Other Events and Attributes:

• Elected: Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; First Treasurer of the school board; Address:
  Town of Two Rivers
• Funeral: Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Orgs: Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Census: 1880, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
• Elected: 1884; Pound Master
• Elected: 1886, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Constable and Highway Overseer; Address:
  Town of Two Rivers
• Elected: 1892, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Justice of the Peace; Address:
  Town of Two Rivers
• Elected: 1894, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  Town of Two Rivers
• Elected: 1895, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Town treasurer and Justice of Peace; Address:
  Town of Two Rivers
• Elected: 1907, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Constable and Highway Overseer; Address:
  Town of Two Rivers
• Elected: 1908, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Highway overseer; Address:
  Town of Two Rivers
• Elected: 1911, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Town Treasurer; Address:
  Town of Two Rivers
• Occupation: 1890–1920, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; agent for the Mishicot Fire Insurance company for 30 years
• Accident: Aug 1920, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; thrown from his milk wagon while, enroute , to the Range line creamery, with milk

Notes:

Elected:
Charles Meineke, who formerly lived on the farm now owned by Elmer Petri, served as treasurer and Ferdinand Witt served as the director of the first school board in the district. Their pay at this time was about $10.00 a year.

Elected:
Town Treasurer, but refused to qualify; Rudolph Bischoff did not find bod, Charles Meineke was appointed and approved.

Accident:
CHARLES MEINEKE News article and obituary

Chas. Meinecke(sic), residing three miles north of Two Rivers on the
Kewaunee Road, was severely injured Monday morning, sustaining a broken
arm and other injuries. He fell from his milk wagon while taking the
morning's milking to the Range Line Creamery. Mr. Meinecke was well
known having resided in the Town of Two Rivers for many years.
The Reporter, Thurs., Aug. 12, 1920
*************
Charles Meinecke(sic) passed away at Holy Family Hospital Monday
morning. The misfortune experienced last week in falling from his wagon
while driving to the Rangeline Cheese Factory resulted in internal
injuries which caused his death.
Deceased was born in 1861 in the Town of Two Rivers where he has always
resided. He was held in high regard by the community as a possessor of
fine qualities of manhood and good citizenship. He was a member of the
town board of education and has for the past 30 years been agent for the
Mishicot Fire Insurance Co. He was a trustee of St. John's Lutheran
Church. The funeral was today from the home with services at St. John's
Lutheran Church. Deceased leaves a widow, six sons, Erwin, Raymond,
Herbert, William, Harold and Erhart and three daughters, Mrs. Alvin E.
Jindra, Mrs. Wm Menges and Miss Esther. Also two sisters, Mrs. William
Schaefer of Two Rivers and Mrs. John Wetencamp of California.
The Reporter, Thurs., Aug. 26, 1920
~~~~~~~
CHARLES MEINEKE

Notes from Two Rivers:
Mr. Chas Meineke, aged 59, died Monday morning at Holy Family
Hospital where he was taken two weeks ago after having been hurt
in an accident. While Mr. Meineke was on his way to the creamery
he fell from his wagon and received internal injuries. He was born
in the Town of Two Rivers, September 2, 1861 and resided there his
entire life. He is survived by his wife and nine children, six boys
and three girls who are Mrs. Alvin F. Jindra, Mrs. Wm Menges, Erwin,
Raymond, Esther, Herbert, William, Harold and Erhardt, also by two
sisters, Mrs. Philip Schaefer of the Town of Two Rivers and Mrs.
John Wetencamp of Altadena, California. Chas Meinke was a prosperous
farmer and was highy respected by all who knew him.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thurs., Aug. 26, 1920

Buried:
Pioneers Rest Cemetery

Carl married SCHMIDT, Wilhelmina Maria on 7 Apr 1890 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Wilhelmina (daughter of SCHMIDT, Johann Joachim and GARTZ, Dorothea Elizabeth) was born on 23 Aug 1867 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; died on 9 Mar 1937 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. MEINEKE, Leona K. was born on 19 Feb 1891 in Town of Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; died on 18 Feb 1959 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 21 Feb 1959 in Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States.
2. MEINEKE, Nora was born on 21 Apr 1892 in Wisconsin, United States; died in Jul 1973.
3. MEINEKE, Erwin Henry was born on 18 Jun 1894 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; died on 19 Aug 1961 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; was buried on 22 Aug 1961 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States.
4. MEINEKE, Raymond Phillip was born on 7 Jul 1896 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; died on 13 Nov 1985; was buried in Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States.
5. MEINEKE, Esther was born on 10 Oct 1897 in Wisconsin, United States; died on 15 May 1973.
6. MEINEKE, Herbert Herman was born on 10 Jun 1899 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; died on 19 May 1978 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 21 May 1978 in Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States.
7. MEINEKE, William was born on 14 Apr 1901 in Wisconsin, United States; and died.
8. MEINEKE, Harold Henry was born on 26 Nov 1902 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; died on 16 Jan 1987 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States.
9. MEINEKE, Erhardt William was born on 8 Jan 1906 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; died on 19 Aug 1993 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: wealthy farmer
• Military: 6 May 1865, Wisconsin Infantry; Civil War Pvt. Co. G., 51 Reg Wis Inf; Address:
  Civil War
• Census: 1880, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
• Obit: May 1882

Johann married SCHICK, Catherine Wilhelmine. Catherine (daughter of SCHICK, Johann Peter and GEBHARDT, Phillipine Katherine) was born about 1830 in Partenheim, Hessen, Darmstadt, Germany; died after 1880 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 22 Nov 1851

Notes:

John Peter Schick, came to America in 1848, with five grown daughters, from Partenheim, Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany. His wife, Phillipine Katherine Gebhardt, whom he married in 1818, died at age 48, in 1845, in childbirth. Seven children had died before, one with mother, and one nine days later. John and his daughters all settled in Buffalo, New York.
The daughters were Christina (married Gottleib Schmelzer). They would visit the Meineke’s in Wisconsin). Also Dorothea Miller and Marie Koehm. One daughter, Elizabeth Kunsdorf, also died in childbirth, leaving a son, John, and a daughter, later named Sister Mary, Lady of Charity. Their father, being a drinker, was unable to care for them, so they were put in a Catholic orphanage. during the late 1930’s and early 1940’s, she was assigned to a girl’s orphanage in Green Bay and would often visit relatives in our area.
Daughter Katherine W. Schick (called Catherine) married Johann (John) Meineke (1827-1882), of Hanover, Germany in Buffalo, New York about 1854. Four years later, they came to Wisconsin with two young children, Louisa Catherine and Henry.

Johann married GEBHARDT, Phillipine Katherine. Phillipine was born in Partenheim, Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany; died on 27 Jan 1845 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died in Child birth