BESTE FAMILY

BESTE, FREDRICK born 7 November 1827 in Hannover, Waldick, Germany came to America about the age of 14 years. On 1 November 1855, Fredrick married Marie Louisa Willhelmia Obermeier in St. Louis, Missouri. Fred and Louisa were the parent of twelve children, only eight of which I have been able to verify, there are as follows: HEINRICH FRIEDRICH (Henry) Beste born 24 August 1856. MARIE WILHELMINE (Mary) BESTE, born 1 February 1858, Mary married JOHN HEINRICH ADOLPH WISBROCK in Warren Co. Missouri, Louisa died 28 December 1940. FRIEDRICH WILHELM (William) BESTE, born 26 August 1859. FRIEDRICK HERMAN WILHELM (Fredrick) BESTE, born 9 March 1863. AUGUSTA WILHELMINE LOUSIE (Louise or Lizzy) BESTE, born 24 September 1864. Lissy or Louise married John H. Wolthaus, she died about 1949. AUGUST GERHARD LOUIS BESTE, born 3 October 1866 and died before 1870. MARGARETHE KAROLINE (Caroline) BESTE, born 20 May 1868, married AUGUST HERMELING and died 9 July 1926. JOHANN(John) BESTE, born April 1870 and died 6 Feruary 1912 having never married. LOUISA OBERMIERE BESTE died on 21 of either May or July in 1889 in Warren County Missouri. FREDRICK BESTE remarried to LOUISA CAROLINE KRUSEKOPT BOEDEKER (widow of HERMAN BOEDEKER) in Warren County, Missouri 8 January 1892. FREDRICK BESTE died 26 March 1908 in Wright City, Warren County, Missouri.

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