Sophia was born in the Duchy of Braunschweig
in about 1830. I have not yet found when she immigrated to the United States,
but this should be forthcoming. Barely over a year after Joseph's death,
Sophia married a second time, on 26 Oct 1868, to John Rising (or Reising).
John was born about 1840 in Bavaria, son of Peter and Margaret Rising,
and was a brewer. He gave Sophia at least one child who survived, Sophia,
Jr. It would seem that since Sophia and the children were again known by
the name Moeglein, by 1880, that John and Sophia were later separated or
divorced. She died 29 Mar 1899. She was living with her daughter, Lena
Meyer, in Minneapolis, Minnesota at that time, and was buried in Crystal
Lake Cemetery there.
Children of JOSEPH MVGELEIN and SOPHIA
BURGERS are:
2. i. MARIE MAGDALENA
"LENA" MOEGLEIN, b. 1 Jun, 1853, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin; d. 23 Sep,
1935, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota;
m. FREDERICK AUGUST MEYER, 8 Sep 1873, Dane Co.,
Wisconsin.
3. ii. JOHN GEORGE FREDERICK
MOEGLEIN, b. 22 May, 1855, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin; d. 19 Feb, 1930,
Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
iii. MATHILDA
MOEGLEIN, b. 3 Jul, 1858, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin; d. 7 Sep, 1880;
m. HEINRICH W.
STORK, 27 Apr, 1879, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin. Buried Forest Hill Cemetery,
Madison, as is an
infant child.
iv. CHARLES
MOEGLEIN, b. 12 Mar, 1860, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin; d. 26 May, 1870,
Madison, Dane Co.,
Wisconsin. Buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison.
4. v. JOSEPH ERNEST MOEGLEIN,
b. 6 Sep, 1863, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin; d. 29 Dec, 1943, Duluth,
St.
Louis Co., Minnesota.
Children of JOHN RISING and SOPHIA BURGERS
MOEGLEIN are:
5. i. SOPHIA MOEGLEIN,
b. 1 Mar 1871, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin; d. 9 Nov 1922, Minneapolis,
Hennepin Co.,
Minnesota.
3. JOHN GEORGE FREDERICK MOEGLEIN (JOSEPH1)
was born 22 May, 1855 in Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin, and died 19 Feb,
1930 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota. George established the Moeglein
Market on First St. SE, Little Falls, in 1883. He operated this business
until 1921, when he turned it over to his sons Charlie and F. George. In
1923, he became president of the Merchant's State Bank, until 1925. Even
with these busy careers and raising six children, George found time for
politics. He was elected Alderman of the First Ward, and served that post
for 20 years. He then served as mayor of Little Falls from 1907 to 1912.
In 1915 he was mentioned as being vice-president of the city council. He
was Alderman-at-Large for Little Falls the last 16 years of his life. He
married CHRISTINE WILHELMINE SCHMIDT 4 Mar, 1878 in Monroe, Green Co.,
Wisconsin. (Later newspaper articles give the date as 5 Mar
1877/8, but the parish records verify that it was the 4th.) In the marriage
record, George was mentioned as being a teacher. Christine was born in
Koblenz, Germany on 27 Sep 1852. Which Koblenz it was is still uncertain
as there are three towns in Germany by that name, and one called Koblentz.
Unsuccessful research has been focused on Coblenz-am-Rhein, near Frankfurt.
This 'Coblenz' was always spelled with a K by the Germans, with the exception
of a brief period of time around the turn of the century, according to
Meyer's Orts gazetteer. This spelling irregularity may be a cause of confusion
as the others were always spelled with a K in Germany. Census records point
toward one of the towns near the Polish border. She was noted as coming
from Prussia in the 1870 census, then just Germany in the rest, until 1920,
when she is said to be from Berlin. She landed in New York 13 Jul 1867,
aboard the ship Hermann from Bremen. She died in Little Falls, Morrison
Co., Minnesota on 1 Dec, 1934. She was the daughter of Philip Schmidt and
Marie Susanna ______.
