Knoch, Anna Barbara

Female 1830 - 1907  (77 years)


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  • Name Knoch, Anna Barbara  [1, 2
    Birth 29 Jan 1830  Frohnlach, Coburg, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Alternate Birth 29 Jan 1830  Boderndorf, Coburg, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation Housewife  [5
    Death 23 Aug 1907  Boonville Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7, 8
    • Home of Martin Tucker
    Burial Aft 23 Aug 1907  Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I10704  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Family Kirchner, Johann Caspar,   b. 19 Aug 1833, Frohnlach, Coburg, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1900, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1854  Boonville German Evangelical Church, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6
    Children 
     1. Kirchner, Mary F,   b. 21 Nov 1858, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1945, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     2. Kirchner, Elizabeth Margaret,   b. 24 Jul 1861, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1947, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     3. Kirchner, Margaret Dorothea,   b. 18 Apr 1864, Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1922, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Jan 1830 - Frohnlach, Coburg, Bayern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlternate Birth - 29 Jan 1830 - Boderndorf, Coburg, Bayern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Jun 1854 - Boonville German Evangelical Church, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Aug 1907 - Boonville Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 23 Aug 1907 - Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    History of Cooper County, Missouri by WF Johnston
    History of Cooper County, Missouri by WF Johnston

  • Notes 
    • The following is from the Boonville Weekly Advertiser - August 26, 1907

      Mrs Annie B. Kirchner, wife of the late Casper Kirchner, died Friday night, August 23 at the home of her daughter, Mrs Martin Tucker, in this city. She was born in Germany 77 years ago and came to America 53 years ago and was married in New York on her arrival there. They located in Boonville soon after and have resided here ever since. The deceased leaves two daughters, Mrs Martin Tucker and Mrs John Bauer. The funeral was conducted from the residence Sunday afternoon to the Walnut Grove Cemetery.

      My name is Dan Brown. You may not remember me; we exchanged emails a couple of years back on my Kirchner line. At that time I was also talking to a Jochen Kirchner in Germany and through a third gentleman in Germany we were able to pull together a fairly long lineage of the Kirchners; I believe you have all of this information. Anyway, the reason I am writing is that I have a some additional information you may wish to put on the website.

      My gg-grandparents were Casper and Anna Kirchner. After some time looking for their graves, I discovered that they are buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville (see obits below). I visited the caretaker at WG and learned that they are buried in plots bought by their daughter, Margaret, the wife of Martin Tucker, former Sheriff of Cooper County. The Kirchner's graves are unmarked but are next to Martin & Margaret's grave which is marked. Also buried in this plot in unmarked graves are three of the Tuckers children: Barbara Magdalene (26 Dec 1888 - 18 Jan 1940), Martin E. Jr (no dates), and Lula Marie (no dates). Martin Jr and Lula died in infancy.

      In the obit for Anna Kirchner, it states that she immigrated to New York and was married on her arrival there. This is incorrect. Both Casper and Anna came to the US on the Ernestine which sailed from Bremen, Germany. They arrived in New Orleans on 1 June 1854. Most likely they took a steam ship from New Orleans to Boonville; they were married in Cooper County on 12 June 1854.

      Finally, I am fairly confident that the character in Emile Paillou's sketch 'Casper's Snake Story' (from Home Town Sketches) is my gg-grandfather, Casper Kirchner. The similarities in name, weight, and grape growing seem to be too many to be coincidence.

      Hope this information is of interest.

      Best Regards,

      Dan

  • Sources 
    1. [S105] USA: MO: COOPER: Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville.
      James F. Thoma
      jfthoma@chartertn.net
      http://www.mogenweb.org/cooper/CooperBitsCem.htm
      Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, MO.pdf
      Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, MO.pdf
      Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, MO.jpg
      Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, MO.jpg


    2. [S247] USA: MO: COOPER: Boonville Evangelical Church in Boonville.
      https://www.facebook.com/EUCCBoonville/
      Boonville Evangelical Church
      Boonville Evangelical Church
      Boonville German Methodist Church
      Boonville German Methodist Church


    3. [S12] USA: MO: COOPER: History of Cooper County by W. F. Johnston.
      William Foreman Johnson
      1919
      https://www.thomafamily.org//tfam/Mainfile_Histories/History%20of%20Cooper%20County%2C%20Missouri%20by%20WF%20Johnston.pdf
      History of Cooper County, Missouri by WF Johnston
      History of Cooper County, Missouri by WF Johnston


    4. [S2070] USA: Census 1880.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683

    5. [S1542] USA: Census 1900.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221

    6. [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:.
      Kirchner, Jochen: Jochen.Kirchner@t-online.de

    7. [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:.
      Brown, Dan: dwbstl@aol.com

    8. [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:.
      Individuals: Schler, Laura Gail nee Stegner: Letters: Deceased