FINKE EMMA CHARLOTTE

1875 - 1951  (75 years)

• Name	FINKE EMMA CHARLOTTE
  Born	13 Aug 1875
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Jun 1951	East St. Louis hospital, Il.
  Buried	North Prairie Cemetery, Washington County, Illinois
  Person ID	I00010	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	FINKE CASPER,   b. 16 Jan 1846, Hordingshausen,Hanover, Gem.;dob may be 1/6/1846;to USA with parents at age 11 ,   d. 3 Mar 1927, Hoyleton, Illinois  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	KRUEGER MARY (MARIA),   b. 17 Dec 1850, Cairo, Illinois ,   d. 12 May 1935  (Age 84 years)
  Married	21 May 1868	Washington Co., IL; Geo. Buehner, Minister of Gospel
  Family ID	F00092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BRINK CHARLES F.,   b. 15 Feb 1865, Huegely, Illinois on family farm ,   d. 4 Apr 1933, Nashville, Il.  (Age 68 years)
  Married	29 Nov 1900	Home of Bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Casper Finke
  Children	+ 1. BRINK ELINOR,   b. 24 Dec 1902, Brink Store living quarters, Huegely, Illinois ,   d. E.St. Louis, Illinois; Buried Masonic Cemetery, Nashville, Illinois + 2. BRINK DELTA,   b. 7 Mar 1904, Huegely, Illinois home ,   d. 7 Mar 1991, San Diego, California  (Age 87 years) + 3. BRINK HELEN VIENA,   b. 6 Jun 1906, Huegely home, Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 4 Oct 1976, Hutchinson, Kansas  (Age 70 years) + 4. BRINK RAYMOND LEROY,   b. 18 Feb 1912, Huegely, Washington County, Illinois home ,   d. 14 Apr 1997, Centralia Manor, Centralia, Monroe County, IL  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F00012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		4 Generation Krueger 4 Generation - Great-grandmother Charlotte (Backhaus) Krueger, Grandmother Mary (Krueger) Finke, Mother Emma (Finke) Brink, and daughter Elinor Brink.
  		4 Generation Brinks Mrs. Raymond F. Brink (Emma Finke), Mrs. Arthur Burnett (Elinor Brink), Mrs. Casper Finke (Mary Krueger), and Delores Burnett
  		4 Generations of Brinks Elinor (Brink) Burnett, Emma (Finke) Brink, Mary (Krueger) Finke, and Delores Burnett
  		Four Generation Photograph. Four Generation Photograph. Great-grandmother Charlotte Krueger, Grandmother Mary Krueger Finke, Mother Emma Finke Brink, and Elinor Brink.
  		Wedding photograph of Charles F. and Emma Finke Brink. Wedding photograph of Charles F. and Emma Finke Brink.
  		Brink Brothers General Merchandise store in Huegely, Illinois. Brink Brothers General Merchandise store in Huegely, Illinois. Left to right - Emma Finke Brink, Helen Brink, unknown, unknown, unknown, Henry Brink, Martha Hoffman Brink, Lydia Uphoff Brink, unknown, unknown, Fred Brink, unknown, unknown, Delta Brink, Elinor Brink, unknown, Ethel Brink, Edith Brink. We are not sure of the names of those identified and would like to be able to identify all of them if anyone can help.
  		Emma (Finke) Brink Emma (Finke) Brink on front porch at 517 W. Lebanon Street, Nashville, Illinois
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  Histories

  Misc Stories of the Charles F Brink Family From Wanda Lee (Brink) Gines

  
  

