First Three Generations of
Georg Heinrich (Henry) Ludwig Brennecke
Georg Heinrich Ludwig Brennecke, the second child of August Brennecke, Sr. and Wilhelmine, was born Dec. 19, 1829 at Wiershausen, near Sebexen in the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany. From the records found in the Cape Girardeau County Recorders Office, Book B No. 380, we find Henry Brennecke married Wilhelmine Amelie Alsendohn (Altenthal) on Nov. 11, 1852. They were married by F. Will Umbreiss, a Lutheran minister.
The Altenthal farm lay immediately west of Jackson on the south side of the old Jackson-Burfordville gravel road. It is now owned by the Beggs family and is planted with apple trees.
Henry Brennecke owned 40 acres of land adjoining August Brennecke's farm, as shown on an old map of the original surveys of Cape Girardeau County.
Henry died Aug. 7, 1856 at the age of 26 years and was buried in the Zion Methodist Cemetery west of Gordonville, MO. His father, August, Sr., died two months later. Henry, his father August, Sr., and his mother Wilhelmine are buried side-by-side under the large cedar tree. According to Alvin W. Brennecke, Henry's and August's graves were the first in Zion Methodist Cemetery. What caused their deaths isn't known. Typhoid fever was usually prevalent in those days in the late summer months and we might conjecture that this disease caused their deaths.
The following legal document appoints Henry's father, August, as administrator of the estate on August 8th, 1856, the day after Henry's death. The document shows his name as "Henry G.", assumable for "Henry George." (B1) The second document of August 8th, 1856 appoints John Albert and Henry Altenthal to accompany and assist August in opening and examining the monies and papers and in making an inventory. (B2)
On Oct. 20, 1857 the widow Wilhelmine married Theobald Khreibil and they raised the two daughters of Henry Brennecke and Wilhelmine Altenthal Brennecke. Wilhelmine (Mina), the older daughter, married Frank Steck. Caroline (Lena) married Gustav Penzel.
1Johann August Friedrich BRENNECKE
b: November 5, 1801 in Sebexen, Hanover, Germany
d: October 8, 1856 in Zion United Methodist Ch. Gordonville MissouriAge at death: 54
Number of children: 11
Occupation: farm laborer and linen weaver
Special Comment: Emigrated to USA November 1844
+Engel Christine Wilhelmine EICKEMEIER
b: December 5, 1806 in Alshausen, Dukedom of Braunschweig, Germany
d: March 20, 1871 in Zion United Methodist Ch. Gordonville, Missouri Age at death: 64
m: July 12, 1829 in Sebexen, Hanover, Germany
Number of children: 11
2Georg Heinrich "Henry George" Ludwig BRENNECKE
b: August 19, 1829 in Sebexen, Hanover, Germany
d: August 7, 1856 in Zion Methodist Cemetery, Gordonville, MO Age at death: 26
Number of children: 2
+Johanne Wilhelmine Sophie ALTENTHAL
b: August 29, 1832 in Sehlem, Hanover, Germany
d: 1869 in near Jackson, Missouri Age at death: 36 est.
m: November 11, 1852 near Jackson, Missouri Number of children: 2
3Wilhelmine (Mina) BRENNECKE
b: December 10, 1853
d: August 11, 1948Age at death: 94
Number of children: 7
+Frank STECK
b: June 10, 1855
d: February 21, 1892Age at death: 36
Number of children: 7
4Frances STECK
b: October 5, 1874
d: June 25, 1904Age at death: 29
Number of children: 3
+Dr. BUTLER b: January 1, 1872
d: July 15, 1942Age at death: 70
Number of children: 3
4Emil STECK
b: September 5, 1876
d: 1955Age at death: 78 est.
Number of children: 1
+Gretta BEGGS
b: 1889
d: 1920Age at death: 31 est.
Number of children: 1
4Susanna STECK
b: October 3, 1880
4Lena STECK
b: April 10, 1883
d: October 20, 1956in St. Louis, MO Age at death: 73
Number of children: 2
+William Fant DAMON, Sr.
b: September 30, 1880
d: December 16, 1949Age at death: 69
m: December 7, 1903 in St. Louis, MO Number of children: 2
4Caroline STECK
b: April 10, 1883
4Roscoe Frank STECK
b: October 4, 1885
d: November 6, 1968Age at death: 83
Number of children: 5
+Grace Catherine YARBRO
b: June 26, 1889
d: September 6, 1961Age at death: 72
m: June 15, 1915Number of children: 5
4Alva STECK
b: December 31, 1887
d: 1970Age at death: 82 est.
3Caroline (Lena) BRENNECKE
b: April 9, 1855 near Jackson, Missouri
d: October 10, 1937 in Jackson, Missouri Age at death: 82
Number of children: 4
+Gustave Robert PENZEL
b: April 6, 1855 in Jackson, Missouri
d: March 29, 1924 in Jackson, MissouriAge at death: 68
m: February 13, 1855 in Farm near Jackson, MissouriNumber of children: 4
4Linus Robert William PENZEL
b: August 9, 1879 in Jackson, Missouri
d: August 8, 1958 in Jackson, Missouri Age at death: 78
Number of children: 5
+Emma Mathilda KIES
b: February 1, 1881 in Jackson, Missouri
d: December 19, 1958 in Southeast Mo. Hospital Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Age at death: 77
m: December 25, 1907 in Jackson, Missouri Number of children: 5
4Robert Gustav PENZELb: October 28, 1881 in Jackson, MO
d: October 20, 1937 in Chicago, IL Age at death: 55
Number of children: 3
+Elizabeth DUFFYb: July 22, 1885
d: October 14, 1965Age at death: 80
m: January 7, 1909Number of children: 3
4Emanuel Emil PENZEL
b: August 26, 1884 in Jackson, MO
d: February 17, 1931 in St Louis, MO Age at death: 46
Special Comment: Identical Twin
Occupation: Lawyer
Special comment: State Senator in Missouri
4George "Alvin" PENZEL
b: August 26, 1884 in Jackson, Missouri
d: October 16, 1966 in Jackson, Missouri Age at death: 82
Number of children: 3
Special Comment: identical twin
Occupation: Banker in Jackson
+Eula M MILLER
b: November 24, 1886 in Millersville, Missouri
d: May 10, 1963 in Jackson, Missouri Age at death: 76
Number of children: 3
