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Christian Hinrich Menck

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Christian Hinrich Menck

Birth
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death
8 Nov 1909 (aged 78)
Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.9025262, Longitude: -98.3780648
Plot
Section/Row 1, Lot 80
Memorial ID
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NOTE: There is a LONG article describing the life of Christian Menck and his death and in role he played in the settlement in Iowa and Nebraska:
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Monday, 8 November 1909, page 1 and page 6

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C. H. Menck. Occupation: Harnessmaker. From Harmsdorf/Hoilstein. 25 yrs old. Left from Hamburg 3 May 1856 on the ship "Deuschland" with the port of destination being New York.

Filed for citizenship in Iowa (Davenport) on October 28 1856. Declaration of Intent in Scotts County, Iowa. In Nebraska Territory (Hall County) 4 July 1857.
Copy of Intenet Affirmed in Omaha on 254 Sept. 1867.
Received patent 2 November 1868.

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Grand Island City Cemetery Burial Record:
Name: Christian H. Menck
Date of death: November 8, 1909
Cause of death: Myocarditis
Place of death: Grand Island, Nebraska
Age at death: 78 years, 6 months, 7 days
Date of birth: May 31, 1831
Birth place: Holstein, Germany
Residence at time of death: Grand Island, Nebraska
Nearest living relative: Carl H. Menck
Occupation: Retired farmer
Married: Married
Male/Female: Male
Funeral home: Sondermann
NOTE: There is a LONG article describing the life of Christian Menck and his death and in role he played in the settlement in Iowa and Nebraska:
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Monday, 8 November 1909, page 1 and page 6

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C. H. Menck. Occupation: Harnessmaker. From Harmsdorf/Hoilstein. 25 yrs old. Left from Hamburg 3 May 1856 on the ship "Deuschland" with the port of destination being New York.

Filed for citizenship in Iowa (Davenport) on October 28 1856. Declaration of Intent in Scotts County, Iowa. In Nebraska Territory (Hall County) 4 July 1857.
Copy of Intenet Affirmed in Omaha on 254 Sept. 1867.
Received patent 2 November 1868.

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Grand Island City Cemetery Burial Record:
Name: Christian H. Menck
Date of death: November 8, 1909
Cause of death: Myocarditis
Place of death: Grand Island, Nebraska
Age at death: 78 years, 6 months, 7 days
Date of birth: May 31, 1831
Birth place: Holstein, Germany
Residence at time of death: Grand Island, Nebraska
Nearest living relative: Carl H. Menck
Occupation: Retired farmer
Married: Married
Male/Female: Male
Funeral home: Sondermann


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