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HERT, Benjamin

HERT, Benjamin

Male 1852 - 1921  (68 years)   Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name HERT, Benjamin  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 20 Aug 1852  Berne, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 55922587 
    Immigration 1854  Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    with his parents from Switzerland 
    • The family moved to Moniteau County, Mo in 1866. After his mother died the next year, they moved back to Tuscarawas County, OH. In 1875 he returned to Moniteau County to work with his brother, Fred HERT, in his business making wagons and buggies, and blacksmithing.
    Death 15 Jul 1921  California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Age 68 years 
    Burial 17 Jul 1921  Evangelical Cemetery, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Address:
    Evangelical Cemetery
    California, Missouri
    USA 
    Person ID I4837  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2025 

    Father HERT, Benedict,   b. 1819, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1889 (Age 70 years) 
    Mother STOLL, Anna Marie,   b. 1810, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1868, Moniteau County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Family ID F2171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MESSERLY, Emma Elizabeth,   b. 21 Mar 1859, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1943, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jun 1884  Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6
    Age at Marriage He : 31 years and 10 months - She : 25 years and 3 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Family ID F1926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Aug 1852 - Berne, Bern, Switzerland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - with his parents from Switzerland - 1854 - Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Jun 1884 - Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jul 1921 - California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Evangelical Cemetery
    California, Missouri
    USA - 17 Jul 1921 - Evangelical Cemetery, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
    Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Tree, p 6; Directory, p 5.

    2. [S1203] J. E. Ford, Book - Moniteau County, MO History (Ancestry), (California, Missouri: Marvin H. Crawford, 1936.), 15 Jul 2019, p 420-424.

    3. [S827] Missouri State Archives, Death Certificate - MO - Online Image (MO Digital Heritage), ((http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/ : 2007-2014)), 13 Aug 2019, accessed 13 August 2019), Benjamin Hert, 15 July 1921, #18225.
      Death Cert - Benjamin Hert
      Death Cert - Benjamin Hert


    4. [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Directory, p 5.

    5. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 25 May 2018, accessed 25 May 2018<, Benjamin Hert, Memorial #55922587.

    6. [S685] Missouri., Marriage Records - MO - 1805-2002 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 : 2007.), 20 May 2018, 221, Hert-Messerly, 18 June 1884, accessed 20 May 2018.
      Marriage License from Moniteau County, MO. Wedding took place in Pettis County, MO.


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