Children of GEORGE MOEGLEIN and CHRISTINE
SCHMIDT are:
8. i. GEORGE
JOSEPH MICHAEL MOEGLEIN, b. 30 Jan 1879, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin;
d. 9 Jan, 1934,
St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota.
ii. MARY FRANCES MOEGLEIN, b. Nov 1879, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin. (Her
age was given as eight
months, not three, in the 1880 census...she could not have been born in
March of 1880, five months before
her brother. Alice Piret noted that
Frances "the youngest child" died at age four. No baptism or burial records
have been found for Frances in Madison, Richland Center or Little Falls,
however, the family moved many times,
and should either birth or death have occured en route,
move around some. It has been questioned whether she was really a Moeglein
or perhaps a neighbor child being
watched by the Moegleins at census time. and are Mary and Frances two different
girls?)
9. iii. CHARLES J. MOEGLEIN,
b. 30 Aug, 1880, Richland Center, Richland Co., Wisconsin; d. 23 Oct, 1951,
Little
Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
10. iv. FRANK GEORGE MOEGLEIN, b. 15
Jul, 1882, Richland Center, Richland Co., Wisconsin; d. 22 Apr, 1941,
Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
11. v. SUSAN MARIE MOEGLEIN, b.
3 Jun, 1885, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d. 24 Jun, 1961, Little
Falls,
Morrison Co., Minnesota.
12. vi. MATHILDA ANNA MOEGLEIN, b. 17
Dec, 1887, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d. 1 Jan, 1937,
Jamestown, ND; m. WILLIAM JAMES BILLSTEIN, 16 Sep, 1908, Little Falls,
Morrison Co., Minnesota.
vii. AGNES
CECILIA MOEGLEIN, b. 4 May, 1890, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota;
d. Jun 1972; m. JOHN
H. LAHOWETZ, 28 Dec, 1916, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
viii. HENRY EDWARD
MOEGLEIN, b. 13 Oct, 1892, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d. 15
Feb, 1893, Little
Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
4. JOSEPH ERNEST2 MOEGLEIN (JOSEPH1) was born
6 Sep, 1863 in Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin, and died 29 Dec, 1943 in Duluth,
St. Louis Co., Minnesota. He married JOSEPHINE MARTIN 8 Mar, 1888 in Little
Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota. Joseph changed his name to Maglein to more
closely approximate the pronunciation. Soon after marrying Josephine, he
moved to Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington. He was still living there
in 1902, when he was listed in the Everett city directory as a butcher,
living at 1916 Wall. For many years following, he was a miner in Dawson
City and Fairbanks, Alaska. He finally settled in Duluth about 1929. He
was listed as a farmer in the
Children of JOSEPH MOEGLEIN and JOSEPHINE
MARTIN are:
i. PAUL3
MICKENS, lived in Tacoma, Washington; living in Jul, 1981.
ii. LLOYD L.
CURREY, b. 30 Jan, 1895; d. Jan 1982 lived in Yakima, Washington.
iii. RAY MAGLEIN.
iv. ALBERT WILLIAM
MAGLEIN, b. 10 Dec, 1888, Spokane, Washington; died 11 Jul, 1981, Duluth,
St. Paul Co.,
Minnesota. Albert worked for the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
Co., and was active in several local
lodges. He was never married and had no children.
5. SOPHIA2 MOEGLEIN (SOPHIE1) was born 1 Mar,
1871 in Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin, and died 9 Nov, 1922, Minneapolis,
Hennepin Co., Minnesota; m. RICHARD L. HENSCHELL. Richard b. 3 Jan 1845,
in Germany; d. 2 Nov 1923, Minneapolis, Hennepin
Co., Minnesota. Both are buried in
Crystal Lake Cemetery in Minneapolis. Richard was the son of Ludwig Henschell
and Hannah Lillos. In the 1900 census, as Albert Henshall of France, he
was listed as an agent for a railroad land department, then in 1910 he
was employed as a clerk for the county auditor. His death certificate stated
that he was a retired Lutheran Minister. Henschell is a name designating
an occupation -- glove-maker.
