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Re: William Dietrich Schrader; Hannover

blissiorio — 2009-10-28 19:08:16Z

you posted this 7 years ago... i know of a good way to find out. write back if youre still around.

William Dietrich Schrader; Hannover

dash44 — 2009-10-28 19:07:56Z

Trying to find info on William Dietrich Schrader b- Jun 1801 and his wife Sophia Francis ? b-Aug 1812. They immigrated and arrived in NY,NY on 6 Nov 1833 on ship "Columbia" with children Charlotte b-22 Feb 1825, William b-1 Sept 1828, and Henry b-24 Aug 1833. All records say they were from "Kingdom of Hannover". Only exception is 1880 census that says Sophia from Baden. Trying to find village they came from? At a standstill. Thanks

Re: Norgatton? Kingdom of Hanover

dunfermline112 — 2009-10-15 18:12:24Z

thanks - I thought the entry was short!
I'll look at the following page and try to see what it is saying. That German gothic print is sure hard to translate!!

Re: Norgatton? Kingdom of Hanover

otti69fant — 2009-10-15 14:22:13Z

The gazetteer says : "Nordgoltern, Dorf mit Gut. Pr., Hann. RB", which means: "Village with private domain, (Kingdom of) Prussia, (Province of) Hannover". The following entry, which ends on the next page, has informations about the belongings to administrations like Police, Court and so on.

Re: Norgatton? Kingdom of Hanover

dunfermline112 — 2009-10-09 12:01:52Z

I followed up the suggestio above and got "Nordgoltern, D. mit. Gut. Br., Hann. RB" from Meyers Gazetteer of the German Empire.
What does the D. mit Gut. Br. mean?

The originator of the reply was noted as 'bauermeister'. This seems too much of a coincidnece since the relative I am looking for is Heinrich Bauermeister, b. circa 1785 in this area!

Norgatton? Kingdom of Hanover

Greg_Usrey — 2009-10-09 12:01:15Z

I have a place name for a relative born about 1775 but I can find no reference to this place. Does it exist? Advice and Info appreciated.

Ludwig Hormann, Kingdom of Hannover

richardH02 — 2009-10-09 00:51:58Z

Looking for decendants of Ludwig Horman
of New York City who was born Hermann Ludwig
Hormann (sic) in Du:ring, Loxstedt. Province
of Hanover (then Kingdom of Hanover).
He married Babette Veyl in New York City
about 1901. I have some info on his
ancestors in Loxstedt.

Elfrieda Hussemann of the city of Hannover

Paulzebe — 2009-09-30 18:22:12Z

Hi,

My great aunt, Elfrieda Hussemann (nee Zebe), widow of August H, lived for many years after WWI in the city of Hannover. She was not born there, and neither was her husband, although he was born in the Kingdom of Hannover prior to its annexation by Prussia. She and her husband were Catholics.

What information I have is from her marriage record and several post-WWI Hannover city directories. Can anyone suggest resources for getting more information? I'm looking for information about her life and death, her husband, and her children.

Thanks!
Paul Zebe

Re: Heinrich SCHRÖTKE

ujoh — 2009-09-24 06:55:27Z

Yes, Gollern was part of the Kingdom of Hanover at that time. In your original note, you mentioned that the person you are researching was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, not specifically in the city of Hanover.
And yes, it may really be that he escaped from military duty.

In the same archive I also found a person just listed as Schrötke (without first name) from Eimstorf (which is in the same region as Gollern). He was born presumably in 1846. And the entry just says that this Schrötke went to America, sneaking off before recruitment in 1868 to avoid military duty.
These entries were often made "after the fact", sometimes years later.

Re: Heinrich SCHRÖTKE

KateNich — 2009-09-24 03:10:52Z

Thank you very much for your assistance.

There is a CH Schrotke and Christian Schrotke that moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, born about 1821 in Bavaria. Also a CHF Schrotke who departed from Hamburg in 1866, probably the opposite end of the emigrant archive you found. He is self-reported as both a carpenter and safemaker. Unfortunately this is probably the one you found.

