1. JOHN HENRY¹ GASSNER¹ was born January 15, 1822 in Minifield, Germany, and died June 26, 1912 in New Orleans, LA². He married EVA ELIZABETH BURG September 22, 1846 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri^3,4. She was born June 19, 1828 in Freckenfeldt, Germany, and died November 04, 1905 in New Orleans, LA⁵.

Notes for JOHN HENRY GASSNER:

There is a John GASSNER listed in the 1850 for Jefferson Parish, 5th Ward Lafayette, LA, but he is too old to be our John. It is possible that he is a relative of our John but probably not his father. He was born in Germany in about 1802, and brought with him a wife, Elizabeth, and 6 children ranging in age from 6 to 16. He also had 2 children born in Louisiana. Our John does not appear in any census until 1880 - I am now looking under any similar name to try and find him.

It appears from the report on John's death that 3 of his children, Maria Margaretha, John and Augusta Margaretha, must have died young, as it states that he was the father of 5 children. It also states that he was the grandfather of 24 children, even though his 5 children had 35 children born to them, so at least 11 died young.

John joined the Fireman's Vigilant Company No. 3 in 1862. He served with them for many years.

Notes for EVA ELIZABETH BURG:

Elizabeth's maiden name is listed in the cited marriage records as BURY. When the births of her children are recorded at St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Orleans Parish, her maiden name is given as BURG, which is the correct name. Obviously, an error was made when the original marriage was read and this error has been copied in several other records.

Children of JOHN GASSNER and EVA BURG are:

2. HENRY² GASSNER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born November 05, 1850 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA¹⁰, and died October 27, 1935 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA¹¹. He married MARGARET HENRY February 04, 1875 in New Orleans, LA. She was born 1852, and died July 07, 1936 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA¹².

Children of HENRY GASSNER and MARGARET HENRY are:

3. MAGDALENA² GASSNER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born August 08, 1853 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA¹³, and died April 22, 1917 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA¹⁴. She married GEORGE TROG February 01, 1872 in New Orleans, LA. He was born Abt. 1840, and died April 29, 1929 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA¹⁵.

Children of MAGDALENA GASSNER and GEORGE TROG are:

4. CATHERINE² GASSNER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born January 1858 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA²². She married IGNATZ WIRTH.

Children of CATHERINE GASSNER and IGNATZ WIRTH are:

5. AUGUST HENRY² GASSNER (JOHN HENRY¹)²³ was born August 31, 1866²⁴, and died January 11, 1934 in Washington, Franklin Co., MO. He married MARIE AMELIA ODENDAHL November 13, 1890 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA²⁵, daughter of FREDERICK ODENDAHL and MARIA SCHURICHT. She was born August 23, 1871 in Brownstown, IN, and died December 25, 1946 in Independence, KS.

Notes for AUGUST HENRY GASSNER:

Rev. August Henry Gassner was ordained prior to 1890 as his marriage record lists him as Rev. Gassner. By 1893 he was a minister in Lohman, MO. Before 1907 he accepted a call to Friedheim, MO, possibly as early as 1900. In 1910 he was in Cape Girardeau, MO and in 1911 he accepted a call to Washington, MO. More research is needed to solidify dates and places.

Notes for MARIE AMELIA ODENDAHL:

The parentage of Marie Amelia ODENDAHL has not been confirmed. It was previously thought that she was the daughter of Christian Henry and Kunigunde Marie (STROBEL) ODENDAHL. But I recently found a GEDCOM on the internet which listed her as the daughter of Frederick and Maria Elisabeth (SCHURICHT) ODENDAHL. This latter line makes more sense since Frederick and his children show up in New Orleans by 1880, which is where Maria and August got married. The only problem with this line is the date of birth for Maria, which is 1867 in the first line and 1871 in the second line. This line needs to be confirmed and worked out.

Children of AUGUST GASSNER and MARIE ODENDAHL are:

6. JOHN G.² GASSNER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born April 1870 in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA²⁶. He married LAURA FRAHM November 28, 1895 in New Orleans, LA.

Children of JOHN GASSNER and LAURA FRAHM are:

7. MARIE E.³ GASSNER (HENRY², JOHN HENRY¹) was born May 06, 1876, and died March 03, 1903. She married A. P. SCHROEDER. He was born 1875, and died 1922.

Child of MARIE GASSNER and A. SCHROEDER is:

8. AUGUSTA LOUISE JOHANNA³ GASSNER (AUGUST HENRY², JOHN HENRY¹) was born September 21, 1893 in Lohman, Cole Co., MO, and died March 22, 1997 in Independence, KS. She married AUGUST FREDERICK DROEGEMUELLER October 31, 1915 in Washington, MO. He died April 1962.

Children of AUGUSTA GASSNER and AUGUST DROEGEMUELLER are:

9. JOHN HENRY³ GASSNER (AUGUST HENRY², JOHN HENRY¹) was born September 20, 1896 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau Co., MO, and died February 20, 1983 in Lockwood, Dade Co., MO. He married LAURA MARIE HENKEL August 28, 1921, daughter of GEORGE HENKEL and KATHERINE HINN. She was born August 07, 1901 in Boscobel, Grant Co., WI, and died March 20, 1979 in St. Louis, MO.

Notes for JOHN HENRY GASSNER:

John GASSNER, like his father, was a Lutheran minister and served in that capacity for over 50 years.

Children of JOHN GASSNER and LAURA HENKEL are: