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Meta
GEFKEN
Born
9 July 1824
,
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Died
23 December 1903
,
Missouri, USA
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Meta was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1843.
Born in Grasdorf, Hanover
daughter of Johann Hinrich Gefken and Anne Schnakenberg
daughter of Johann Hinrich Gefken and Anne Schnakenberg
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Meta GEFKEN
Meta GEFKEN married 
Emil Julius Moritz WEGE
Marriage date: abt. 1843
Marriage place: , Missouri, USA
Emil Julius Moritz WEGEMarriage date: abt. 1843
Marriage place: , Missouri, USA
Marriage notes:
Lake Creek, Benton, MO
Children:
Anna Amelia Wege (21 Jun 1844 - 26 Mar 1919)
Mary Wege (abt 1846 - )
Henry Wege (abt 1849 - )
Minnie Johanna Wege (23 Jan 1853 - 24 Jan 1915)
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Birth — 18249 July 1824
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 Death of Spouse/PartnerEmil Julius Moritz WEGE died 3 July 1870, Augusta, St Charles, Missouri, USA
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
Death — 190323 December 1903
Missouri, USA
She died at the age of 79.
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Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery Augusta St. Charles County Missouri, USA
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