Mergeretha Bender

1853 - 1935  (81 years)

• Name	Mergeretha Bender
  Born	29 Aug 1853	Odessa, Ukrayina
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Feb 1935	LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA
  Buried	Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I268595	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Georg Peter Bender,   b. 1819, Bergdorf, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. Bergdorf, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Mother	Christina Vögele,   b. 16 Mar 1820, Glückstal, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 26 Apr 1869, Odessa, Ukrayina  (Age 49 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1840	Glückstal, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Family ID	F45881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Friedrich Merkel,   b. 9 Aug 1849, Bergdorf, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 15 Jun 1920, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Johannes Merkel,   b. 0Feb 1880, Odessa, Ukrayina   2. Jakob Merkel   3. Elisabetha Merkel,   b. 27 Aug 1875, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 5 Jun 1948, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 72 years)   4. Fredericka Merkel,   b. 19 Jun 1885, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1972, South Dakota, USA  (Age 87 years)   5. Friedrich Merkel,   b. 9 Apr 1888, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 12 Feb 1918, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 29 years)   6. Christian Merkel,   b. 23 Nov 1893, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 25 Oct 1955, Dickey County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 61 years)   7. Edward Merkel,   b. 1 Oct 1895, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 31 May 1953, Cass County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 57 years)   8. Philip Merkel,   b. 28 Aug 1898, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 21 Dec 1934, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F92979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Mergretha Bender Merkel Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: Aug. 29, 1853, Russian Federation Death: Feb. 6, 1935 LaMoure County North Dakota, USA Mergretha Bender, born 29 August 1853 in Glueckstal, Glueckstal, Odessa, South Russia was the daughter of Georg Bender and Christina Voegele. Mergretha married Friedrich Merkel in 1874 probably in Bergdorf, Glueckstal, Odessa, South Russia. This union was blessed with 11 children; Elisabeth, Christine, Johannes, Jacob, Fredericka, Frederick, Christian, Edward, Philipp and 3 unknown infants. Mergretha at the age of 31 with her husband Friedrich and their children; Elisabeth, Christine and Johannes immigrated to America via the Port of Bremen, Germany aboard the SS "Bremen" and arrived at the Port of New York, New York on the 6th of April 1885. The Merkel family initially settled in Spring Creek Twp, McPherson County, South Dakota and then migrated north and purchased 120 acres of Sec 13, Twp 130, Rge 69, west of the 5th Meriden in McIntosh County, North Dakota on the 8th of June 1908. Sometime before January 1920 Friedrich and Mergretha Merkel retired from their farm to Wishek, McIntosh County, North Dakota. Also, sometime after Friedrich passed away in June of 1920 Mergretha apparently lived with her son-in-law and daughter, Philip and Fredericka Bender in Wright Twp, Dickey County, North Dakota. (Provided by: DG Bender #47380620) Family links: Parents: Georg Bender (1819 - ____) Christina Voegele Bender (1820 - 1869) Spouse: Frederick Merkel (1849 - 1920) Children: Elizabeth Merkel Klein (1875 - 1948)* Fredericka Merkel Bender (1885 - 1972)* Fred Merkel (1888 - 1918)* Christian Merkel (1892 - 1955)* Edward Merkel (1895 - 1953)* Philip Merkel (1898 - 1934)* Siblings: Jacob Bender (1844 - 1870)* Philip Bender (1851 - 1935)* Mergretha Bender Merkel (1853 - 1935) *Calculated relationship Burial: Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery LaMoure LaMoure County North Dakota, USA Created by: ~K Record added: Jun 18, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 112552009