Family Group Record for Donald Albert Meschke and Ernestine Evelyn Woker


Husband Donald Albert Meschke [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Born:11/15/1912 - Morristown, Rice, Minnesota [1][2][4][5][6][7]
Christened:
Died:06/01/1980 - Blue Earth County, Minnesota [6][7]
Buried:Morristown, Rice, Minnesota [8] PIC
Father:Albert Max Meschke
Mother:Franciska Neubauer [6]
Marriage:04/24/1935 - Rice County, Minnesota [3]

Events and Facts
1. He appeared on the US Federal census on 01/01/1920 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota with his father and stepmother. [1]
2. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1930 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota with his parents. [2]
3. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota with his family. [4]
4. He was educated through high school on 04/01/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [4]
5. He worked as a laborer on 04/01/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [4]
6. He registered for the Draft for World War II on 10/16/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [5]
7. He worked as an employee of the Morristown Creamery Association on 10/16/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [5]
8. He was described as 5'11" and 161 lbs with brown hair and gray eyes and a light copmplexion on 10/16/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [5]
9. He had a residence on 10/16/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [5]
10. He worked as a helper for the Blooming Grove Assn in 1950 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [9]
11. He had a residence in 1950 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [9]
12. He worked as a janitor for the Morristown High School in 1957 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [10]
13. He had a residence in 1957 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [10]
Wife Ernestine Evelyn Woker [11][12][13][3][14][15][16][17]
Born:04/24/1915 - Waseca, Waseca, Minnesota [11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Christened:
Died:03/02/2010 - Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota [15][16][18][17]
Buried:03/05/2010 - Morristown, Rice, Minnesota [15][17] PIC
Father:Ernest Henry Woker [11][15]
Mother:Elizabeth Wilhelmine Martha Schroeder [11][15]

Events and Facts
1. She appeared on the US Federal census on 01/01/1920 in Meriden, Steele, Minnesota with her parents. [12]
2. She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1930 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota with her parents. [13]
3. She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota with her family. [14]
4. She was educated through the 3rd year of high school on 04/01/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [14]
5. She worked as a laborer in the creamery on 04/01/1940 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [14]
6. She had a residence in 1950 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [9]
7. She had a residence in 1957 in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota . [10]
8. She was educated through high school on 03/02/2010 in Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota . [15]
9. Her obituary was published in the Faribault Daily News on 03/03/2010 in Faribault, Rice, Minnesota. [18]

Ernestine Meschke 1915-2010

Waterville--Ernestine Meschke, age 94, of Morristown, Died on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at Oaklawn Health Care Center in Mankato.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Morristown. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the time of the services Friday at the church. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Morristown. Prosch-Dennis Funeral Home of Waterville is handling arrangements.

Born on April 24, 1915, in Meriden, She was the daughter of Ernest and Elizabeth (Schroeder) Woker. She married Donald Albert Meschke on April 24, 1935. Together they worked as custodians at Morristown School for many years, and she also worked as a bookkeeper for the Blooming Grove Creamery. She was a member of Bethlehen Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid as well as the American Legion Auxiliary, all of Morristown.

She is survived by three daughters, Shirley Zimprich of Elysian, Virginia Rasmussen of Springbrook, Wis., and Patricia Dolen of Crossville, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

Children
1 F Shirley Lee Meschke
Born:
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2 F Virginia Mae Meschke
Born:Rice County, Minnesota
Christened:
Died:
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3 F Patricia Ann Meschke
Born:Rice County, Minnesota
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 M Donald Albert Meschke Jr
Born:03/08/1948 - Rice County, Minnesota
Christened:
Died:08/29/1974 - Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota
Buried:Morristown, Rice, Minnesota
Sources
1. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1920 United States Federal Census, ED 124, Morristown, Rice, MN, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 112, line 27, Meschke, Ronald; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 04/12/2011); citing Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T625 (2076 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 856, image 946 [Surety: 3].
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1930 United States Federal Census, ED 66-17, Morristown, Rice, MN, sheet 5B, dwelling 104, family 104, line 100, Meschke, Donald; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2002 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 04/22/2019); citing Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T626 (2667 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1124 [Surety: 3].
3. Minnesota Association of County Officers, "Minnesota Official Marriage System," Rice County certificate M1-136, Donald Meschke and Ernestine E Woker; Database online, Minnesota counties, Minnesota Official Marriage System : n.d. (https://moms.mn.gov/ : accessed 04/12/2011) [Surety: 3].
4. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1940 United States Federal Census, ED 66-19, Morristown, Rice, MN, sheet 6A, household 119, line 15, Meschke, Donald; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2012 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/15/2018); citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T627 (4643 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1953 [Surety: 3].
5. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Donald Albert Meschke; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2011 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/05/2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, Missouri, Records of the Selective Service System 1926-1975, RG 147, Draft Registration Cards for Minnesota 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947, 260 boxes, box 154 [Surety: 3].
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, Blue Earth County certificate 1980-014138, Donald Albert Meschke; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2001 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 04/12/2011); citing State of Minnesota, /Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2017, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota [Surety: 3].
7. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Donald Meschke, 1980, SS no. 473-03-0204; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2014 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 04/12/2011); citing Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC [Surety: 3].
8. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties," Donald Albert Meschke; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/, 2003 : accessed 04/12/2011); citing Dalby, John and Jan, "John Dalby Database," www.dalbydata.com, Owatonna Public Library, Owatonna, Minnesota [Surety: 3].
9. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Meschke, Donald A (Ernestine E); Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2011 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/15/2018); citing R. L. Polk & Co., St. Paul, Minnesota, Polk's Faribault and Northfield (Rice County, Minn.) City Directory 1950 : 1950, page 13 [Surety: 3].
10. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Meschke, Donald A (Ernestine E); Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2011 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/15/2018); citing R. L. Polk & Co., St. Paul, Minnesota, Polk's Faribault and Northfield (Rice County, Minn.) City Directory 1957 : 1957, page 435 [Surety: 3].
11. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Birth Index 1900-1934, Waseca County certificate 1915-37596, Ernestine Evelyn Woker; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2015 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/15/2018); citing "Minnesota Birth Certificates Index," Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota (http://people.mnhs.org/search/people) [Surety: 3].
12. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1920 United States Federal Census, ED 132, Meridan, Steele, MN, sheet 5B, dwelling 87, family 87, line 73, Woker, Ernstine; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 04/12/2011); citing Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T625 (2076 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 863, image 793 [Surety: 3].
13. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1930 United States Federal Census, ED 66-17, Morristown, Rice, MN, sheet 6B, dwelling 119, family 119, line 70, Waker, Ernestina E; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2002 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/03/2011); citing Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T626 (2667 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1124, image 894 [Surety: 3].
14. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1940 United States Federal Census, ED 66-19, Morristown, Rice, MN, sheet 6A, household 119, line 16, Meschke, Ernestine; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2012 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 05/15/2018); citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T627 (4643 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1953 [Surety: 3].
15. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, Blue Earth County certificate 2010-007178, Ernestine Evelyn Meschke; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2001 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 06/18/2021); citing State of Minnesota, /Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2017, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota [Surety: 3].
16. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ernestine Evelyn Meschke, 2010, SS no. 473-26-3147; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2014 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 04/12/2011); citing Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC [Surety: 3].
17. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Ernestine (Woker) Meschke (#49064606); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 05/15/2018) [Surety: 2].
18. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., U.S. Obituary Collection 1930-Current, Ernestine Meschke; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2011 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 04/12/2011); citing Faribault Daily News, Faribault, Minnesota [Surety: 3].


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