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| Name: | Floyd A. Wieburg Jr. |
| E-mail address: | floyd.wieburg@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I am looking for information about the "Wieburg" family name. I know that my great-grand father came to the USA in the mid 1800. Would like to learn more of his life prior to his leaving. I know that his father was named Edzard Wieburg and his mother was W. Maria Fremy. I have been able to track down more information on his mother's side, but little to nothing about his father's side. |
| Name: | Darold Heikens |
| E-mail address: | heikens@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Great little site. I'm helping my son put together a family history on the Heikens family from the same general area of Germany. Like your family my great great grandfather Julius Gossen Heikens came over to the US in 1860's. I grew up in Wellsburg, IA where low german was still spoken by my grandparents and to others of the same age. Thank you for the information on New Orleans as a possible point of entry and the surname requirement by Napolean. That was new information for me. |
| Name: | Scott Spencer |
| E-mail address: | tama112003@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I am researching the Apfeld family. My ggrandmother Altje Apfeld b.1848, married Martin Peters of Hannover. She had 2 known brothers Hinrich and Gerhard and 1 sister Frederika. I have photos taken in Leer and Bremen,but dont have much and would appreciate any help. |
| Name: | Dennis Renken |
| E-mail address: | renkenconsulting@chartermi.net |
| Comments: | I'm the great Grandson of Michel Reiken and Anna Katrina Weber Renken who lived in Marx, Ostfriesland they left from Bremen to arrive May 25 1868 in New York and homesteaded on 80 of land in Lizard Twp Pocahontas County Iowa The Renken familys still owns this land. I am proud of my ancestors for the gusty act to leave their homeland.He worked for a rich man tending the cattle. |
| Name: | Judy Schroeder |
| E-mail address: | judysch88@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Looking for Harms Eiben |
| Name: | Garth Eimers |
| E-mail address: | thezins@aol.com |
| Comments: | Apparently my great-great-great grandfather come from Ostfriesland name of Charles Eimers in the mid 19th century. He was a chaplin in the German Navy in that time. |
| Name: | Anne Ingalls |
| E-mail address: | acsingalls@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I am trying to find the correct spelling of the surname "Bronloewe" or "Bronlvewe" or possibly something similar. The given names are Thomas, Johanna, Martha, Catharine and Gerhardine. Catharine lived in Oregon and Kansas, as far as I know. They are on the 1865 manifest for a ship that sailed from Bremen. They gave their origin as Ostfriesland and were bound for Illinois. Any assistance with the name spelling would be appreciated.
Thanks, Anne |
| Name: | Anneliese van Aardt |
| E-mail address: | anneliese.vanaardt@za.saabgroup.com |
| Comments: | I am trying to find missing pieces of my family. The surname is Kleynhans and he immigrated to South Africa in the 1700s, he came from Wagenveld. Any info will help |
| Name: | bruce dick siefkes |
| E-mail address: | bruce.siefkes@gmail.com |
| Comments: | i like doing family tree things. it is interesting. i even went to Leer Germany and to the town my great grandparents came from Bunde just west of there a few miles. |
| Name: | Sharon Herbert |
| E-mail address: | sherie@digitalpath.net |
| Comments: | Hello. My name is Sharon Herbert and my cousin, Daniel Hanson of Custer, South Dakota, have been searching for a great-grandfather named "Harm Lucas". He was supposedly from Schirum, Ostfriesland, but we have not been able to trace anything beyond his immigration/New York Passenger List entry which says that he departed from the Port of Hamburg on the ship Silesia. He was born in 1858 and apparently went first to Ackley, Iowa and then on to South Dakota. Any information about Harm Lucas in Ostfriesland would be much appreciated!
Thank you. Sharon Herbert |
| Name: | robert wessel |
| E-mail address: | robertwessel@live.com |
| Name: | Ronald T. Gerdes |
| E-mail address: | rtgerdes@comcast.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=678622544 |
| Comments: | Rebecca Marie Brunsen, daughter of Eilert Brunsen was born in Ostfriesland, Germany on October 4, 1861.
Fred Gerdes was born in Ostfriesland, Germany on October 31, 1851. Fred was the son of Gerd Gerdes. Fred Gerdes married Rebecca Marie Brunsen on May 1, 1882 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa |
| Name: | Pat Balvance |
| E-mail address: | pbalvance@ymail.com |
| Name: | Saskia Groenier |
| E-mail address: | sgcoty@sbcglobal.net |
| Name: | John Deknatel |
| E-mail address: | johndeknatel@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Great site. Looking for information on the Deknatel, Decknatel, Decknadel families and their ancestors from Ost-Friesland |
| Name: | Marcia Tidball |
| E-mail address: | mktidball@gmail.com |
| Comments: | My great grandfather, Christian Lorenz Janssen, migrated to Iowa from Rispel, Ostfriesland in 1881 at the age of 16. He was born march 28, 1865. Do you have information regarding him?
