Ernestine Matilda Bluemel

Brief Life History of Ernestine Matilda

When Ernestine Matilda Bluemel was born on 13 September 1839, in Grable, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Johann Christian Gottfried Bluemel, was 41 and her mother, Maria Rozina Karge, was 34. She married Carl Heinrich Weist on 8 November 1864, in Landeshut, Silesia, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to United States in 1866 and lived in Vernal Utah Temple, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 21 November 1929, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Maeser, Uintah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carl Heinrich Weist
1837–1901
Ernestine Matilda Bluemel
1839–1929
Marriage: 8 November 1864
Ernest Henry August Weist
1866–1867
Caroline Augustine Weist
1868–1958
Carl Henry Weist
1870–1870
Charles Oswald Weist
1872–1967
Edward W Weist
1877–1885
John William Weist
1880–1969

Sources (12)

  • Ernstiene Weist in household of Henry Weist, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Ernstine Matilda Weist, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
  • Ernestine M Blumel in entry for John W Weist, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German

On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hermann, Ralf.

South German (Blümel): from a diminutive of Middle High German bluome ‘flower’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a gardener or florist or, in some cases, possibly a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a flower. Compare Blumel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Ernestine Matilda Bluemel Weist (13 September 1839 – 21 November 1929)

Born in Grable Shlsn Germany LDS Convert and immigrant to America Father: Johann Christian Gottlieb Bluemel Mother: Maria Rozina Karge Bluemel Spouse: Carl Heinrich Weist Child: Caroline Weist Jo …

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