This is a list of names and history of the Mengeses in my family from the earliest to the most recent.

9.Fredrick Adam Menges married Mary Eva Klein.

8.John Adam Menges b.1763 d.1795. John married Anna Mary Beck. Anna Beck b.abt 1765 d.1807.

7.Johann Michael Menges b.1793 d.1883. Johann married Katharina Barbara Schauer. Katharina Schauer b.1793 d.?.

6.Philipp Jacob Menges b.1815 d.1854. Philipp married Kathrina (Catherine) Eyer. Catherine Eyer b.1823 d.1870.

5.Franziskus (Frank) Menges b.1845 d.1929. Frank married Josephine Deichelman. Josephine Deichelman b.abt 1847 d.abt 1890.

4.Charles Francis Menges b.1OCT1875 Rochester, New York d.1JAN1959 Wichita, Kansas. Charles married Mary WIlhelmina Erker on 22NOV1898 in Ost,Kansas. Mary Erker b.5MAR1875 Elizabeth, New Jersey d.2AUG1954 Wichita, Kansas.

Charles had four siblings. Emil Menges b.abt 1874 d.1875. Gertrude Menges b.abt1878 d.?. George Menges b.1881 d.1946. George married Margaret Suellentrop and they had about nine children. Joseph Menges b.abt1885 d.?.

Charles and Mary had ten children. Katherine Elizabeth Menges, August C. Menges, Joseph Menges, John William Menges, Frederick George Menges, Mary Frances Menges, Julius J. Menges, Josephine Caroline Menges, Leonard Christian Menges and Louis Henry Menges.

3.Frederick George Menges b.13DEC1900 Ost, Kansas d.6OCT1965 Wichita, Kansas. Frederick married Martha Rita Watson on 13JUN1922 in Wichita, Kansas. Martha Watson b.27MAR1899 Atchison, Kansas d.3JAN1983 Wichita, Kansas. Their daughter, Rita Maxine Menges, passed away on 1MAR2001. They had three children who are still living at this time, Gerald Menges, Joyce Menges and Carol Menges.

2.Joyce Menges married LeRoy Schad. Joyce and LeRoy had six children, James, Laura, Frederick, Kenneth, Raymond and David.

1.Raymond Schad