MUNNICH AUGUSTE KAROLINE LOUISE WILHEMINA

Female 1849 - 1944  (95 years)


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  • Name MUNNICH AUGUSTE KAROLINE LOUISE WILHEMINA  [1
    Born 18 Jun 1849  Bergkirchen, Kreis Minden, Westfallen, Prussen; name may be Muennich Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 28 Aug 1944 
    Buried 31 Aug 1944  Lutheran Cemetery, Hoyleton, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I08524  Gynzer's Genealogy Database
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2005 

    Father MUNNICH KARL FRIEDRICH,   b. 8 Jun 1813,   d. 24 Dec 1865  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother KORTE CHRISTINA MARIE,   b. 23 Feb 1822, Bergkirchen, Kreis Minden, Westfallen, Prussen, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1872  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1844 
    Family ID F02965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BRINK ERNST HEINRICH JOHANN,   b. 25 Jan 1843,   d. 27 May 1896, Killed in tornado near Irvington, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 23 Jan 1868 
    Children 
     1. BRINK CAROLINA (MINNIE) WILHEMINA CHARLOTTE,   b. 29 Nov 1868
     2. BRINK ANNA LOUISA JUSTINA,   b. 4 Jan 1870,   d. 15 Dec 1895  (Age 25 years)
     3. BRINK ERNST FRIEDRICH WILHELM,   b. 7 Apr 1872,   d. Infant death Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. BRINK ANNA CAROLINA MARTHA,   b. 27 Nov 1873,   d. Died as an infant. Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. BRINK HEINRICH ERNST FRIEDRICH,   b. 30 Aug 1876,   d. Infant death Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. BRINK CARL (CHARLES) ERNST HEINRICH,   b. 25 Sep 1877, New Minden, Illinois; Bob Brink has 9/24/1877 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1957, Near Irvington, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     7. BRINK EDWARD (ED) HEINRICH CARL,   b. 28 May 1879, Near Irvington, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1950, Centralia, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     8. BRINK LYDIA MARIE LOUISE,   b. 19 Jan 1881,   bur. California Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. BRINK WILHELM,   b. 21 Dec 1882,   d. 15 Jan 1883, kraempfe (convulsions due to ?) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +10. BRINK EMMA SOPHIA MARIA,   b. 1 Mar 1884
     11. BRINK GUSTAV FRIEDRICH CARL,   b. 2 Mar 1886,   d. 14 Sep 1887, Died in infancy; stickhusten = whooping cough Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     12. BRINK MARIA CAROLINA WILHEMINA (MARY),   b. 14 Jan 1888
    +13. BRINK AUGUST ERNST WILHELM (GUS),   b. 11 Oct 1889, Irvington, Washington County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1954, Irvington, Washington County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     14. BRINK CLARA SOPHIA LOUISE,   b. 9 Sep 1891,   bur. Hillcrest Cemetery, Centralia, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    +15. BRINK LOUISE (LULU) MARIA WILHEMINA,   b. 24 Dec 1893
    Family ID F02960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Came to America in 1867.
      Occupation: Homemaker
      Per Don Brink, she went by the name Minnie.

      Centralia Sentinel 1940

      "Centralia Woman Recalls Wilhelm as a Prince of 7"

      The world will remember former Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany as a regal, stern-faced monarch, but in the memory of Mrs. Minnie Brink, 92-year-old Centralia resident, he will live as a fair-haired handsome child of 7 who frequented a German hotel where she was employed.

      It has been 75 years since Mrs. Brink saw the child whose father was then Crown Prince of Germany. She was 17, 10 years his senior. That was in 1866, only a year before she came to this country.

      Although Mrs. Brink speaks English, her native German for her expresses more easily memories of the late kaiser. It was in German, translated by a relative, that she told of the child's memorable visits to the hotel.

      Extremely popular
      "The hotel was at Berchkirchen. When the boy was there those of us who worked there of course stood in the background. He always was accompanied by a large retnue of nurses, servants and bodyguards.
      The youth was extremely popular with the people. A perfect gentleman he was unusually polite. He always made his headquarters at the hotel when he was in that area. For that reason other people made it a habit to stop there -- just to see the boy."

      In later years Mrs. Brink knew of the Kaiser only from newspaper accounts in this country. As he ascended to the most important post in Germany to become head of the mightiest military machine of his day, the one time serving girl was living in the New Minden and Hoyleton areas.

      Came here at 18
      At the age of 18 as Minnie Munneg, she came to America and made the trip from Germany to New Minden in the then remarkable time fo three weeks. The ocean trip was made on a sailing ship.

      At New Minden she lived with a brother before her marriage to Ernest Brink who was killed 44 years ago in a cyclone at Irvington.

      For the last several years Mrs. Brink has made her home here with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tieman at 625 S. Poplar St. She has several other children including Mrs. Otto Saul, Mrs. Jess Reeves, Miss Clara Brink and Ed Brink, all of Centralia, August and Charles Brink of Irvington, Mrs. Minnie Buchotz of Hoyleton and Mrs. Earl Tharp of _____________?, Missouri.

  • Sources 
    1. [S088156] Don Brink.


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