BRINK WALDO BENJAMIN ALEXANDER

1895 - 1967  (71 years)

• Name	BRINK WALDO BENJAMIN ALEXANDER  [1]
  Born	11 Nov 1895	Washington County, North Prairie Community, Rural Route, Nashville, Il.   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Oct 1967	Washington Co. Hospital, Nashville, Illinois   [1]
  Buried	North Prairie Cemetery, Washington Co., IL.   [2]
  Person ID	I01476	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	BRINK HENRY J.,   b. 17 Nov 1857, Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 3 Apr 1925, Home, Washington Co, Il.  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	HOFFMAN WILHELMINE (MINNIE) CATRIENE MARIA,   b. 14 Nov 1863, Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 2 Oct 1958, Okawville Washington Co. Illinois  (Age 94 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1882	NP Church, Washington County, Illinois; Wm. Kleinschmidt officiating, T. Brink & Anna Hoffmann witnesses   [3]
  Family ID	F00473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KRUGHOFF ANNA WILHELMINA CAROLINA,   b. 1 Mar 1895, North Prairie, Rural Route, Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 28 May 1972, Washington Co. Hospital, Nashville, Illinois  (Age 77 years)
  Married	23 Sep 1919	Bride's Home, North Prairie, Il. by Rev. Gustav F. Brink   [1]
  Children	+ 1. BRINK WINONA ANNA,   b. 20 Dec 1921, Washington Co., North Prairie, Rural Route, Nashville, Illinois ,   bur. North Prairie Cemetery, Washington County, Illinois + 2. Living
  Family ID	F00483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Front of Post card from Waldo to Albert Front Post card from Waldo to Albert Brink. Around 1918. Picture of Waldo in Army Uniform.
  		Back of Post card from Waldo to Albert Back of Post card from Waldo to Albert Brink. Around 1918
  		Group Brink Picture Back Row - Albert Brink , Henry J Brink Middle Row - Minnie Brink, Hannah Brink, , , Waldo Brink Front Row - Ida Brink, Lydia Brink
  		Waldo Brink & Horses Original Barn on Brink Farm. Waldo Brink and Horses
  		Waldo and Anna Brink Waldo and Anna Brink – World War
  		North Prairie Church Sunday School Sunday School Class at North Prairie Church Back Row – Oscar Kleeman, John Hoffman, Joe Finke?, Waldo B. Brink, Alvin Hoffman Front Row, Orlando Gerding?, Julius Kroughoff (teacher), Martin Huck?
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Henry J. Brink Children Henry J. Brink Children, Waldo, Bertha & Hannah
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Henry J. Brink Family Minnie Brink – mother, Bertha Brink, Waldo Brink, Hannah Brink, Henry J. Brink – Father
  		Henry J. Brink Family Henry J. Brink Family
  		Minnie Brink on 90th birthday: Minnie Brink on 90th birthday: Back L – R Mildred Hoffman, Anna Brink, Minnie Brink, Hannah Hake, Hannah Brink Front L – R Waldo Brink, Oliver Hoffman, Winona and Elmer Huckshold
  		Waldo Brink Waldo Brink
  		Waldo Brink Waldo Brink
  		Brink Picnic Back L – R Albert Brink, Henry J. Brink, unknown Middle – Minnie Brink, Hannah Brink, unknown, unknown, unknown, Waldo Brink Front – Ida Brink, Lydia Brink
  		Waldo Brink and Anna (Krughoff) Brink Waldo Brink and Anna (Krughoff) Brink
  		Minnie, Bertha, Waldo, Hannah, and Henry J. Brink Minnie, Bertha, Waldo, Hannah, and Henry J. Brink
  		Home of Anna and Waldo Brink Home of Anna and Waldo Brink (replaced by Winona Huckshold’s home)

  
  

  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

  
  

• Notes

  1979 Washington County History Book Waldo Brink was born November 11, 1895 to Henry J. and Minnie Brink, nee Hoffman, on a farm in Hoyleton Twp. in the community called North Prairie. This farm had been in the Brink Family since 1845, when Waldo's great-grandfather and great-grandmother, Ernest Freiderich Wilhelm and Anna Maria Ilsabein Meyer Brink came from Eicksen, Rothenuffeln, Kreis Minden, West Prussia, Germany and settled here. They came from Germany to New Orleans and up the Mississippi River by river steamer to Grand Tower, Illinois. Here they were icebound and had to travel by oxcart the remainder of the way to Washington County. They both died within a few months of their arrival and are buried in a small cemetery on the original Brink homestead. Some of their older sons had come to Washington County a few years sooner, one of which was Wilhelm Brink, grandfather of Waldo. Wilhelm Brink was born on January 24, 1820, married Mary Woepke Gerken on November 25, 1849. They had eight children - four of which lived to maturity - William, Charles, Henry J. and Theodore. Wilhelm died June 11, 1889. His son, Henry J. married Minnie Hoffman, daughter of William A. and Minnie Hoffman, nee Tugel, on February 2, 1882. They lived on the Brink homestead. Henry J. was born on November 17, 1857 and died April 3, 1925. Minnie was born November 14, 1863 and died October 2, 1958. They are buried in the North Prairie Cemetery. Henry J. and Minnie had three children, Hannah, Bertha, and Waldo. Waldo served in the U.S.Army during World War 1, and upon his return home he married Anna Krughoff, daughter of Frederick and Anna Krughoff, nee Bartlesmeyer, on September 23, 1919. For a few years they rented and farmed in the North Prairie area. They had two daughters, Winona Anna and Minerva Pearl. After the death of Waldo's father in 1925, he and his family moved on the Brink homestead where he and his wife lived the remainder of their lives. Waldo died on October 28, 1967. Anna died on May 28, 1972, and are buried in the North Prairie Cemetery. Winona and Minerva now own the original Brink farm. Winona married Elmer J. Huckshold on February 27, 1946, and they have two children, Karl Frederick and Kristine Ann. Elmer died in 1972, and Winona and her children moved to the Brink farm in 1974. Minerva married William J. Clouser on December 28, 1955, and they have one child, Stephen David. They live in St. Louis, MO. Brink--Krughoff Waldo Brink and Miss Anna Krughoff, both well-known and popular young people of North Prairie, were united inmarriage Tuesday evening at 8:00 o'clock, the ceremony being performed at the home of Mrs. Martha 'Krughoff. Rev.G. F. Brink of Waterloo was the officiating minister. Dainty refreshments were served after the ceremony had been aid,the families being present. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brink and is an enterprising young farmer. His sweet and estimable bride is a daugher of the late Fred Krughoff. They will make their home on the Fred Bartelsmeyer farm in North Prairie.

  
  

• Sources

  [S071044] Winona Huckshold. [S071056] Windon. [S094450] NP Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church Marriage Records.