Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families
The Genealogy of the Following Families:
The Simon Family of Willebadessen, Germany, and its Descendants in America
The Barcant, Krogh, d'Abadie, and Related Families of Trinidad and Tobago
The Hurd and Clark Families of Kent County, Delaware and Caroline County, Maryland
The Dolan and Carr Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; and America
The McGillin Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wilhelmine A. Koenig
1837 - 1922 (84 years)
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Name Wilhelmine A. Koenig Born 20 Dec 1837 Germany 
Gender Female Died 7 Nov 1922 Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States Buried Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States Person ID I1654 Simon and Related Families Last Modified 26 May 2017
Family Joseph Mertens, b. 18 Jun 1831, Willebadessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 15 Mar 1868, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States (Age 36 years) Children 1. Theresia W.G. Mertens, b. 18 Mar 1858, South Carolina, United States , d. 15 Sep 1866, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States (Age 8 years)2. Joseph R. Mertens, b. 8 Feb 1860, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States , d. 11 Aug 1864, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States (Age 4 years)+ 3. Charles Louis Mertens, b. 4 Mar 1862, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States , d. 15 Oct 1937, Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Age 75 years)4. Julia Mertens, b. Abt 1864, South Carolina, United States + 5. William R. Mertens, b. Abt 1867, South Carolina, United States , d. Bef 1910, South Carolina, United States (Age ~ 42 years)6. John J. Mertens, b. 18 Dec 1867, South Carolina, United States Last Modified 26 May 2017 Family ID F521 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Died - 7 Nov 1922 - Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States 
Buried - - Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - BIRTH:
Year of birth would be 1836-1837, according to age (33 years) in 1870 U.S. Census for South Carolina, Charleston, Ward 4, page 234, line 36. Place of birth given as Prussia. Enumerated as Wilhelmina Mertens, with 4 children and no husband.
Year of birth would be 1837-1838, according to age (72 years) in 1910 U.S. Census for South Carolina, Charleston, E.D. 30, Sheet 1A, Line 27. Place of birth given as Germany. Enumerated as Wilhelmina Mertens, with sister Caroline A. Koenig, son William R. Mertens, daughter-in-law Ella M. Mertens, and grandson William G. Mertens.
Year of birth would be 1837, according to age (82 years as of 1 January 1920) in 1920 U.S. Census for South Carolina, Charleston, E.D. 38, Sheet 2A, Line 40. Place of birth given as Prussia, Germany. Enumerated as Wilhelmine A. Mertens, with sister Caroline A. Koenig, widowed daughter-in-law Ella Mertens, and grandson William G. Mertens.
Full date given as 20 December 1837 in tombstone inscription for Wilhelmine A. Mertens in Bethany Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina.
IMMIGRATION:
Year of immigration given as 1854 in 1910 and 1920 U.S. Censuses.
MARRIAGE:
Listed as widowed in 1910 and 1920 U.S. Censuses.
OCCUPATION:
Shoe store (1870 U.S. Census)
Proprietor, Shoe store (1910 U.S. Census)
ADDRESS:
Ward 4, Charleston, South Carolina (1870 U.S. Census)
262 King Street, Charleston, South Carolina (1910 U.S. Census)
77 Coming Street, Charleston, South Carolina (1920 U.S. Census)
DEATH:
Full date given as 7 November 1922 in tombstone inscription for Wilhelmine A. Mertens in Bethany Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina.
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