Friedrich August Menzer

b. 16 January 1839, d. 30 September 1900

Friedrich August Menzer, 1839-1900 (Nancy Sinclair Collection)
  • Friedrich August Menzer was born on 16 January 1839 in Colmnitz, Sachsen.
  • He was a carpenter [Zimmerman].
  • He married Concordia Wilhelmine Schiffel, daughter of Karl Gottlieb Schiffel and Johanne Friederike Böhner, on 15 September 1867 in Colmnitz, Sachsen.
  • Friedrich August Menzer became a widower at the 6 February 1887 death of his wife Concordia Wilhelmine Schiffel.
  • He married Anne Ernestine Schiffel, daughter of Karl Gottlieb Schiffel and Johanne Christiana Lieber, on 15 April 1888.
  • A portrait was made of Friedrich August Menzer and family, about 1899.
  • Friedrich August Menzer died on 30 September 1900 at age 61 in Colmnitz, Sachsen.
  • His wife Anne Ernestine Schiffel became a widow at his death.
  • Anne Ernestine Schiffel was a sister of Concordia Wilhelmine Schiffel, first wife of Friedrich Menzer, according to Fred Menzer's trip to Germany and research.
  • Source: Information on Ida Alwine Menzer and her her origins from Nancy Sinclair (May 2010), and "Bourke and Bass Families of Texas" by Sylvia Ann Bass (Genealogy.com FTM Online, April 2009).
  • Last Edited: 29 Sep 2015

Family 1: Concordia Wilhelmine Schiffel b. 22 November 1842, d. 6 February 1887

Family 2: Anne Ernestine Schiffel b. 18 June 1861, d. 15 April 1943