Notes Regarding Spelling
Massing/Messing/Mossinger line:
There is debate about how this last name should be spelled. Various spellings have been found
on various documents as noted below. Earlier documents add the "er" at the end of the name, while
later documents drop it and end at the "g." It would be very helpful in solving this problem to find
church documents, especially back in "Prussia," Germany. If you can assist me with this problem, please
contact me at
.
Massinger
1850 US Census, Peoria County, Illinois (household of Mathias and Elizabeth Massinger)
Messinger
1860 US Census, Kickapoo, Peoria County, Illinois (household of Mathias and Elizabeth Messinger)
Mossing
1864 Marriage certificate of Matthias Mossing and Margaret Dorr (Elizabeth's brother) - Peoria County
Mossinger
Marriage Certificate, Peoria County, Illinois, 1869 (Frank German and Lizzie Mossinger)
Massing
1870 US Census, Kickapoo, Peoria County, Illinois (household of Math and Elizabeth Massing)
1870 US Census, Kickapoo, Peoria County, Illinois (household of Matthias Jr. and wife Margaret)
1879 Marriage certificate of Mary Massing and Henry Daily (Elizabeth's sister) - Cook County
1880 US Census, Kickapoo, Peoria County, Illinois (household of Mathias and Elizabeth Massing)
"1880 History of Peoria County" by Johnson & Company, Kickapoo Township (Mathias and Elizabeth Massing)
Death Certificate, Elizabeth German, Nebraska, 1928 (Matt Massing and Elizabeth Hameline)
(Also - I received an email stating that Mathias and Elizabeth Massing are buried in Old St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Kickapoo, Illinois,
does anyone have pictures of headstones?)
Messing
Past And Present Of Platte County, Volume II (Matthew and Elizabeth Messing)
German Family History by Fr. Ambrose German (Elizabeth Messing)
