Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife/Saloon Keeper

Notes:

On the passenger list of the S. S. Johannesburg there is an entry: "Wilhelmine Back arrived in New Orleans on Feb 13,1857 on the ship S. S. Johannesburg". Anton Back's name is not listed. So they may have been married in the spring of 1856, and remarried in Boonville so their children would be American Citizens.
Catherine Wilhelmina Sophia Geuer, was born in Hoechst, Nassau, Germany on 13-Feb-1828. Her father was Johnann Geuer, a bookbinder. He was a Catholic, born in Cologne, Germany. Her mother was Caroline Luise Muller, born in Berline and a Protestant. The Godparent was Wilhelmina Klan of Rettert. After the death of Anton she returned to the Catholic Church and was a faithful and devoted member of the Church and the Sacred Heart Society. Her obituary says she was survived by a sister in Germany. She is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery at Boonville, Missouri.

From Boonville Newspaper
Deaths
Mrs. Anton Back
Mrs. Anton Back died at her home on West Morgan Street Monday night, March 2, 1903 at 8 o'clock, aged 75 years and 19 days. Wilhelmina Geuer was born in Germany on February 13, 1828; was married to Anton Back early in 1857, and in the fall of that year the young husband and wife became citizens of Boonville. Twenty seven years ago death entered the happy home and carried away the husband of 19 years, leaving to the care of the widowed mother the care of several small children. Guided and directed by a mother's loving heart, inspired by the thought of their future usefulness and actuated by true Christian motives as a mother, she reared these children to splendid manhood and womanhood. The children now living are: Philip and Joseph of Oklahoma Territory, Mrs. Louisa Potter, Mrs. Mary Barnett, Anton and William of Boonville. There are also 34 grandchildren and one sister, who is yet in her native country, living, to all of whom the public extends its heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement.
Mrs. Back had lived in Boonville since the year 1857. Her life of almost half century among the people of this city was marked by that devotion to parental, church, and other duties as only a Christian mother and citizen can offer. Deceased was recognized as a Christian because she practiced by example as well as by precept those qualities that must be uppermost in the Christian mind and heart. She was a devout member of the Roman Catholic Church and her everyday life was convincing proof of her devotion to the doctrine of her church. The funeral service was held at the Catholic Church on Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock thence to Walnut Grove cemetery where the remains were interred under the direction of J. Ed Taliaferro.

Catherine married Back, Johann Anton Peter on 24 Dec 1857 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. Johann (son of Back, Johann Peter and Debusman, Anna Elizabeth) was born on 30 Apr 1824 in Rettert, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died on 3 Feb 1876 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried after 3 Feb 1876 in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Back, Phillip Gottfried was born on 1 Jan 1858 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 16 Nov 1922 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Nov 1922 in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble, Oklahoma, USA.
2. Back, Louise Barbara Antonia was born on 1 Mar 1859 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 20 Jan 1939 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried in Jan 1939 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA.
3. Back, Emil Peter Christain was born on 7 Jan 1862 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died in 1897 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in 1897 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, USA.
4. Back, Joseph William Sr was born on 24 Apr 1863 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 26 Jan 1933 in Billings, Noble, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Jan 1933 in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble, Oklahoma, USA.
5. Back, Antone Daniel was born on 31 Mar 1865 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 23 Dec 1923 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried on 26 Dec 1923 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA.
6. Back, Anna Marie was born on 20 Jun 1867 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 13 Jan 1953 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried on 16 Jan 1953 in Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA.
7. Back, William Herman was born on 18 Jun 1869 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 4 Aug 1925 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried on 6 Aug 1925 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bookbinder

Johann married Mueller, Caroline Luise in UNKNOWN in Germany. Caroline was born in UNKNOWN in Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife