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Chapter A - Heinrich "August" Julius Brennecke

Chapter B - Heinrich (Henry) Ludwig Brennecke

Chapter C - Georg August Friedrich Brennecke

Chapter D - Carl August Friedrich (Fred) Brennecke

Chapter E - Georg Friedrich Wilhelm (William) Brennecke

Chapter F - Hanna Justine Louisa (Louise) Brennecke

Chapter G - Johann Heinrich Christian Carl (Charles) Brennecke (our line)

Chapter H - Johanna Caroline Friedrike Brennecke

Chapter I - George (Schoose) H. Brennecke

Chapter J - Johann Franklin (Frank) Brennecke

Chapter K - Johann Jacob (Jake) Brennecke

Chapter D - Carl August Friedrich (Fred) Brennecke

From the church records in Germany we know that Fred Brennecke was born 17 April 1833 in Sebexen, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany. The parents are recorded as Johann Just Friedrich Brennecke (the name "Just" appears interchangeably with the name "August" throughout church records), occupation houseowner (without farm), and Engel Christine Wilhelmine nee Eickemeier. He was baptized on 20 April 1833. His godparents, as shown in the church records at Sebexen, are the wives of Carl Brennecke and (illegible) Eickemeier. (By Norman Brennecke)

At age 11, he and his family arrived in America on November 11, 1844. Fred evidently moved from the family farm (near Jackson) to Cape Girardeau at an early age. Frederick Brennecke and Dina Hunze were married on August 23, 1859 at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau by Pastor H. Schultz (Book C, page 147 of marriage Records in Cape Girardeau County, MO.).

Dina (Dena) was born Johanne Henriette Conradine Hunze on 17 April 1843 in the town of Schlewecke. There are two towns named Schlewecke in the vicinity of Sebexen. One is next to Bad Harzberg, just east of Goslar, about 25 miles from Sebexen across a Harz mountain but about 30-plus miles by road around the mountain. The other town is northwest of Goslar, about 25 miles north of Sebexen along the valley. Her parents were Johann Friedrich Hunze, master tailor, and Johanne Christiane Antoinette Elisabeth nee Thene, daughter of a master linen weaver. Dina, along with her parents, three brothers, and two sisters, came to America in 1851. Dina's mother was instrumental in the organization of Grace Methodist Church. Fred also served on the church board and in other responsible positions. Their home was on Bellevue Street, at the present site of the Post Office, where they raised eight children.

According to Alvin W. Brennecke, Fred worked for the old Potts Milling Company and Union Mills. Fred died on January 7, 1907 and is buried in Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, northeast of Broadway and North Clark streets. His tombstone mistakenly shows April 14 as his birthday. After coming to America, such detailed information as birth dates were often forgotten, plus many people could not read or write.

First Three Generation of

Descendants of Carl August Friedrich (Fred) Brennecke

1 Johann August Friedrich BRENNECKE
b: November 5, 1801 in Sebexen, Hanover, Germany
d: October 8, 1856 in Zion United Methodist Ch. Gordonville MissouriAge at death: 54
Number of children: 11
Occupation: farm laborer and linen weaver
Special Comment: Emigrated to USA November 1844

 

+Engel Christine Wilhelmine EICKEMEIER
b: December 5, 1806 in Alshausen, Dukedom of Braunschweig, Germany
d: March 20, 1871 in Zion United Methodist Ch. Gordonville, MissouriAge at death: 64
m: July 12, 1829 in Sebexen, Hanover, Germany
Number of children: 11

 

2 Carl August Friedrich BRENNECKE
b: April 17, 1833 in Sebexen, Germany
d: January 7, 1907 in Fairmont Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
Age at death: 73
Number of children: 8

 

+Johanne Henriette Conradine "Dina" HUNZE
b: April 17, 1843 in Schlewecke, Germany
m: August 23, 1859

Number of children: 8

2 Carl August Friedrich BRENNECKE
b: April 17, 1833 in Sebexen, Germany
d: January 7, 1907 in Fairmont Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
Age at death: 73
Number of children: 8

 

+Johanne Henriette Conradine "Dina" HUNZE
b: April 17, 1843 in Schlewecke, Germany
m: August 23, 1859

Number of children: 8

 

+Augusta BIERSCHWAL
b: July 10, 1856
d: November 14, 1931 in Cape Girardeau, MO
Age at death: 75 Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage
m: July 15, 1883 in St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, MO
Number of children: 6
Marriage note: Recorders Office, Jackson, Mo., E-189
Religion: Grace Methodist Church

