Friedrich Muench family
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This picture includes children and grandchildren of Friedrich “Far West” Muench (1799-1881) and Louise (Fritz) Muench (1812-1887), posed in front of their original log cabin home at Lake Creek in about 1887. A copy in the family scrapbook of great-granddaughter Lillian (Muench) Wencker (1896-1986) identifies them as follows, from left to right:
Rudolf Muench (1866-1950), son of Julius and Elizabeth (Schaaf) Muench
Elizabeth (Schaaf) Muench (1843-1895), wife of Julius Muench
Eugene Muench (1875-1944), son of Julius and Elizabeth (Schaaf) Muench
Christine Muench (1881-1970), daughter of Julius and Elizabeth (Schaaf) Muench
Eugenia (Thamer) Muench (1854-1908), wife of Hugo Muench
Paula Muench (1877-1964), daughter of Hugo and Eugenia (Thamer) Muench
Alice Muench (1881-1963), daughter of Hugo and Eugenia (Thamer) Muench
Julia Muench (1872-1965), daughter of Julius and Elizabeth (Schaaf) Muench
Julius Muench (1835-1927)
Sophie Muench (1869-1944), daughter of Ferdinand and Emma (Himberg) Muench
Note – In 1887 Friedrich Muench had six surviving children, all married and with families:
By his first wife, Marianne Borberg (1807-1830):
Pauline (1827-1894) and Gordian Busch of Washington
Adolph Muench (1828-1889) of Charette
By his second wife, Louise Fritz (1812-1887):
Julius Muench (1835-1927) of Lake Creek
Emilie (1839-1889) and William Follenius of Fort Scott, Kansas
Ferdinand Muench (1841-1930) of Washington
Hugo Muench (1851-1936) of St. Louis