My Heinrich Schrotke was born 1845 in Hanover. In the 1870 census he is in a boarding house with a John Schrotke in Minnesota. With such an unusual name I assume they are related, maybe father and son (John's age is smudged). Heinrich worked as a laborer for the railroad and later owned a brewery/bar. His eldest son, however, became a carpenter.

I assume that Heinrich left Hanover when it was absorbed into Prussia & that he left both to avoid military duty and for economic opportunity (no proof, only assumptions). Would Hanover records be included in the emigrant archive you were looking at? If he escaped, would he be listed under his real name?

Hinrich Wilhelm Hamke

lirvine9 — 2009-09-01 20:26:53Z

Looking for details regarding Hinrich Wilhelm Hamke, born 17 February 1844, possibly in Nordleda/Hannover. Parents possibly Johann Hinrich Hamke and Margaretha Loose. Married to Wilhelmine Mohrman, born 1844.

Re: Johann Ludwig WEHR 1836 - 1906

aneill52 — 2009-08-18 04:59:10Z

Hi,
once again thanks for the information,
Anne

Re: Diedrick SCHMADAKE Family

ujoh — 2009-08-17 11:12:07Z

Forget about my last post.... I found them when searching for something completely different..

I found this entry in the Niedersachsen Staatsarchiv...

1. Schmädecke, Diedrich, Stöckse
3. Häusling
5. Ehefrau; Kinder unter 14 Jahre
7. Amerika
8. 14. 09. 1845

Meaning:

Diedrich Schmädecke from Stöckse; Häusling (that's his "profession", meaning simply: he rented a house (presumably by working for the house owner);
he left with his wife and children unter 14 years of age for America on 14.09.1845

So several misspellings..
the original family name was Schmädecke and the name of the town was Stöckse (not Stöcken as I have first guessed).. Stöckse, is a village in Kreis Nienburg (perhaps some 40-50 kilometers northwest of Hannover)...

For more information you should contact

Kirchenbuch.Staki.Hannover@evlka.de

That's the office of the Protestant Church in Niedersachsen where they centrally keep church records. You can ask them to research your ancestors birth date and parents. I checked if they have records for Stöckse but did not find anything. But I am quite sure that Stöckse might have been part of the parish of Steimbke.... so ask them :-)

Here another link on Stöckse:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%B6ckse

I also found Heinrich Schmädecke in the archive:
His entry just says:

1. Schmädecke, Heinrich, Stöckse
3. Häusling
7. Amerika
8. 14. 09. 1845

Meaning:

Heinrich Schmädecke, Stöckse; Häusling (meaning see above); left for America on 14.09.1845

Re: Diedrick SCHMADAKE Family

ujoh — 2009-08-17 07:42:45Z

The family you are looking for was most certainly from Stöcken. Stöcken nowadays is part of Hannover city.
They were probably Protestant. So you could ask here about church records ...

Kirchenbuch.Staki.Hannover@evlka.de

That's the email address of the office of the Protestant church in Niedersachen where church records are centrally kept. They will certainly know to which parish Stöcken belonged at the time and can help to find the records.

Re: Herman Ludwig Huelster

ujoh — 2009-08-17 07:32:58Z

This is the website of the town of Haselünne:

http://www.haseluenne.de/emailverwaltung.htm

Perhaps you contact them asking about local churches/church records - about where registers are kept. As you do know his birth date and the name of his parents perhaps the entry can be verified in the church records.
Then you can go on... Good luck

By the way, I also found him in the emigrants archive of the Niedersachsen Staatsarchiv - with an additional interesting comment.

Here he is listed as:

Hülster, Hermann Reinhart Ludwig
born 31.05.1851, Haselünne
He emigrated on 31.12.1866 to Amsterdam (Holland);
add. comment: he has relatives in Amsterdam

So may be, he went on from Amsterdam to the US.

Re: Bertha Alexander

ujoh — 2009-08-17 06:29:54Z

http://www.dad-recherche.de/hmb/search.asp?Nachname=Alexande...=

That may be your Bertha Alexander... found her in the emigrants database of Deutsche Auswanderermuseum.

To get more information, you have to pay... unfortunately..

Re: Heinrich SCHRÖTKE

ujoh — 2009-08-17 04:46:39Z

I found a Heinrich Schrötke in the emigrants archive of the Niedersachsen Staatsarchiv...

But the entry is very short...just telling

that Schrötke, Christian Heinrich Friedrich from Gollern emigrated to New York in 1866.

That may be your Heinrich Schrötke...

Gollern is small village in the vicinity of Bad Bevensen in the north-eastern part of Niedersachsen.

Re: Mary Hardy b. Hanover abt. 1818

ujoh — 2009-08-17 04:29:49Z

http://www.ged-search.com/hmb/search.asp?Nachname=Hardy&...=

I found Maria Hardy here (see link above)... I you only enter last name Hardy and date 1846 ... you'll get a list of names. That was probably her family.
Maybe this Maria is your Mary... although Maria is older... she was already born 1801 according to my list...

In any case, the site is Deutsche Auswanderermuseum Bremerhaven.. they can give you more information on place of birth etc. ... but you have to pay for the complete entry...

Re: Herman Schroeder of Lamstedt and Marie Woelber of Bulkau

fredbuck54 — 2008-09-11 01:51:17Z

Hi,

I see you are interested in your ancestry from Lamstedt and Bülkau (or, if you don't want to use umlauts, Buelkau). It is not necessary to hire someone in Germany to do all of your research. If you have access to a LDS (Mormon) Family History Center, you can do much of it yourself using microfilms of the church record for Lamstedt and Bülkau and the genealogy records of the Lamstedter Bördemuseum, the local history museum in Lamstedt.

I looked up your Schröder/Schroeder family in the Lamstedt church and Bördemuseum records and determined that the parents of Hermann Schröder, Christoph Schröder and Catharine Wölpern, had moved to Lamstedt from other places. The Bördemuseum records did not give a marriage date for Christoph and Catharine but did list the births (and some deaths) of seven children in this family: 1) Matthias, * 6 Jun 1834; 2) Nikolaus, * 2 Jan 1836, + 9 Jan 1836, 3) Wilhelm, * 21 Jan 1837, 4) Nikolaus, * 28 May 1839, 5) Anna, * 26 Dec 1842, + 2 Jan 1843, 6) Tewes, * 19 Jan 1844 and 7) Harm (Hermann) * 6 Feb 1848. I then looked up each of these records in the Lamstedt Kirchenbuch (church book). The baptismal record for Matthias (actually his full name was Matthees Hinrich) stated that the mother, Catharina Wülbern (not Wülpern), was from the nearby village of Bülkau and that one of the godparents was Ratje Hinrich Schröder from the village of Neuhaus about 15 or so miles north of Lamstedt.

While I am on the subject of Baptismal records, let me give you a transcription of the baptismal record for Hermann Schröder:

1848 Geborne und Getaufte eheliche

15. Februar
den 6ten Christopher Schröder, Bäcker in Lamstedt, und
Catharine, geborne Wülbern, einen Sohn, geborne den
26sten Januar, Abends 6 Uhr, genannt
Hermann
Gevattern: Gerd Hinrich Sticht, Christopher Kröger,
Anna Elisabeth Rothermel, alle aus Lamstedt.

This record states that Hermann (not Harm as indicated in the Bördemuseum records), was born on 26 Jan 1848 and was baptized on 6 Feb 1848. So the Bördemuseum records were wrong on two counts.

Even though the I then checked the Lamstedt marriage records back to 1830 but did not find any marriage for Christoph and Catharine.

The Bördemuseum records did list a death date and an approximate birthdate for Christopher Schröder. He was born in about 1805 and died on 4 Jan 1875. No birth or death dates were given for Catharine Wülpern/Wülbern. The Bördemuseum record also indicated that Hermann's older brother, Wilhelm, married a woman by the name of Maria Meyer, the daughter of Johann Meyer from the village of Wanna, on 28 Mar 1867. Wilhelm and Maria had one daughter who was born in Lamstedt, Anna, who was born on 17 July 1867.

I was not able to verify any of these later Lamstedt records because the microfilmed church records end in the year 1852.

I next went to the Bülkau church records and immediately was successful. The following is the marriage record for Christopher Schröder and Catharine Wölber (not Wülpern or Wülbern):

Copulirte 1834

den 3ten April der Junggeselle Christopher Schröder, des
Tewes Schröder, Gastwirth zu Neuhaus ehel. Sohn, mit
der Jungfrau Catharina Wölber, des Matthias Wölber,
Tischermeister in N.E. ehel. Tochter. Im Hause
copulirt.

This record states that Christopher's father was Tewes Schröder, an innkeeper from Neuhaus and that Catharina's father was Matthias Wölber, a master joiner from the Nordende part of Bülkau. The couple were married at home (obviously the home of Matthias Wölber).

Unfortunately, I was not able to look for the baptismal record of your other ancestor from Bülkau, Marie Wölber/Woelber, because the microfilmed Bülkau church records also end in 1852.

I was able to find the following baptismal record for Catharina Wölber:

1809 Getaufte eheliche

den 7ten April Mathias Wölber, Tischler in N.E. und Rebeck
geb. Ahlf eine Tochter den 5ten ejusd. geboren, genannt
Catharina
Gevatter: Hinrich Reyels, Schmidt in N.E., Johann Bösch
des Bartold Martin Bösch, Hausmann in N.E. Sohn, Anna
Reyels des Peter Christian Reyels, Brandeweinbrenner bey
der Kirche Ehefrau, Catharina Meyer, Hinrich Meyer,
Hausmann aus Cadenbergen Ehefrau, Margarete Binde, der
Peter Binde, Schuster zu Norden der Kirch Ehefrau.

Catharina was born on 5 April 1809 and was baptized on 7 April. Her parents were Mathias Wölber, a joiner from the Nordende, and Rebeck(e)nee Ahlf.

I also found the marriage record for Mathias Wölber and Rebeck Ahlf:

1800 Copulirte

d. 30sten October der J.gesell Mathias Wölber des Claus
Wölber Tischler zu N.d. Kirche ehel. Sohn mit d. Jnfr.
Rebeck Ahlfs, des Hinrich Ahlfs, Hausmann in N.E.
eheliche Tochter.

The batchelor (Junggesell) Mathias Wölber, the son of Claus Wölbern, a joiner living north of the church (N.d. Kirche = Nord der Kirche, where Kirche is the church), was married to the spinster (Jgfr = Jungfrau) Rebeck(e) Ahlf, the daughter of the farmer (Hausmann = farmer) Hinrich Ahlf from the Nordende on 30 Oct 1800.

(Note: This record was the most difficult of the records to read. The Lamstedt records are quite legible and so are the later Bülkau records. Some of the earlier Bülkau records are more difficult to read, however.)

I also found a 20 May 1768 marriage record for Claus Wölber, a widow from Norden der Kirche, who married Margaretha Tiedemann, the daughter of the late Marten Tiedemann from the Nordende.

I do not have ready access to the Neuhaus records, but they are available through the LDS Family History Centers. Most LDS churches have Family History Centers.

The records that I have quoted required about three hours to find. I admit that I am rather experienced with the Lamstedt records, but this is the first time that I have seriously researched the Bülkau records. The LDS FHL microfilm numbers that I used were as follows:

2126096 Lamstedter Bördemuseum Stammtafeln, M-Z
1189000 Lamstedt Kirchenbuch 1806-1836
1189501 Lamstedt Kirchenbuch 1836-1852
1188958 Bülkau Kirchenbuch 1816-1852
1188957 Bülkau Kirchenbuch 1715-1726, 1746, 1751-
1752, 1759-1815.

Please contact me directly at fredbuck@sprynet.com if you need additional assistance.

My best regards,

Fred Buck
Cincinnati, Ohio

Re: Nieber Family

wnieber — 2009-05-08 23:17:10Z

I have searched through all of my files and cannot find a connection. Have you been able to find her parents yet?

Re: Hannover Records

larryparker124 — 2008-12-11 16:11:26Z

I forgot to add the link

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermain...=

Re: Hannover Records

larryparker124 — 2008-12-11 16:11:04Z

FamilySearch.com has books and microfilm rolls that can be rented and viewed at yout locah Family History center. I have rented a number of microfilm rolls for six dollars each, including one roll of church records. They are handwritten in an older German style, but you can usually understand and read the names, months, days of the month and years. Before you go into read the microfilm, you want to have a cheat sheet perpared with translations of genealogical words in German, such as birth, baptized, marriage, death, and dies.

Re: Furcht - Hanover, Germany

ujoh — 2009-08-17 04:16:07Z

I found your ancestor here...

try this link

http://www.ged-search.com/hmb/search.asp?Nachname=Furcht&...=

The Deutsche Auswanderermuseum in Bremerhaven keeps records of emigrants..

Maybe the place of birth of your ancestor is mentioned there... to get this information, you have to pay, unfortunately...

In this list, his name was abbreviated - Andr. - that is a shortened form for Andreas (that's your Audear :-) )...

Re: Looking for Heinrich Dietrich MEYER and wife Margarette CLAUSEN

ujoh — 2009-08-16 18:58:59Z

Your husband's ancestor was probably protestant ????...

Then contact the office of the Protestant Church in Niedersachsen... They centrally keep all church registers.
I checked... for Martfeld the church register begins in 1746.
As you know the birth date, at least the year of birth... They can check the parents and do perhaps some research for you.. whether they had more children, died in Martfeld, were born in Martfeld...
Here is the address
Kirchenbuch.Staki.Hannover@evlka.de

Re: Johann Ludwig WEHR 1836 - 1906

ujoh — 2009-08-16 15:38:50Z

I found this in the Niedersachsen emigrants lists:

1. Wehr, Johann Ludwig
2. 18.03.1836, Osnabrück
3. Kellner
4. Eltern (+ vor mehreren Jahren)
5. keine
6. ?
7. Australien
8. 17.04.1855
9. ?
10. Die Eltern haben 7 Kinder, darunter zwei minder=
jährige. Der älteste Bruder Ernst Wilhelm ist 1846
nach Australien ausgewandert. Er hat vor 4 Jahren
seinen Bruder Johann Heinrich nachkommen lassen und
jetzt Johann Ludwig das Reisegeld geschickt

Meaning: Johann Ludwig Wehr, born 18.03.1836 in Osnabrück. At the time of his emigration, his profession was waiter. His parents were already dead (and had died several years ago). He went to Australia on 17.04.1855. And the interesting remark:
The parents have 7 children, 2 of them are minor. The eldest brother Ernst Wilhelm emigrated in 1846 to Australia. 4 years ago he sent for his brother Johann Heinrich and now he also sent his brother Johann Ludwig the money for the travel expenses.
You can also find entries for the elder brothers here:

http://aidaonline.niedersachsen.de/

You should perhaps contact the local church registers to find more about their parents... As they were from Osnabrück they might have been catholic ????

Re: Heinrich KORBER - 1867 Osterwold Hanover

ujoh — 2009-08-16 15:04:24Z

It is probably more likely that Heinrich Körber was from Osterwald today part of the township of Garbsen which is more od less a suburb of Hannover city nowadays.

Also there is another Osterwald in the region of Hameln about 40 km west of Hannover.

Re: Herman Schroeder of Lamstedt and Marie Woelber of Bulkau

Albin_vonSpreckelsen — 2008-09-22 16:54:39Z

Hallo, Mr. Brady,
I notice you have succeeded in getting an exhaustive reply from Fred Buck, who is the most experienced genealogist overthere in the USA devoting to the genealogical research in the region where Lamstedt, Buelkau etc. etc. are located.
I have a list of emigrants of the parish of Lamstedt which was issued in 1856. Therein is stipulated No. 119 Wilhelm Schroeder, a son of the baker Christoph Schroeder. Wilhelm emigrated to New York in 1853.
Regards
Albin von Spreckelsen
21224 Rosengarten/Germany

