BRINK VENICE L.
1907 - 1985 (77 years)-
Name BRINK VENICE L. Born 12 Dec 1907 Near Moweaqua, Flat Branch Township, Shelby County, Illinois 
Gender Male Died 17 Feb 1985 Buried North Prairie Cemetery, Washington County, Illinois Person ID I02825 Gynzer's Genealogy Database Last Modified 4 Jul 2005
Father BRINK HENRY ERNEST, b. 15 Oct 1874, North Prairie, Washington County, illinois , d. 1 Sep 1968, North Prairie, Washington County, illinois (Age 93 years) Mother LUDWIG AMELIA, b. 8 Apr 1870, Mowequa, Flat Branch Twp., Shelby County, Illinois , d. 22 Dec 1909, Mowequa, Flat Branch Twp., Shelby County, Illinois (Age 39 years) Married Feb 1905 Mowequa, Illinois Family ID F00977 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
The Origins of the Name Brink
The Wiehengebirge as a Source of Unique Place Names
The Origins of the Word and Name Brink
by
David S. Wulfman
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Notes - The writer of this account is Venice Brink, son of Henry Ernst Brink, the son of Heinrich. I was born in 1907, near Moweaqua in Shelby County, Illinois. My mother was Amelia Ludwig, whose father Philip Ludwig left Holzhausen, Hesse, Germany, as a young man in 1852. He landed in New York and worked his way west to Arnheim, Ohio, where he met and later married Elizabeth Bohl, also German. Some years later they moved to Shelby County, Illinois.
After my mother's death in 1909, my father came back to Washington County. I grew up in Nashville. I served 3 1/2 years in the U. S. Army in World War II in the 9207th Technical Service Unit. After a number of years, including 25 years with the Hileman and Gutzler Furniture Stores, am now engaged in growing fruit, nuts and vegetables and daffodil bulbs. I grow over 1200 kinds of daffodil bulbs, one of the largest collections extant today.
Electricity in Nashville dates back to 1899. The first electricity was furnished to Nashville on a dusk to dawn basis by a home owned plant operated by C.M.Forman of E. St. Louis. The plant was located on property which lies due west of Greenwood Cemetery and is now owned by Venice Brink. Vol. 1, #1, 1977
- The writer of this account is Venice Brink, son of Henry Ernst Brink, the son of Heinrich. I was born in 1907, near Moweaqua in Shelby County, Illinois. My mother was Amelia Ludwig, whose father Philip Ludwig left Holzhausen, Hesse, Germany, as a young man in 1852. He landed in New York and worked his way west to Arnheim, Ohio, where he met and later married Elizabeth Bohl, also German. Some years later they moved to Shelby County, Illinois.
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