Child of SOPHIA MOEGLEIN and RICHARD HENSCHELL
is:
i. ESTHER3
HENSCHELL, b. 13 May, 1895, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota; d. Mar
1984, Flushing, NYC She was married to
PHILLIP SIMON. They were living in New York in 1922. They apparently had
no children, but adopted two daughters.
7. MATHILDA DOROTHEA3 MEYER (MARIE MAGDALENA2,
JOSEPH1) was born 6 Mar, 1883 in Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin, and died
17 May, 1963 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota. She married JOHANN
HERMAN PAUL HUNZIKER 27 Sep, 1910. Johann was born 20 Oct, 1880 in Arlington,
Silbey Co., Minnesota, and died 24 Sep, 1962 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co.,
Minnesota.
Children of MATHILDA MEYER and JOHANN HUNZIKER
are:
i. JOHN
FREDERICK HUNZIKER, b. 26 Aug, 1912, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota;
d. 22 Jun, 1987
He married LENORE SIGURDSON 14 Sep 1940.
ii. DOROTHY
MATHILDA HUNZIKER, b 30 Jul, 1914, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota;
d. 9 Nov, 1997,
Edina, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.
8. GEORGE JOSEPH MICHAEL3 MOEGLEIN (GEORGE
FREDERICK2, JOSEPH1) was born 30 Jan 1879 in Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin,
and died 9 Jan, 1934 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota. He married PELAGIA
W. "PAULINE" GOSIAK 3 Jun, 1902 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
Joseph worked for the Merchant's State Bank in Little Falls, starting as
a cashier in 1902, then working up to vice-president after 1915 (under
his father). When that bank merged with American National Bank, he continued
working there until 1927. He then went to work for the State Public Examining
Office, for whom he worked until his death. Pauline was born about 1879
in Illinois to immigrants from Posnan, Prussia (now in Poland).
Children of JOSEPH MOEGLEIN and PELAGIA "PAULINE"
GOSIAK are:
i. ALICE4
MOEGLEIN, b. 9 Jan, 1915.
ii. RICHARD
MOEGLEIN, b. 6 Apr, 1917; d. Jun 1995, Biwabik, Saint Louis Co., Minnesota.
9. CHARLES J. "CHARLIE" MOEGLEIN3 (GEORGE FREDERICK2
MOEGLEIN, JOSEPH1) was born 13 Aug, 1880 in Richland Center, Richland Co.,
Wisconsin, and died 24 Oct, 1951 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
He married OLGA NATALIA PETERSON HOLSTROM 3 Jul, 1905 in Little Falls,
Morrison Co., Minnesota. Olga was born 4 May, 1885 in Duluth, Saint Louis
Co., Minnesota, daughter of John Peterson and Anna Holstrom. She died 17
Jun, 1971, in Little Falls, Minnesota. Her parents died when she was young,
so she went to live with her uncle Robert Holstrom, on a farm in Freedhem,
near Pierz, Minnesota. Robert Holstrom adopted Olga and her siblings. After
Charlie's death, Olga remarried to Arthur F. Lafond.
Children of CHARLIE and OLGA PETERSON are:
i. CYRIL
GEORGE4 MOEGLEIN, b. 5 Feb, 1907, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota;
d. 10 Oct, 1991, St.
Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota. m. EVA J. NACHBAR,
27 Jun, 1934. Eva was born 12 Aug, 1903,
Princeton, Mille Lacs Co., Minnesota, and
died 30 Nov, 1990, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota.
ii. DELORES
ADEL MOEGLEIN, b. 9 Aug, 1908, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d.
9 Aug, 1971,
Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota. m. CURTIS
GLENN BENNYHOFF, 16 Jun, 1930, Little Falls, MN.
Curtis was born 29 Apr, 1909, Minneapolis,
Hennepin Co., Minnesota, and died 16 Jun, 1977, Tucson,
Pima Co., Arizona
iii. BERNARD CARL
"BEANS" MOEGLEIN, b. 22 Feb, 1910, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota;
d. 19 Nov,
1950, Ah-Gwah-Ching, Cass Co., Minnesota; m. ALICE LOUISE KIEWEL, 14 May,
1942, Little Falls,
Morrison Co., Minnesota. Alice was born 18 Jan, 1909, Little Falls, Morrison
Co., Minnesota, and died
19 Dec, 1960, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
iv. RUTH C. MOEGLEIN,
b. 22 Apr, 1912, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d. San Diego, San
Diego Co., CA.
She married GOWAN CLUTE. Gowan was born 23 Nov 1910, and died June 1975
in California.
v. CHESTER
JAMES "RED" MOEGLEIN, b. 18 Jan, 1913, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota;
d. 4 May, 1984,
Naples, Gollier Co., Florida. He married RUTH RYE. Ruth was born 19 Dec,
1912, and died 17 May 1993 in
Littleton, Jefferson Co., Colorado.
vi. ROBERT LEO MOEGLEIN,
b. 9 Nov, 1914, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d. 3 Oct, 1994,
Little Falls,
Morrison, Minnesota; m. JEANNE ELIZABETH HENNESSEY, 18 Aug, 1945, Little
Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
Jeanne was born 10 Dec, 1915 in Peoria, Illinois, daughter of Thomas Hennessey
and Margaret Nugent. She died
9 Oct, 1997 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
vii. CHARLES ARTHUR MOEGLEIN,
b. 14 Mar, 1917, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota. He married AGNES
KATHERINE DULLINGER, 9 Feb, 1942 in Holdingford, Minnesota. Agnes was born
7 Jul, 1918, and died 3 Mar,
1997, St. Cloud, Stearns Co., Minnesota. Agnes is the daughter of George
Dullinger and Anna Schackmann.
viii. DONALD RAYMOND MOEGLEIN,
b. 19 May, 1922, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota; d. 10 Feb, 1997, Little
Falls,
Morrison Co., Minnesota. He married PATRICIA JOSEPHINE GRAVEL 25 Aug, 1947.
Patricia was born 15 Nov, 1923,
and died 24 May, 1995, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota. Patricia
is the daughter of Fred Gravel and Pearl Morgan.
10. FRANK GEORGE3 MOEGLEIN (GEORGE FREDERICK2,
JOSEPH1) was born 15 Jul, 1882 in Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin,
and died 22 Apr, 1941 in Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota. He married
WILHELMINA ANNE "MINNIE" ROEDER 28 Apr, 1909 in St. Peter, Nicollet Co.,
Minnesota. Minnie was born 5 Mar 1866 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin,
daughter of Fred John Roeder and Frances Irmen. She died 21 Jul 1965 in
Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
Children of F. GEORGE MOEGLEIN and WILHELMINA
ROEDER are:
i. FREDERICK
JOSEPH ROEDER4 "FRED" MOEGLEIN, b. 8 May, 1910, Little Falls, Morrison
Co., Minnesota.
He died 9 Dec, 1995. He married MARION
KOBILKA 27 Jun, 1938, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota. Marion
was born 19 Nov, 1915, and died Feb
1995, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota. Fred began working for the
Little
Falls Daily Transcript as a typesetter in 1929.
ii. EDWARD
FRANK MOEGLEIN, b. 15 Jun, 1914, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota; d.