Re: Location of Ninsted

otti69fant — 2008-02-26 21:36:17Z

Try the contact sheet:
http://familienforschung-ewig.de/tinc?key=Zx2ZK38f

Vorname=First Name
Straße=Street
Ort=Place
Land=county
Kommentar=Question

Re: Location of Ninsted

otti69fant — 2008-02-26 13:16:28Z

Ninsted is no German place name. But Nienstedt and Nienstädt are. See this website: http://wolfgang-ewig.de/ortschaften/nienstedt.htm
The owner has informations about the Heimbs family between 1835 and 1845 in Nienstedt, now Bad Münder-Nienstedt in Lower-Saxony, formerly in the Kingdom of Hannover. The years are nearly matching. Try to contact the owner. Good luck.

Spellman/Lange Name Change - 1700's and 1800's Kingdom of Hannover

auntnital51 — 2009-07-26 12:03:37Z

While tracing my Spellman ancestors in the area of Osnabruck, it was discovered that the name had been Lange then Spellman. Trying to find out why (thinking that he may have acquired land that had been Spellman land) it was discovered that this same person was also referred to as Eickman (or unter der Eichen). Someone is looking at land records but all that has been found is reference to all three of these names for one man. He was married several time, maybe as many as 4 times, and none of his wives were name Spellman, Eickman or Lange. Does anyone have an answer to this puzzle? Thank you.

Re: Meye from Saxony / Sachsen

cathyrasmussen34 — 2008-05-11 18:57:48Z

Hi Tim
I am Cathy, I hope we are talking the same Richard, My Richard's full name was Richard LLoyd Meye, He was in the Koren was.He was married 8 or 9 times, mothers name Edna sister was Jean. if this is the same as yours I would like to here from you.

Phone: 760-364-3646

h57c53@verizon.net

Re: Hannover Records

peggietoo — 2009-03-14 11:44:20Z

I am also looking for any type of records that will help me locate my g-g-grandparents families. They lived in Hanover and left their sometime between 1845-1846. Their names where Frederick Albert b. Mar 13, 1802 in Hanover and Caroline Hoppe b. Oct. 30, 1813 in Hanover. They settled in WI.

They both worked for the Kaiser, he worked with the horses and she was a dressmaker for the Kaiser's family.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You Peggie

Re: Herman Schroeder of Lamstedt and Marie Woelber of Bulkau

pbrady1 — 2008-09-11 14:43:38Z

I wanted to make sure that I publicly thank you for this information. This was a HUGE help.

Paul

Herman Schroeder of Lamstedt and Marie Woelber of Bulkau

pbrady1 — 2008-08-10 12:18:37Z

I have a fairly full document set on my gr grand Herman Schroeder who was born in Lamstedt in 1848 and gr grand Marie Woelber who was born in Bulkau in 1854. They migrated separately to NY ca. 1870. They had strong association with Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brooklyn... and death certs for Herman and his brother name the parents.

All of that would bode well for a successful research project. So. I'm looking for suggestions/recommendations for a good Hanover researcher in Germany.

Thanks in advance.

Johann Ludwig WEHR 1836 - 1906

aneill52 — 2009-03-08 03:00:25Z

Born 18 March 1836, son of Johann Heinrich WEHR, day labourer, and his wife Margarethe Wilhelmine nee SOLLMANN. Born Osnabruck, baptised 23 March 1836 by Pastor Bischoff,(church unkown).I am seeking any information on his ancestors or how I can find more information. JL Wehr immigrated to Australia 1855.

Re: Surname - GROTTHART (var. spellings) ZIESENITZ (var. spellings)

EileenWilson001 — 2009-03-13 02:39:20Z

Barb, unfortunately, vital statistics in Germany have always been kept at the local town level, so without an exact place of birth, you will not find a baptism. You certainly won't find a birth record in any event, as these did not become commonplace until about 1879.

