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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Henry L. and Minnie (Koenecke) Weidenhammer, 9 South 51 West



In 1885 Beatrice, Nebraska, H. Weidenhammer is 35, Cathrine Weidenhammer 28, Henry Weidenhammer 10, Anna Weidenhammer 8, and Allbert Weidenhammer 6.
Henry's father Henry Weidenhammer BIRTH 23 Sep 1843 Waterloo, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada DEATH 26 Jan 1894 Elmira, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada BURIAL Evergreen Home Cemetery Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA PLOT 48 MEMORIAL ID 189444557.


June 1922

Henry L. Weidenhammer 25, born in Canada to Henry and Caroline Weidenhammer, married Minnie Koenecke on 28 Sep 1899 in Beatrice, Nebraska.

Henry is a dry goods clerk in 1900 Gage County, Nebraska.

In 1910 Kit Carson County, Henry L. Weidenhammer is farming, 36, born in Canada, Minnie Weidenhammer 34 Wife.

Louise S. Koenecke claimed 240 acres in sections 10 and 15, 9S 51W in 1914.

The first congregation was formed in February, 1909 northeast of Arriba, during the time of missionary Heinrich Schmidt, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Diedrich P. Blancken. Soon, plans began toward beginning a congregation at Flagler. Under the guidance of the pastor at Arriba, H. Stegemann, this goal was realized with the organization of the Evangelical Lutheran Zion Congregation on April 10, 1911. There were approximately twenty-eight souls and ....Scholote, Henry Weidenhammer and Herman Blancken. Zion's first church building was a schoolhouse, purchased and moved in from northeast of Flagler. This building stood at the southwest corner of Pawnee and Seventh. Only a few services were held in it, as Zion, in 1917, was able to buy a building of the Iowa Lutheran Synod, on the main street of Flagler, acrogs from the present church. It doubled as a facility for the Christian day school, and served well until the new church building was dedicated in 1962. An interesting note in the early history of Zion wae the seating arrangement for worship services. As was the custom in many German - Lutheran congregations, the men sat on one side of the room and the women on the other. The Christian day school children sat in their school desks, which for Sunday worship were The old church and parsonage. pushed together towards the front of the room. This practice lasted into the early 1930's. Another interesting historical note regards the role of the German language in Zion's history. In the early years, worship and instruction were in German. Through the Zion Lutheran Church Flagler, built in 1962. The history of Flagler's Zion congregation arose out of the dedication and hard work of German Lutheran families who settled in the Arriba - Flagler area in the 1890's, and of the early missionaries who ministered among them.
Henry claimed a quarter in section 8, 9 South, 51W in May 1915.


Henry Ludwig Weidenhammer registered for WWI in Flagler, manager of a grocery of A.E. Wilson in Flagler. He was born August 31, 1875.

In 1920 Los Angeles, Henry L. Weidenhamer is a grocery merchant, 43, Minnie Weidenhamer 35 Wife, Louise S. Koeneck 68 Mother-in-law, and Helen B. Ashe 55 Lodger.

In 1930 Los Angeles, Henry L. Weidenhammer is managing a grocery store, 55, Minnie Weidenhammer 54 Wife, Lissette M, Koenecke 48 Sister-in-law, Mabel L. Lashewsky 22 Niece, Robert L. Lashewsky 17 Nephew, and Geraldine E. Katz 24 Lodger.
Louise S Koenecke BIRTH 1852 DEATH 1930 BURIAL Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, MEMORIAL ID 155234849. ยท
March 22, 1930 "At 1548 Fifth avenue, Louise S. Koenecke, loving mother of Minnie Weidenhammer, Lissette M. and William H. Koenecke; grandmother of Mabel and Robert Lashewsky. Funeral services Monday. March 24, at 2 p.m., from the chapel of Reed Bros., Tapley Geiger, 721 West Washington street."

Henry Ludwig Weidenhammer Birth Date: 31 Aug 1874 Death Date: 9 Aug 1939.
Minnie Koenecke Weidenhammer BIRTH 12 Jan 1876 Illinois, DEATH 5 Jan 1942 Los Angeles County, California, BURIAL Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, MEMORIAL ID 102513860.
"Minnie Weldenhammer, sister of Lissetia Koenecke; aunt of Mabel and Robert Lashewsky. Services Wednesday, 1:30 p.m,. at Reed Bros., Tapley & Geiger."

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