BRINCK JOHANN (ERNST) FRIEDERICH WILHELM

1788 - 1846  (57 years)

• Name	BRINCK JOHANN (ERNST) FRIEDERICH WILHELM
  Born	19 Oct 1788	Eicksen #6, Rothenuffeln, Kreis Minden, Westfalen, Prussen; Baptised 10/19/1788.
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Sep 1846	North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Sec. 30, Washington Co., Illinois
  Buried	Field to the east of the home.
  Person ID	I00024	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	BRINCK FRIEDRICH WILHELM,   b. 21 Jun 1753, Eicksen #6, Westfalen, Prussen; bapt. 1/21/1753;dob may be 1/21/1753 ,   d. 8 Jan 1816, Eicksen, Westfalen, Prussen; buried 1/10/1816 in Bergkirchen Cemetery  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	KORFS ANNA MARIE ILSEBEIN (KARFS),   b. 8 Jun 1754, Elfte #4, Oberlubbe, Westfalen, Prussen. ,   d. 2 Apr 1832, Eicksen #6, Westfalen, Prussen; buried April 5, 1832; Mormons say dod 1/3/1809  (Age 77 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1780	Eicksen, Westfalen, Prussen.
  Family ID	F00015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MEIER ANNA SOPHIE DOROTHEA MARIE ILSABEIN,   b. 19 Sep 1799, Eicksen #1, Rothenuffeln, Kreis Minden, Westfalen, Prussen; Dob may be 9/9/1799 ,   d. 12 Feb 1846, North Prairie, Hoyleton Twp., Sec. 30, Washington Co., Illinois  (Age 46 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1816	Bergkirchen Parish, Westfalen, Prussen.
  Children	+ 1. BRINK CHRISTIAN ERNST HENRY WILLIAM,   b. 5 Feb 1818, Eicksen # 6, Westfalen, Prussen. ,   d. 1873  (Age 54 years)   2. BRINK LOUISA,   b. 1819, Eicksen # 6, Westfalen, Prussen. ,   d. Infancy + 3. BRINK WILLIAM (ERNST HEINRICH FRIEDRICH WILHELM),   b. 24 Jan 1820, Eicksen #6, Westfalen, Prussen; Tombstone says 2/22/1820 ,   d. 11 Jun 1889, Washington County, Illinois  (Age 69 years)   4. BRINK CHRISTINE SOPHIE TESABEIN,   b. 10 Oct 1821, Eicksen # 6, Westfalen, Prussen; dob may be 1823. ,   d. 1847, New Minden, Illinois  (Age 25 years) + 5. BRINK LOUISE (CAROLINE LOUISE JUSTINE),   b. 1 Mar 1825, Eicksen #6, Westfalen, Prussen. ,   d. 24 Jan 1904, Beaucoup, Illinois  (Age 78 years) + 6. BRINK FREDERICK (FREDERICH ERNST W. ),   b. 17 Mar 1827, Eicksen #6, Westfalen, Prussen; came to America September 22, 1844. ,   d. 8 May 1905, Washington County, Illinois  (Age 78 years) + 7. BRINK HENRY (ERNST HEINRICH),   b. 25 Dec 1828, Eicksen # 6, Westfalen, Prussen. ,   d. 2 Dec 1894, New Minden, IL  (Age 65 years) + 8. BRINK CAROLINA (JUSTINE FRIEDERICKE KAROLINE),   b. 30 Apr 1830, Eicksen #6, Westfalen, Prussen. ,   d. 19 Nov 1897, North Prairie, Washington County, Illinois  (Age 67 years) + 9. BRINK JOHN ERNST (EARNEST CHRISTIAN LUDWIG),   b. 4 Mar 1832, Eicksen #6, Westfalen, Prussen. ,   d. 1860, Washington County, Illinois; dod maybe 1859  (Age 27 years) + 10. BRINK CHARLES L. C. (KARL FRIEDRICH LUDWIG),   b. 2 Feb 1835, Eicksen #6, Westfalen, Preussen; tombstone has Feb. 12, 1835. ,   d. 7 Jan 1926, His farm in Huegely, Illinois  (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F00014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Johann and his wife, Anna Maria, were the parents of the first of our Ancestors to come to America. All ten of their children, except those several who were already in America and one who died in infancy in Germany, joined their parents on the trip to America in 1845. The story of this trip occurs in Chapter 1, German History. Johann was christined October 18, 1788, at Bergkirchen, Westfallen, Prussen. He was a soldier in the French/German War (Napoleon War). Johann's wife was always known to us as "Anna Maria Dorthea Schalotte Ilsabein Meier Brink". The Bergkirchen records give her name as Anna Sophie Dorothea Marie Ilsabein Meier. The St. John's Lutheran Church in New Minden, IL. shows her name as Tisabein instead of Ilsabein. In 1945 , there were 56 grandchildren who grew to maturity here and whose progeny down to the eighth generation are now scattered all over the U.S. This information was collected by Minnie Brink Ludwig when she published her Brink History in 1945. Frederick, their son, served several terms in the Illinois Legislature, both as Representative and Senator. Christian's great-great-granddaughter, Martha Keyes, was elected a Representative in Congress from the Second Kansas District. We have not made an attempt at counting the number of descendants as of today. We're satisfied to say the number is very large. In the story of the travels from Germany to Washington County, Illinois, it is mentioned that they sailed by boat up the Mississippi being stopped by ice at Grand Tower. Grand Tower is a rock tower left in place for a bridge which was never built. Tower Rock stands majestically in the Mississippi River still today.