Heinlein Genealogy | Mikel Johann (Michael John) Heinlein Sr (1873 to 1965)

Mikel Johann (Michael John) Heinlein Sr (1873 to 1965)

Research summary
Personal information:
- Birth: 28 August 1873 in Münchsteinach, Bavaria
  1. Parents:
    - father: John (Johann, picture smoking a pipe) Heinlein, born 10 April 1836 in Schornweisach, Bavaria and died 16 March 1919 in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
    - mother: Margarethe Wacker, born 4 April 1836 in Gleissenberg, Bavaria and died in 1919
    - Both are buried in Greentree Cemetery, Greentreee, Pennsylvania. (see Who’s buried in Greentree Cemetery? )
- Marriage to Wilhelmina "Minnie" Teepe Heinlein (1872 to 1952)
  1. She was a sister to Christina Teepe Heinlein, Conrad’s first wife.
  2. Wilhelmina emigrated to America in 1879 with her father Henry Teepe and her family.
  3. 50th wedding anniversary at Bon Air Golf Course (1942 0r 1943)
- Death records
  1. Death certificate Mikel John Sr. (6 April 1965)
  2. Father: John Heinlein (picture smoking a pipe) died 16 March 1919
  3. Mother: Margarethe Wacker (died in 1919)
  4. Mikel John died at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Mars, Pennsylvania
  5. Death information for Wilhelmina (24 November 1872 to 20 June 1952)
  6. Wilhelmina died at Passavant Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  7. Both Mikel John and Wilhelmina are buried in Coraopolis Cemetery.
Lifestyle:
- Information from census reports in 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930
  1. Head of household
  2. Occupations:
    - farmer
    - baker
    - carpenter
    - contractor
  3. Wife and children living at the house
  4. Other people living at the house
- Children: (see sidebar)
  1. Mikel John Sr had nine children with Wilhelmina (Minnie) Teepe.
  2. He raised one child, Andy Colter (1882 to 1957). He brought him home from the farmer’s market in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to work on the farm.
  3. Pictures of children
- Both Mikel John and Wilhelmina were members of Zion Lutheran Church in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, but after an argument with the minister, he wouldn’t go to church for months at a time afterwards.
Life events:
- Mikel John emigrated to America in 1883, with 5 other Heinleins from Abtsgreuth
  (Nuremberg document) and (passenger list document)
- Mikel John became a naturalized American citizen

Mikel Johann (Michael John) Heinlein Sr (1873 to 1965)

Family of Mikel John Heinlein Sr

Familie Heinlein Gravestone