4 Leo Albert BRENNECKE
b: June 16, 1886
d: September 26, 1926 in Fairmont Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
Age at death: 40
Number of children: 4

 

+Catherine Anastasia CAMBRON
b: October 26, 1891
d: February 17, 1968Age at death: 76
m: November 9, 1909 in Cape Girardeau, MO

Number of children: 4

 

4 Henry August BRENNECKE
b: before May 27, 1888
d: after 1930
Religion: baptized May 27, 1888 Grace Methodist Church

+Georgia LYLE
d: in Fairmont Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO

 

4 Dena BRENNECKE
b: before October 28, 1890
d: October 9, 1968Age at death: 77
Religion: baptized October 28, 1890

 

4 Arnold R. BRENNECKE

b: January 5, 1893
d: September 29, 1957 in Farimont Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
Age at death: 64

 

4 Raymond Friedrich "Fred" BRENNECKE
b: June 28, 1895
Residence: Poplar Bluff

 

+Delores HENLEY

 

4 John Robert BRENNECKE
b: June 3, 1898
d: after 1931

 

3 Friedrich "Fred" BRENNECKE
b: December 9, 1866
d: December 23, 1936 in Piggott, Arkansas CemeteryAge at death: 70
Number of children: 4
Religion: Baptized February 12, 1867 Grace Methodist Church

 

+Marcella Bell RUSSELL
b: April 27, 1873
d: May 29, 1951 in Piggott, Arkansas Cemetery Age at death: 78
m: May 3, 1891Number of children: 4

 

4 Bernie Louis BRENNECKE
b: February 3, 1892
d: November 11, 1964 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania Cemetery

Age at death: 72

 

+GLORIA
d: 1960 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania Cemetery

Age at death: ?

 

4 Clarence Homer BRENNECKE
b: January 5, 1894
d: October 1939 in Santa Anna, CA

Age at death: 45 est.

 

4 Opal Marie BRENNECKE
b: January 16, 1900
d: September 26, 1974 in Piggott, Arkansas Cemetery

Age at death: 74

 

+Thomas F. GARRARD
b: August 23, 1889
d: January 20, 1959 in Piggott, Arkansas Cemetery

Age at death: 69
m: April 1917

 

4 Ruth Loreane BRENNECKE
b: September 5, 1901
Number of children: 1

 

+Hazel C. MYERS
b: September 7, 1899
d: October 7, 1933 in Piggott, Arkansas Cemetery

Age at death: 34
m: October 7, 1933

Number of children: 1

 

*2nd Husband of Ruth Loreane Brennecke:

+Howard P FAULK

b: April 2, 1899
m: March 6, 1948

 

3 Amelia BRENNECKE
b: February 17, 1862 in Gordonville, MO
d: February 2, 1934 in Fairmont Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO

Age at death: 71
Number of children: 11

 

+Martin BIERSCHWAL
b: 1859
d: July 15, 1958Age at death: 99 est.
m: November 24, 1887 in Grace Methodist Church, Cape Girardeau, MO
Number of children: 11

 

4 Anita BIERSCHWAL
b: April 22, 1888
d: November 30, 1909

Age at death: 21

 

4 Louis F. BIERSCHWAL
b: January 8, 1890
d: July 23, 1951

Age at death: 61
Number of children: 4

 

+Anna Minnie HARGENS
b: October 2, 1890
d: July 28, 1971

Age at death: 80
m: April 10, 1913

Number of children: 4

 

4 Erna BIERSCHWAL
b: January 1, 1893
d: March 11, 1979Age at death: 86
Special comment: birth records found at Grace Methodist

 

4 Robert Heinrich "Henry" BIERSCHWAL
b: October 8, 1894
d: December 29, 1976 in New Madrid, MO
Age at death: 82
Number of children: 2

 

+Mary Adele LEWIS
b: 1907
m: September 17, 1928
Number of children: 2

 

4 Martin Christian BIERSCHWAL
b: April 10, 1891
d: March 7, 1947Age at death: 55

 

4 Elmer Herman BIERSCHWAL
b: July 26, 1897
d: January 11, 1950

Age at death: 52

 

4 Edna Pauline BIERSCHWAL
b: May 25, 1900
Number of children: 2

 