  Census Documents » Slide Show		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		1930 - United States Federal Census - Brink, Charles FormHeader: State Illinois FormHeader: County Washington FormHeader: Township Nashville FormHead: Date 28-Apr-1930 FormHead: Sheet Number 23A 1) Street: W. Lebanon 2) House Number: 517 3) Number of Household: 655 4) Number of Family: 677 5) Name: Brink, Charles Emma Raymond 6) Relation to Head of House: Head Wife H Son 7) Home Owned or Rented: Own 8) Home Value or Rent: 4500 9) Radio Set Radio 10) Live on a farm? No 11) Gender: Male Female Male 12) Race: White White White 13) Age: 65 54 18 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 abt 1876 abt 1912 14) Marital Status: Married Married Single 15) Age at first marriage 35 25 16) Attended School or College: No No No 17) Able to read and write yes yes yes 18) Birthplace: Illinois Illinois Illinois 19) Father birthplace Germany Germany Illinois 20) Mother birthplace Germany Germany Illinois 21) Language before US 22) Year of immigration 23) Natualization 24) Able to speak English yes yes yes 25) Occupation Contractor Contractor 26) Industry Building Building 27) Class of Worker E W 28) At work yesterday yes yes 29) Unemployment Schedule 30) Veteran No No 31) What War? 32) Number on Farm Schedule Link to 1930 Census discription page
  		1920 - United States Federal Census - Brink, Charles FormHeader: State Illinois FormHeader: County Washington FormHeader: Township Hoyleton FormHead: Date 27-Jan-1920 FormHead: Sheet Number 4B 1) Street: Hoylton and Huegley Road 2) House Number: Farm 3) Number of Household: 74 4) Number of Family: 74 5) Name: Brink, Charlie Emma Eleanor Delta Helen Raymond 6) Relation to Head of House: Head Wife Daughter Daughter Daughter Son 7) Home Owned or Rented: Owned 8) If Owned, Free or Mortg. Free 9) Gender: Male Female Female Female Female Male 10) Race: White White White White White White 11) Age: 54 44 18 15 13 7 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866 abt 1876 abt 1902 abt 1915 abt 1907 abt 1913 12) Marital Status: Married Married Single Single Single Single 13) Year of Immigration: - - - - - - 14) Naturalized or alien - - - - - - 15) If Nat: What Year? - - - - - - 16) Attended School or College: yes yes yes yes 17) Able to read yes yes yes yes yes 18) Able to write yes yes yes yes yes 19) Birthplace: Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois 20) Mother Tongue: 21) Father Birthplace: Prussia (Ger) Prussia (ger) Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois 22) Father Mother Tongue: German German 23) Mother Birthplace: Prussia (Ger) Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois 24) Mother Mother Tongue: German 25) Able to Speak English yes yes yes yes yes 26) Trace, Profession or work Carpenter None None None None None 27) Industry or establishment House 28) Employer, sal/wage, own Em 29) Number on Farm Schedule Link to 1920 Census discription page

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper Obituary MRS. EMMA BRINK Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in Wesley Methodist church for Mrs. Emma C. Brink, 76, widow of Charles Brink of this city, who died Saturday at 1:10 p. m,. in the Christian Welfare hospital in East St. Louis where she had been a patient for six weeks. Rev. Gail Hines officiated and Robert N. Smith was in charge. Interment was in the North Prairie cemetery. Mrs. Charles Brink, nee Emma Finke, daughter of Mary and Casper Finke, was born on a farm in Hoyleton township of Washington County August 13, 1875. Early in life she placed her faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, and united with the Methodist church. To this faith and this church she remained faithful and true until her death. On November 29, 1900, she was united in marriage to Charles F. Brink by the Rev. H. F. Miller. To this union were born four children. The family made their home at Huegely Station until 1920, when they moved to Nashville. She is preceded in death by her husband, who died in April 1933. She was also preced by one sister, Martha, and three brothers, George, William and Edward and one great-grandchild. Surviving are her four children, namely, Elinor, Mrs. Arthur Burnett of East St. Louis; Delta, Mrs. Gardner Bride of El Paso, Texas; Helen, Mrs. J. P. Friend of Salina, Kansas; and Raymond of Nashville; one brother, Joe Finke of near Hoyleton; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild, as well as many other relatives and a great number of friends. Pallbearers were: Harry Eise, Charles Huegely, E. W. Poirot, Earl Wilson, E. F. Gewe, and Harry Schmidt. Mrs. Milo Brown sang with Mrs. E. F. Gewe at the organ. Among those attending the funeral were: Mrs. J. P. Friend and daughter and husband of Salina, Kan; Mrs. Arthur Burnett and daughter and husband and baby of East St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Finke, Mr. and Mrs. O. Luessenheide, Mrs. Fred Brink, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Langley, Mrs. Wesley Brink of Hoyleton; Mrs. Mary Hiller of Granite City; Harvey Brink and sister Edith of Centralia; Louis, Elizabeth and William Brink of North Prairie.