Does anyone have access to Missouri Mortality Records 1850-1860?

Question:I am hoping to find death records for Johan Heinrich (Henry) Meisenschmidt, his son Heinrich Wilhelm and his daughter Johanne Marie (Marie) Christine. They were living in St. Louis. I was told they all contracted cholera and died sometime between 1851 & 1855. I have been unable to confirm this.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I am hoping to find death records for Johan Heinrich (Henry) Meisenschmidt, his son Heinrich Wilhelm and his daughter Johanne Marie (Marie) Christine. They were living in St. Louis. I was told they all contracted cholera and died sometime between 1851 & 1855. I have been unable to confirm this.

Couldn't find death information (at least under that surname spelling though i would bet there are a hundred different clerical spellings) BUT, I did find these marriage records from St. Louis, Missouri which may or may not be useful or new to you....

Henry C. Johannpeter to Anna C. Meisenschmidt Jan 31, 1855 (Volume 7 Page 107)

Carl Lindeman to Johanna Meisenschmidt Jan 31, 1865 (Volume 11 Page 614)

Yes I think I do if they are on ancestry.com let me just check, back in a moment. If I'm right the only Morality records for Missouri are just for Mississippi, would that be of any use to you.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/st...

aside from any specific lists, here is a historical report on the topic

As with anything you find on the internet, please get solid documentation or source citations to prove it's validity.

Here's a site that talks about the family:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/...

Here's also a ship manifest listing:

http://www.immigrantships.net/v4/1800v4/...

Here is another site that speaks of one of the daughters:

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hume/tree...

The state apparently didn't keep death records at that point. There is a chance that there might have been a listing of some sorts of all that died of cholera, but that means checking early city records.

Try checking cemetery indices, probate records, and property records. If you can find the cemetery that might lead to to a church with more records. And be aware that if there was a widow and she remarried, that it may be under her new husband's name.