Looking for Heinrich Dietrich MEYER and wife Margarette CLAUSEN

maryabernathymeyer — 2009-08-08 22:09:44Z

Looking for Heinrich Dietrich MEYER who married Margaretha
CLAUSEN. Their son Carsten Heinrich Friedrich Meyer was born in 1818 at Martfeld in Kingdom Hanover. Carsten married Anne Dorothea RITZ at Vacha (Thuringen) Germany (near the Czech border, I think). We think Carsten lived at a village called Wegholz near Hanover and that he left there in 1855 to immigrate to USA. Carsten's son John Heinrich MEYER (1846-1926), a direct ancestor of my children, was born at Vacha in 1846. Carstem amd Dorothea had about four children in Germany, and about four more in USA (not counting two stillborns) including Eleonore Christina Dorothea "Nella" KOESTER, and Carl Meyer who married Anna EHLERS, This family lived in Benton Co. Iowa at one time.

John Heinrich MEYER (1846-1926) was my late husband's grandfather. He married Anna Christina Magdelena UCK in 1885, and Bertha LINDEMANN in 1900. He had five children by each wife, and he died in Chattanooga, TN in 1926.

Can anyone tell me anything about Heinrich Dietrich MEYER and Margaretha CLAUSEN? Who were their parents?

Re: Hannover Records

RenaMcCarthy — 2009-03-14 01:48:06Z

Hi there,
I've looked on this German archive site to see if your relatives are mentioned - I looked for "Hoppe" as the other surname brought up far too many results. Although that surname is included, unfortunately not the girl you're looking for.

Although you state your ancestors came from Hanover I think maybe they lived in the Kingdom of Hanover, which we now know as Saxony and Lower Saxony in Germany. The royal family would have the use of more than one castle which will make your search a bit more difficult. This webpage shows some Saxony castles(schloss)in Germany
http://www.germany.co.uk/Culture/Castles/article,Charlottenb...

and this page shows that the king was born in a Berlin hotel altho I don't know why as there's a castle in Berlin http://www.answers.com/topic/george-v-of-hanover

Good luck,
Rena

Re: Hannover Records

RenaMcCarthy — 2008-08-16 15:33:11Z

Hi,
I found some of my family on this very interesting German site which names of the fallen/killed soldiers. You can search (suche) by either surname or the name of the village where they originated. For instance if you search for "Stein" a list of battles and the year will appear, each gives a link to the page which gives men's names and other information

http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/index.htm

Good Luck,
Rena

Re: English rule of Hanover? Any record or census?

RenaMcCarthy — 2008-08-16 15:12:35Z

Hi,

Usually migrants from Europe attended german Lutheran or Catholic churches, and I think you need to find the earliest church records which should give you the place where your relatives were born in Hannover. I have looked on this website for passenger arrivals but the earliest was 1850's
http://www.castlegarden.org/about.html

I have also looked on the UK national archive website for mention of a Fer(r)is in the British or Hannoverian army before 1850's - there are quite a few from Scotland, Ireland and England so perhaps you should visit the site yourself.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp

I also looked to see if your family were importers/exporters which would explain why one member of your family were in Hannover - I found a Ferris grocer in Truro cornwallin yr 1810, which is by the sea, plus a Henry Feris in Liverpool so there's a possibility if only yours were English

http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/

Good Luck,
Rena in England

Re: Jantzen and Related Families-Land Wursten

markjantzen — 2008-02-18 23:53:54Z

Hi, me and my father have been doing some more reserach into our family name for the past couple of days and have ran into a post you made about our family name 'Jantzen' on a website. We are, to our knowledge, the only Jantzen family living in england. We have traced it back to 1801 (Hanover, Germany) however our family has always believed it to be Norwegian. if you have any information on this please get in touch.

Re: Johann Hermann Meyer

unserewurzeln — 2009-08-02 08:44:16Z

Hi !
Me again . I googeled the word Kaspel and www.fremdwort.de ( fremdwort = foreigen word)says, Kaspel is a word of the Low German dialect which is still spoken in this areas and means "parish" . It could be, that your ancestor was born in town of Hannover churchdistict Nord ( = north).
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_%28Stadtbezirk_in_Hannover...
I´m not sure but I gess Hannover is in majority protestant.

contact the office of vital records/ civil registry and ask there for help and contact to lokal reverents.
Contact :
Standesamt
Heiligerstr.1
30159 Hannover
germany
32.31@hannover.stadt.de

Good luck !

