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Christian Henry Meints & Katherine Marie Smith

Christian and Katherine were married in a religious ceremony on March 18th, 1907 in Zion Lutheran Church, Hanover, Gage County, Nebraska.¹ They had two sons and three daughters, named Henry, Elmer, Emma, Abbie and Gertrude.

Personal Details
- Christian Henry Meints
  Christian was born on March 1st, 1884 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.¹ He died at the age of 90 on March 3rd, 1974 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. He was buried at the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.²²
  
  Katherine Marie Smith
  Katherine was born on May 23rd, 1888 in Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died at the age of 70 on February 11th, 1959 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. She was buried at the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.¹¹

Children
- Henry W Meints
  Henry was born about 1909 in Nebraska.³ He died in 1979. He was buried at the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.²²
  - Death Notes
    
    I am assuming this is the correct Henry Meints. The birth date matches the 1910 census. The cemetery matches his possible parents.
  Emma Meints
  Emma was born in 1912 in Nebraska.⁴
  
  Abbie Meints
  Abbie was born in 1913 in Nebraska.⁵
  Elmer F Meints
  Elmer was born on July 8th, 1916 in Nebraska.⁶
  - Birth Notes
    
    Birth date from findagrave.com
  He died at the age of 52 on October 8th, 1968. He was buried at the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.²²
  Gertrude Meints

Family Timeline

¹ Kerry Tupper
² www.findagrave.com
³ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML46-96Y : accessed 16 Oct 2012), Henry Meints in household of Chris Meints, Midland, Gage, Nebraska; citing sheet 5A, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374859.
⁴ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQKK-HL2 : accessed 16 Oct 2012), Emma Meints in household of Christ H Meints, Logan, Gage, Nebraska; citing enumeration district (ED) 0034, sheet 5A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1281.
⁵ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQKK-HLL : accessed 16 Oct 2012), Abbie Meints in household of Christ H Meints, Logan, Gage, Nebraska; citing enumeration district (ED) 0034, sheet 5A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1281.
⁶ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQKK-HLG : accessed 16 Oct 2012), Elmer Meints in household of Christ H Meints, Logan, Gage, Nebraska; citing enumeration district (ED) 0034, sheet 5A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1281.

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