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Meta GEFKEN was born 9 July 1824 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Meta GEFKEN was the child of ? and ?Meta was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1843.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Meta married Emil Julius Moritz WEGE abt. 1843 in Missouri, USA . Emil Julius Moritz WEGE was born 28 January 1801 in Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen). Emil Julius Moritz died 3 July 1870 in Augusta, St Charles, Missouri, USA.
Meta GEFKEN died 23 December 1903 in Missouri, USA.
Born in Grasdorf, Hanover
daughter of Johann Hinrich Gefken and Anne Schnakenberg
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Family and Children of Meta GEFKEN
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Emil Julius Moritz WEGE-- Date: abt. 1843 Place: , Missouri, USA
Lake Creek, Benton, MO
Children:
Anna Amelia Wege (21 Jun 1844 - 26 Mar 1919)
Mary Wege (abt 1846 - )
Henry Wege (abt 1849 - )
Minnie Johanna Wege (23 Jan 1853 - 24 Jan 1915)
Children of Emil Julius Moritz WEGE and Meta GEFKEN:
Emil Julius Moritz WEGE-- Date: abt. 1843 Place: , Missouri, USALake Creek, Benton, MO
Children:
Anna Amelia Wege (21 Jun 1844 - 26 Mar 1919)
Mary Wege (abt 1846 - )
Henry Wege (abt 1849 - )
Minnie Johanna Wege (23 Jan 1853 - 24 Jan 1915)
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1824 Birth 9 July 1824
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 Death of Spouse/PartnerEmil Julius Moritz WEGE died 3 July 1870, Augusta, St Charles, Missouri, USA
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1903 Death 23 December 1903
Missouri, USA
She died at the age of 79.
Meta is buried at: Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery Augusta St. Charles County Missouri, USA
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- Updated: 5/8/2017 1:45:29 PM
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