Minnesota Family Groupsheet for Heinrich Mayer Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Donna Mayer-Polk Email address: dmay57@quik.com Husband: Heinrich MAYER Birthdate: 7 Jan 1839 Birthplace: Zeilhard, Hessen, Germany Death date: 8 Nov 1920 Place of death: Charlestown, Redwood Co., MN Father: Georg Heinrich Mayer II Mother: Elisabetha Margaretha Klock Marriage date: 22 Nov 1866 Marriage place: Lewiston, Winona Co., MN Wife: Margaretha OEHLERS Birthdate: 29 May 1844 Birthplace: Haresfeld, Ottensen, Hanover, Germany Death date: 30 Jan 1919 Place of death: Charlestown, Redwood Co., MN Father: Gerhard Oelers Mother: Engel Hinrichs CHILDREN Child No. 1: Henrietta Margaretha Sex: F Birthdate: 18 Sept 1867 Birthplace: Lewiston, Winona Co., MN Death date: 3 Feb 1887 Place of death: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: unmarried Child No. 2: Elizabeth Engel Sex: F Birthdate: 8 May 1869 Birthplace: Lewiston, Winona Co., MN Death date: 28 Feb 1932 Place of death: Charlestown, Redwood Co., MN Marriage date: 11 Sept 1897 Marriage place: MN Spouse's name: Henry W. Pape Child No. 3: Margaretha Elizabetha Sex: F Birthdate: 22 Nov 1870 Birthplace: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Death date: unknown Place of death: unknown Marriage date: 16 Oct 1892 Marriage place: MN Spouse's name: Carl Fredrich Otto Hensch Child No. 4: George Gerd Henry Sex: M Birthdate: 25 Oct 1873 Birthplace: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Death date: 18 Feb 1932 Place of death: Sisseton, South Dakota Marriage date: 25 Oct 1898 Marriage place: Blue Earth Co., MN Spouse's name: Lydia Caroline Laube Child No. 5: Henry John, Jr Sex: M Birthdate: 6 Aug 1875 Birthplace: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Death date: unknown Place of death: Lamberton, Redwood Co., MN Marriage date: unknown Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Mary Rasmussen Child No. 6: Maria Magdelena Sex: F Birthdate: 3 Apr 1877 Birthplace: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Death date: unknown Place of death: unknown Marriage date: unknown Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: unknown Child No. 7: Anton Franklin Sex: M Birthdate: 24 Mar 1878 Birthplace: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Death date: Mar 1944 Place of death: Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI Marriage date: unknown Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Augusta Bertha Meyer Child No. 8: Adolph Fredrich Sex: M Birthdate: 10 Sept 1880 Birthplace: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Death date: 28 Nov 1893 Place of death: Lake Crystal, Blue Earth Co., MN Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 9: baby boy Sex: M Birthdate: 9 Jul 1882 Birthplace: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Death date: 9 Jul 1882 Place of death: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 10: baby girl Sex: F Birthdate: 6 Mar 1884 Birthplace: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Death date: 6 Mar 1884 Place of death: Butternut Valley, Blue Earth Co., MN Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: Mayer Family History by Esther Kernkamp; Obituaries: Sanborn Sentinel (11 Nov 1920); Sanborn Sentinel (6 Feb 1919); Lake Crystal Union (29 Nov 1893); Fergus Falls Daily Journal (Feb 1932). Cemetery Headstones. MN Death Records. Note: 1)Henrietta Margaretha Mayer died at age 20 from complications from chicken pox. 2)Adolph Fredrich Mayer died after drowning in Lake Crystal during a skating party. Both were buried near the garden on the family farm in Butternut Valley (on Lake Crystal), but their remains were buried together in the Lake Crystal cemetery when the farm was sold in 1961.