18 Oct, 1918, Little Falls,
Morrison Co., Minnesota.
iii. LEO WILLIAM
MOEGLEIN, b. 25 Jul, 1915, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d. Jul
1983, Gilbert, St. Louis Co.,
Minnesota. Leo married JEAN R. RADTKE 1 Sep, 1938, Duluth, St. Paul Co.,
Minnesota. Leo operated the
Moeglein Funeral Homes in Gilbert and Aurora, Minnesota.
iv. GEORGE HENRY
MOEGLEIN, b. 25 Jul, 1915, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d. 1
Oct, 1918, Little Falls,
Morrison Co., Minnesota.
v. JOHN CLOUD
MOEGLEIN, b. 6 Sep, 1918, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota; d. 25
Jun, 1991, Templeton, San
Luis Obispo Co., California. John was a meat cutter like his father and
grandfather. He operated his own meat market
in Redwood City, California for several years. He was later employed by
Stanford University as a meat cutter for the
university commissary, providing meat for their cafeteria and Stanford
Hospital. He married IRIS AGNES MULLER.
Iris was born 7 Apr 1923 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California.
She died 24 Jun 1996 in Templeton, San Luis
Obispo Co., California. Iris was the daughter of George M|ller and Ida
Kvrnig. John and Iris's brother George were
stationed together at Camp Roberts near Paso Robles, California. George
brought John home one weekend, and this
is where John and Iris met.
11. SUSAN MARIE3 MOEGLEIN (GEORGE FREDERICK2,
JOSEPH1) was born 3 Jun, 1885 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota,
and died 24 Jun, 1961 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota. She married
HENRY ADAM "FAT" WYRWICKI 1 Jun, 1909 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
Henry was born 12 Jul 1888, in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota, and
died 11 Mar, 1969 in Little Falls. Though the 1920 census notes that Henry's
parents were from 'Warsaw', other sources place them as being from Bydgoszcz,
Poland (Bydgoszcz is also known as Bromberg, and was in Prussian Posnan
(Posen) throughout most of the 19th century, thus was a part of the German
Federation, and the German Empire). Henry changed his name to SMITH, sometime
after 1920. Henry worked in the Moeglein Market for several years as a
sausage maker, then later became a deputy sheriff of Morrison County.
12. MATHILDA ANNA3 MOEGLEIN (GEORGE FREDERICK2,
JOSEPH1) was born 17 Dec, 1887 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota,
and died 1 Jan, 1937 in Jamestown, Stutsman Co., ND. She married WILLIAM
JAMES "BILL" BILLSTEIN, 16 Sep, 1908, Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota.
Bill was born 1 May, 1886 in Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minnesota, and
died 2 Feb, 1959 in Billings, Montana.
I believe that most genealogists
welcome the dissemination of data to other researchers. The collection
of genealogical information is a group endeavor. Thank you Alan Bennyhoff,
Lynn Betlock, Bim Moeglein, Father Jim Moeglein, Lee Moeglein, Tom Moeglein
and Dorothy Swanson for your contributions toward informing and uniting
our widespread Moeglein family members.
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Children of SUSAN MOEGLEIN and HENRY WYRWICKI-SMITH
are:
ii. GEORGE
SMITH, b. 29 Sep, 1912, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota; d. 22 Feb, 1946,
Little Falls, Morrison Co.,
Minnesota; m. LUCILLE VIRNIG.
Note-Three
additional children who are still living.
Children of MATHILDA MOEGLEIN and WILLIAM
BILLSTEIN are:
i. GEORGE
I. BILLSTEIN, b. 31 Jul, 1909; d. 18 Oct, 1909, Little Falls, Morrison
Co., Minnesota.
ii. FRANCIS
WILLIAM4 "BILL" BILLSTEIN, age 9 on 5 Jan, 1920.
iii. JOHN JAMES BILLSTEIN,
age 6 on 5 Jan, 1920.
iv. LOUIS R. BILLSTEIN,
twin, age 4 and 2 months on 5 Jan, 1920.
v. LOUISE R.
BILLSTEIN, twin, age 4 and 2 months on 5 Jan, 1920.
vi. RITA M. BILLSTEIN,
age 1 and 8 months on 5 Jan 1920; d. 2 Feb, 1959 in Billings, MT, in the
same accident as her father.