Re: Heinrich KORBER - 1867 Osterwold Hanover

unserewurzeln — 2009-08-02 07:45:21Z

Hi !

I´m from germany. The name seems to bee Körber / Koerber. A Körber is sb. who made baskets or cages for amimals of pasturage.
The village is Osterwald (= means Easterforest)near the boarder to the netherlands. It is about 330 km far away from the town Hannover, but it belonged in former times to the kingdom of Hannover.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osterwald
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osterwald

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp

On LDS is one Heinrich Koerber who married a Catharine Meyer. She was born 1846 in Illinois.Could his be your ancestor ?

The next katholic parish today is :
Kath. Pfarramt
Hauptstr. 88
49828 Neuenrade
germany
0049 5941 920133

Good luck !

Re: Location of Ninsted

minsterel — 2008-02-26 14:59:30Z

Thanks for this message. I tried to reply to the email address given, but it was returned undelivered.
I would be greatful for help.
Thanks,
Minsterel

Re: Surname - GROTTHART (var. spellings) ZIESENITZ (var. spellings)

bndoneil — 2009-03-13 12:09:20Z

Thanks Eileen - not what I wanted to hear but your reply is appreciated.
Barb

Surname - GROTTHART (var. spellings) ZIESENITZ (var. spellings)

bndoneil — 2009-03-12 22:52:50Z

I am in Australia which makes research in Germany very difficult.

I would like to find a MARRIAGE between Sophie/Sophia ZIESENITZ and surname GROTTHART sometime around 1840's.

(Possibly in the Hanover area.)

Sophia GROTTKAST arrived in Australia 1849 and I am wondering if she may have been a widow as she bears some children here in Australia using that (and var. spellings) as her maiden name, she marries in 1854 using GROTTHART as her maiden name, she then goes on to have 5 children using ZIESENITZ (var. spellings)as her maiden name.

Can anyone help with looking for a Marriage between ZIESENITZ/GROTTKAST etc. approx. 1840's, births of any children and maybe even a DEATH for husband of this family if found.....?

Fingers crossed.....

Barb "Down Under"

Re: Herman Schroeder of Lamstedt and Marie Woelber of Bulkau

spbork1 — 2008-09-16 11:55:38Z

Hello,

You seem to have easy access to the Lamstedt church records. If so, would there be any chance you could check for the birth/baptismal record for CLAUS HEINRICH UMLAND(T) b Sept. 30, 1805 in Lamstedt? I have the date and location from my Grandmother (he was her grandfather), but have been unable to determine his parents.

I am aware of LDS microfilm rentals (as you suggested to another), but do not have a branch very near to my location.

Thank you.

Susan Bork

Re: Hannover Records

halpark — 2008-08-17 22:30:54Z

If you have not already done so, google Hannover.de where you will find everything you need to know about Hannover including where they keep their archives. English pages for those who do not read German.

Re: Nieber Family

casserly1 — 2008-08-08 01:41:56Z

I am looking for a connection for my Great Great Grandmother. Her name was Luise Marie Sophie Dorothee Nieber. In America, we have known her as Louisa. I have a number of photographs, as well as some pages of the family bible... She was born 09 Sep 1849 in a town called Hudenmühlen. This is in an area of Hanover, Germany called the "Heidmark". Louisa married a guy named Christoph Heinrich Friedrich Grünhagen on 07 Feb 1875 in Schwarmstedt. They had two daughters, one of which died as an infant. The other was named Luise Anna Grünhagen, but we knew her as Anna. She was born 05 April 1877 in Essel. Several years later, the family immigrated to America. They settled in Douglas County, Minnesota. Do you think you can connect my Luise/Louisa to your family?

If so, I have photographs of this family that I would be happy to share. You can contact me directly at Casserly@rrv.net

Re: Hannover Records

Peggie_Conaway — 2009-03-14 13:06:12Z

Rena,
Thank you for the reply I will check those out I dont' seem to have much luck finding things for German Hertiage. My family name Albert is a common name.

Peggie