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Rev. Gerhard Timken

Male 1819 - 1882  (63 years)


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  • Name Rev. Gerhard Timken 
    Title Rev. 
    Nickname Gerd 
    Born 20 Mar 1819  Tarmstedt, Rotenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Dec 1882  Peoria, Peoria, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6257  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2016 

    Family Ernestina Caroline Stahlhuth,   b. 22 Feb 1830, Pollhagen, , Hannover, Preussen Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Oct 1914, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1851  St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Children 
     1. John H. Timken,   b. 06 Sep 1854, , , Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Nov 1908, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     2. Mary Timken,   b. 1853, , , Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Louisa Elizabeth Timken,   b. 1857, , , Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Emma Timken,   b. 1859, , , Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1860 and 1870  (Age 1 years)
     5. Frank Timken,   b. 1866, , , Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1995  Group Sheet

  • Documents
    Gerhard Timken and Ernestina Stahlhuth Marriage
    Gerhard Timken and Ernestina Stahlhuth Marriage
    28 Sep 1851 St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States
    Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
    Gerhard Timken and Ernestina Stahlhuth marriage record
September 28, 1851
    Gerhard Timken and Ernestina Stahlhuth marriage record September 28, 1851
    "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch, St. Louis > Marriage records 1848-1852 vol 4-5 > image 471 of 642; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
    Vol. 5, p 352

    Headstones
    Gerhard Timken
    Gerhard Timken
    Father
    Rev. Gerhard Timken
    1819 - 1882
    Timken Monument
    Timken Monument

  • Notes 
    • REF: http://istg.rootsweb.com/v4/arrivalsv4/neworleansv4.html
      Barque Sophie

      Bremen, Germany to New Orleans
      12 November 1838

      DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS - PORT OF NEW ORLEANS
      List of Passengers taken on board the Bremen Barque Sophie whereof Daniel H. Dewers is Master from Bremen burthen two hundred ninty five tons or thereabouts bound to New Orleans
      Columns represent: passenger number, name, age in years, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the Country to which they intend to go.

      39 James Timken 57 Farmer Tarmstedt, Hannoverin St. Louis
      40 John Timken 26 Farmer Tarmstedt, Hannoverin St. Louis
      41 Adelheid Meier 19 Tarmstedt, Hannoverin St. Louis
      42 Cord Timken 17 Farmer Tarmstedt, Hannoverin St. Louis
      43 James Timken 11 Tarmstedt, Hannoverin St. Louis
      44 Henry Timken 7 Tarmstedt, Hannoverin St. Louis
      45 Adelheit Timken 14 Tarmstedt, Hannoverin St. Louis

      A passenger of note on this ship was #44, Henry Timken.
      Henry Timken later founded the Company which was to become
      the Timken Roller Bearing Co.

      REF: St. Clair County (Illinois) Genealogical Society (SCCGS) <http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/stchome.htm>
      History of the German Methodist Episcopal ? Jackson Street Methodist Church 213 South Jackson Street, Belleville, Illinois
      Ministers who served the German Methodist Episcopal, later called Jackson Street Methodist Church, 213 South Jackson Street, Belleville, Illinois.
      TIMKEN, Gerhard Oct 1863- Oct 1864
      District Superintendents
      G. TIMKEN 1864 - 1868
    • Rev. Timken was an older brother of Henry Timken, founder of the Timken Roller Bearing Axle Company, a Fortune 500 company.

  • Sources 
    1. [S70] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
      Father: Johan Henrich Stahlhut
      Mother: Anna Margreta Arfmeyer

    2. [S125] St. Louis Marriage Index, 1804-76, St. Louis Genealogical Society, (Name: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1999;), Vol 5 page 352.

    3. [S167] St. Louis Marriages, 1804-76, St. Louis Genealogical Society, comp., (Date: 1999;), Volume 5, p 352.