+Richard Charles BEST, Sr.
b: June 8, 1901 in near Sikeston, MO
d: 1968

Age at death: 66 est.
m: June 30, 1922

Number of children: 2

 

4 Benjamin William BIERSCHWAL
b: February 2, 1902
d: July 27, 1960

Age at death: 58

 

+Elsie KNEIBERT

 

4 Helen Lorene BIERSCHWAL
b: March 23, 1903
Number of children: 2

 

+Vincent UNNERSTALL
b: September 2, 1902
d: March 4, 1972

Age at death: 69
m: May 20, 1921

Number of children: 2

 

4 Ester Wilhelmine BIERSCHWAL
b: October 19, 1904
d: January 10, 1905Age at death: 0
Special comment: birth records found at Grace Methodist

 

4 Henry Albert BIERSCHWAL
b: April 12, 1907
d: August 30, 1945 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
Age at death: 38
Number of children: 2
Special comment: birth records found at Grace Methodist

 

+Helen E. REITZEL
b: November 5, 1928
Number of children: 2
Marriage end: February 26, 1943

 

3 Dena "Dina" Annette BRENNECKE
b: December 16, 1868
d: April 10, 1948

Age at death: 79
Number of children: 4

 

+Louis SIMPSON
b: 1855
d: 1926

Age at death: 71 est.
Number of children: 4

 

4 Ray True SIMPSON
b: June 19, 1896
d: March 24, 1966

Age at death: 69
Number of children: 3

 

+Catherine Estell Tyler
b: January 21, 1895
d: September 16, 1975Age at death: 80
m: February 20, 1917

Number of children: 3
Special comment: Great-Great Granddaughter of U.S. President, John Tyler)

 

4 Florence SIMPSONb: February 14, 1900

 

+Russell SMITH
b: July 11, 1901
m: December 20, 1924

 

4 Clarence SIMPSON
b: 1902

 

4 Homer SIMPSON
b: 1906

 

3 Henrietta Wilhelmina "Minnie" BRENNECKE
b: July 7, 1871
d: October 26, 1948Age at death: 77
Special comment: Made her home with her mother (Dina) and cared for her. Never married.)

 

3 Antonnette "Pauline" BRENNECKE
b: August 27, 1874
d: February 28, 1947

Age at death: 72
Number of children: 1

 

+John H. ULRICH
b: December 26, 1878
d: November 19, 1951

Age at death: 72
m: June 14, 1905

Number of children: 1

 

4 Aline ULRICHb: August 3, 1907

 

+Hubert COWAN
b: December 5, 1907
d: January 22, 1968

Age at death: 60
m: July 12, 1936

3 Robert Louis BRENNECKE
b: August 29, 1876 in Cape Girardeau, MO
d: January 3, 1962 in St. Louis, MO

Age at death: 85
Number of children: 3
Occupation: Pharmacist, Cape Girardeau and St. Louis, MO

 

+Clara MUELLER
b: May 25, 1878
d: January 11, 1960

Age at death: 81
m: October 1905 in St. Louis, MO

Number of children: 3

 

4 Joseph BRENNECKE
b: 1907
d: 1907

 

4 Robert Allen BRENNECKE
b: July 28, 1909
d: February 15, 2000

Age at death: 90
Number of children: 3
Occupation: Shoe Retailer, Businessman, St. Louis, MO

 

+Emerine Philomena LINDNER
b: July 25, 1913
d: November 30, 1989

Age at death: 76
m: May 9, 1935 in St. Louis, MO

Number of children: 3

4 Melba Florence BRENNECKE
b: March 12, 1914
Number of children: 4

 

+Preston Ulysses KEY
b: July 25, 1913
d: February 24, 1993
Age at death: 79
m: October 3, 1937
Number of children: 4

 

3 Philip "Herman" BRENNECKE
b: May 22, 1880
d: February 26, 1969 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
Age at death: 89
Number of children: 2

 

+Alvina Dina HAMAN
b: March 27, 1879
d: December 19, 1935

Age at death: 56
m: May 31, 1905

Number of children: 2

 

4 Ruth Mildred BRENNEKE
b: April 6, 1907
d: March 2, 1980 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
Age at death: 72

 

+Otto RUBEL
b: May 26, 1906
m: June 15, 1952

 

4 Ralph Haman BRENNECKE
b: April 18, 1909
Number of children: 2

 

+Ruth FRANZ
b: March 8, 1908
m: August 13, 1934

Number of children: 2

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