COLLMEYER CHRISTINA CAROLINE (KOLLMEIER)

1844 - 1928  (83 years)

• Name	COLLMEYER CHRISTINA CAROLINE (KOLLMEIER)
  Born	17 Dec 1844	New Minden, Washington County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 May 1928
  Person ID	I05535	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	KOLLMEIER HERMANN JOSEPH CONSTANTINE (COLLMEYER),   b. 2 May 1808, Lohofe Farm Community Upper Luebbe, Kries Minden, Germany ,   d. Died rather young
  Mother	HOFFMANN SOPHIE MARIA ELIZABETH,   b. 19 Oct 1813, Rothenuffeln, Kries Minden, Germany ,   d. 8 Feb 1874, Dod may be 1893?  (Age 60 years)
  Married	Abt 1838
  Family ID	F01959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MASCHHOFF HEINRICH CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH,   b. 17 Jul 1842, Bergkirchen, Germany ,   d. 20 Jul 1921, Illinois  (Age 79 years)
  Married	8 Dec 1865	New Minden, Washington County, Illinois
  Children	+ 1. MASCHHOFF HENRY FRIEDRICH,   b. 27 Jul 1867,   d. 18 Oct 1945  (Age 78 years) + 2. MASCHHOFF MARY (MARIE) CHRISTINE ELIZABETH,   b. 10 Apr 1869, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois ,   d. 6 Feb 1905, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois  (Age 35 years) + 3. MASCHHOFF AUGUST HENRY FREDRICK,   b. 11 May 1871, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois ,   d. 13 Nov 1949  (Age 78 years) + 4. MASCHHOFF WILLIAM FREDRICK HERMAN LOUIS,   b. 20 Sep 1873, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois ,   d. 26 Jul 1954  (Age 80 years) + 5. MASCHHOFF HERMAN ERNST,   b. 18 Jan 1876, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois ,   d. 23 Dec 1960  (Age 84 years) + 6. MASCHHOFF GUSTAV FREDRICK LOUIS,   b. 7 Mar 1878, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois ,   d. 16 Aug 1962  (Age 84 years)   7. MASCHHOFF HEINRICH WILLIAM LOUIS,   b. 1 Oct 1880, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois ,   d. 29 Nov 1888, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois  (Age 8 years) + 8. MASCHHOFF ANNA LOUISE LYDIA,   b. 6 May 1883, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois ,   d. 10 Jan 1964, Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois  (Age 80 years)   9. MASCHHOFF CHRISTINE FREDERIKE CAROLINE (LENA),   b. 29 Dec 1885, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois; never married. ,   d. 29 Jun 1956  (Age 70 years) + 10. MASCHHOFF RICHARD JOHN DAVID,   b. 31 Mar 1888, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois ,   d. 1 Apr 1968, Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F04388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Christine was born on the Collmeyer farm between New Minden and Nashville and baptised by a Methodist minister in Nashville, as the Lutheran pastor was 25 miles away (probably in Venedy) and this was an emergency. Christine and Henry were married in St. John Lutheran Church in New Minden and then bought farmland in the Hoyleton area for $8.00 an acre. He was a charter member of the Hoyleton Lutheran Church and served as first deacon and janitor of that church. In 1917, when the church celebrated its 50th anniversary, he was one of 3 surviving charter members. He was 79 at the time of his death. Although Christine lived to be 83, she was totally blind the last 7 years of her life - said to be the result of unsuccessful cataract surgery. She was cared for by her youngest daughter, Lena (Carolina) who never married. Although unable to see, she was able to find her way around the house unaided, even in her declining years, and was very proficient at such tasks as peeling potatoes.