, P. O. Box 833, Columbia, MO 65205-0833, MoSGA Journal, Volume XVIII, No. 1, 1998, Pages 42-43, Ev. Lutheran Church Records, Pilot Knob, MO: Christiana Niemann, Iron Mountain, married 03 Mar 1869 to Wilhelm Bodenstein, Cape Girardeau. Witnesses: W. Schwieder, Ch. Amelunke.
  (7) "Newspaper Article/Obituary: Iron County Register Newspaper," Ironton, Missouri, Thursday, December 12, 1918, Volume LII, No. 28 -"Local Brevities," 5th Column, Johanna Amelung Obituary.
  (8) Bureau of Vital Statistics, P. O. Box 570, 1730 E. Elm Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101-0570, Certificate of Death # 45749, Iron County, Arcadia Township, Pilot Knob Village. Registration District No.: 392; Primary Registration District No.: 423; Registered No.: 14; Johanna Amelung, Cause of Death: Influenza.
  (9) St. Francois County Courthouse, Farmington, MO 63640, Marriage Record: St. Francois County Marriage Records, Christian Armalunke to Johanne Bodensein, Marriage Book B, Page 24, by Item #147. (All Bodenstein's married in St. Francois County).
  (10) Obituary: The Missouri Cash Book, Jackson, Missouri, Wednesday, October 25, 1871, Volume 1, No. 13, Column 3, Last Paragraph. "Killed by a Tree". "We regret to learn that Mr. Wm. Bodenstein a well-known citizen living near Gordonville, lost his life on Monday evening at half past 4 o'clock by a sad accident. He had chopped down a tree, and in descending, it fell upon and killed him. We learn that Mr. Bodenstein, at the time of his untimely death, was about 40 years of age."
  (11) Obituary: The Missouri Cash Book, Jackson, Missouri, Wednesday, January 17, 1872, Volume 1, No. 25, Page 3, Column 4. Christian Bodenstein Obituary. "Bodenstein - On Monday, January 8th inst., at his residence four miles north of Jackson. Christian Bodenstein aged about 45 years."