Henry was born Heinrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Meinke in Hamburg, Germany on December 23, 1885. He married Elsie Louise Remwolt in 1913 in Hamburg. The same year they emigrated to the United States via Portland, Maine, and made their way to Western Canada the same year.
Henry and Elsie both worked in a hotel for a while until it burned down and they lost most of their belongings. They then settled in Alberta, Canada, where Henry became a lumberjack and Elsie became the camp cook, baking 18 pies a day and a multitude of sourdough biscuits for the hungry men. Their first daughter, Anne, was born in a small log cabin in Athabasca in 1918. Their second daughter, Dorothy, was born in 1920 in a hospital because Elsie did not want to give birth in the middle of the woods again. In fact, when it was time, they took a horse-drawn sleigh to the nearest hospital, which was 40 miles away and 30 degrees below zero!
Being immigrants, they had to check in with the Canadian Mounties once a month, but the distance was so far they were allowed to climb to the top of a certain mountain at a designated time once a month and wave to the Mountie to let him know they were still in the country.
The family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Muskegon, Michigan, where Henry got a job as a molder at Sealed Power Corp. (a piston ring factory). For a time, Elsie's mother Mary lived with them there. Their son, Ray, was born there in 1925.
In the late 1930s, Henry and Elsie bought a farm in Polkton (later renamed Coopersville), Michigan.
In later years, Henry and Elsie moved to Dallas, Texas, to be closer to their son Ray. Henry died there of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix.
PARENTS:
Jakob Meinke
(mother unknown)
SIBLINGS:
(unknown)
SPOUSE:
Elsie Louise Remwolt Meinke 1893-1980 (married in 1913 in Hamburg, Germany)
CHILDREN:
Anne Mary Meinke Ceton (1918-1992)
Dorothy Agnes Meinke Poel (1920-2017)
Raymond Henry Meinke (1925-2018)
Henry and Elsie both worked in a hotel for a while until it burned down and they lost most of their belongings. They then settled in Alberta, Canada, where Henry became a lumberjack and Elsie became the camp cook, baking 18 pies a day and a multitude of sourdough biscuits for the hungry men. Their first daughter, Anne, was born in a small log cabin in Athabasca in 1918. Their second daughter, Dorothy, was born in 1920 in a hospital because Elsie did not want to give birth in the middle of the woods again. In fact, when it was time, they took a horse-drawn sleigh to the nearest hospital, which was 40 miles away and 30 degrees below zero!
Being immigrants, they had to check in with the Canadian Mounties once a month, but the distance was so far they were allowed to climb to the top of a certain mountain at a designated time once a month and wave to the Mountie to let him know they were still in the country.
The family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Muskegon, Michigan, where Henry got a job as a molder at Sealed Power Corp. (a piston ring factory). For a time, Elsie's mother Mary lived with them there. Their son, Ray, was born there in 1925.
In the late 1930s, Henry and Elsie bought a farm in Polkton (later renamed Coopersville), Michigan.
In later years, Henry and Elsie moved to Dallas, Texas, to be closer to their son Ray. Henry died there of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix.
PARENTS:
Jakob Meinke
(mother unknown)
SIBLINGS:
(unknown)
SPOUSE:
Elsie Louise Remwolt Meinke 1893-1980 (married in 1913 in Hamburg, Germany)
CHILDREN:
Anne Mary Meinke Ceton (1918-1992)
Dorothy Agnes Meinke Poel (1920-2017)
Raymond Henry Meinke (1925-2018)
Henry was born Heinrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Meinke in Hamburg, Germany on December 23, 1885. He married Elsie Louise Remwolt in 1913 in Hamburg. The same year they emigrated to the United States via Portland, Maine, and made their way to Western Canada the same year.
Henry and Elsie both worked in a hotel for a while until it burned down and they lost most of their belongings. They then settled in Alberta, Canada, where Henry became a lumberjack and Elsie became the camp cook, baking 18 pies a day and a multitude of sourdough biscuits for the hungry men. Their first daughter, Anne, was born in a small log cabin in Athabasca in 1918. Their second daughter, Dorothy, was born in 1920 in a hospital because Elsie did not want to give birth in the middle of the woods again. In fact, when it was time, they took a horse-drawn sleigh to the nearest hospital, which was 40 miles away and 30 degrees below zero!
Being immigrants, they had to check in with the Canadian Mounties once a month, but the distance was so far they were allowed to climb to the top of a certain mountain at a designated time once a month and wave to the Mountie to let him know they were still in the country.
The family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Muskegon, Michigan, where Henry got a job as a molder at Sealed Power Corp. (a piston ring factory). For a time, Elsie's mother Mary lived with them there. Their son, Ray, was born there in 1925.
In the late 1930s, Henry and Elsie bought a farm in Polkton (later renamed Coopersville), Michigan.
In later years, Henry and Elsie moved to Dallas, Texas, to be closer to their son Ray. Henry died there of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix.
PARENTS:
Jakob Meinke
(mother unknown)
SIBLINGS:
(unknown)
SPOUSE:
Elsie Louise Remwolt Meinke 1893-1980 (married in 1913 in Hamburg, Germany)
CHILDREN:
Anne Mary Meinke Ceton (1918-1992)
Dorothy Agnes Meinke Poel (1920-2017)
Raymond Henry Meinke (1925-2018)
Henry and Elsie both worked in a hotel for a while until it burned down and they lost most of their belongings. They then settled in Alberta, Canada, where Henry became a lumberjack and Elsie became the camp cook, baking 18 pies a day and a multitude of sourdough biscuits for the hungry men. Their first daughter, Anne, was born in a small log cabin in Athabasca in 1918. Their second daughter, Dorothy, was born in 1920 in a hospital because Elsie did not want to give birth in the middle of the woods again. In fact, when it was time, they took a horse-drawn sleigh to the nearest hospital, which was 40 miles away and 30 degrees below zero!
Being immigrants, they had to check in with the Canadian Mounties once a month, but the distance was so far they were allowed to climb to the top of a certain mountain at a designated time once a month and wave to the Mountie to let him know they were still in the country.
The family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Muskegon, Michigan, where Henry got a job as a molder at Sealed Power Corp. (a piston ring factory). For a time, Elsie's mother Mary lived with them there. Their son, Ray, was born there in 1925.
In the late 1930s, Henry and Elsie bought a farm in Polkton (later renamed Coopersville), Michigan.
In later years, Henry and Elsie moved to Dallas, Texas, to be closer to their son Ray. Henry died there of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix.
PARENTS:
Jakob Meinke
(mother unknown)
SIBLINGS:
(unknown)
SPOUSE:
Elsie Louise Remwolt Meinke 1893-1980 (married in 1913 in Hamburg, Germany)
CHILDREN:
Anne Mary Meinke Ceton (1918-1992)
Dorothy Agnes Meinke Poel (1920-2017)
Raymond Henry Meinke (1925-2018)
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