Thanks! Marcia |
| Name: | Elaine Simon |
| E-mail address: | lovesaddlebreds@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I am the great-granddaughter of Carl August Meyer born Sept. 17, 1844 in Ostfriesland and died July 8, 1927 in Merrill, Wi. USA. He married Hermine DeGroff on October 1874 at Horicon, Wi. she was born Feb. 23, 1854 in Saalfeld, Thuringer and died December 30, 1927 in Merrill, Wi.
He was the son of Fredrich Meyer and Eleanor Grabowski. She was the daughter of William DeCrof and gave her mother's name as Fredricka but no maiden name. Four of her known siblings gave their mother's name as Catherine Wegner. She might have had a brother Leopold and Henry. I have some other DeCrof names, but don't know where they fit in. Carl August usually went by the name of August and he had a brickyard. William DeCrof was a shoemaker. I am hoping that I can find out more about them all. Thank you for your time. Elaine nee Hoeft/Hackbarth Simon |
| Name: | Daniel Tiemeyer |
| E-mail address: | lstranger2003@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Ostfriesland Family Name Tiemeyer.
Grandfather Peter H Tiemeyer (born 1901) Came from Frysia (Netherlands) but his father came from Ostfriesland. Tiemeyers now still found in Hannover, Westfalen, Bremen and Niedersachsen areas in Germany. Mother's Maiden Name Nijp (Nyp) also Frisian. Grandmother was Janke Nijp, but her history seens to be exclusively Frysian origin in the Netherlands My address: Daniel Tiemeyer 8596 Meadowbrook Jenison, Michigan 49428 Agressively searching for family tree/history. |
| Name: | Donald A. Ubben |
| E-mail address: | Draufganger@access-one.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.access-one.com/duzbruder |
| Comments: | Ziehen Sie Don Ubben Website an http://www.access-one.com/duzbruder .... Ubben, Meiners/Meinderts, Harmens, Lüken, Hömm, Schoon, Janssen, Willms, Koch, Hinrichs, Buhr, Bruns, Fockenga, Harms.... und Nachkommen dasselbe (schließt Bilder, Biografien, und Stammbaum ein). Individuen, die mit einem roten Punkt markiert werden, sind direkte Vorfahren des Donald Ubben. Für weitere Generationen oder Informationen umzutauschen, kontaktiert mich durch E-Mail an: Draufganger@access-one.com |
| Name: | Helen Baack |
| E-mail address: | helenbaack@cox.net |
| Comments: | My mother Elfriede Gerdts was born in Leer in 1901. My father Hugo Baack was born in Bremen in 1903. If anyone has some information as to how I can find information about my parents it would be wonderful. My Grandmother was Dorothia Eden and she was from Leer too.
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| Name: | Kevin Rewerts |
| E-mail address: | kevinrewerts@centurytel.net |
| Comments: | My great grandfather was Poppo Ubben Rewerts, born 1863 in Emden, Ostfriesland, Germany. He was married to Antje Mennen Janssen, born 1869 in Schott, Ostfriesland, Germany. They both died near Flanagan, Illinois. They are listed on the 1900 and 1920 U.S. Census. They had 8 children: Lydea, Manuel, Dina, Frank (my grandfather), Hettie, Tillie, George and Fred. My grandfather, Frank, had four children: Lavern, Floyd, Betty and George (my father). I would like to find more information on any ancesters before Poppo. |
| Name: | Margie Dixon |
| E-mail address: | mrheaume1@att.net |
| Comments: | Mother's maiden name Jacobs, her mother Van Hettinga. My ancestors settled in the Oregon, IL area. Both sets of great-grandparents on my mother's side came from Ostfriesland. |
| Name: | Donald A. Ubben |
| E-mail address: | DRaufganger@access-one.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.access-one.com/duzbruder |
| Comments: | Hallo! Ich habe viele Verwandte in Ostfriesland. Für die forschenden Ubben Meinerts, Harmens, Lücken, Hömme, Schoon Jansen Willms, Köch, Hinrichs, Buhr, Bruns, Fockenga und Harms Familiennamen, die Sie sich meinem website- http://www.access-one.com/duzbruder dürfen ansehen wollen. Zusätzlich ich habe viel mehr Informationen in meinem Stammbaumherstellerprogramm. Ich freue mich, anderen zu helfen, und Umtausch famiy Informationen.
Herzliche Grüße vom Vereinigten Staaten! Don Ubben |
| Name: | mollie hosto |
| E-mail address: | molliehosto@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | you have some of the information i was missing on the Hosto
their is still quit a few of us still around Fred william hosto was my grandfather Mollie hosto |
| Name: | Michele Johnson |
| E-mail address: | michele012003@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://na |
| Comments: | I have grandparents from Ost Freisland. My german ancestor names are DeVries, Harberts, Nightengale (Nauctigale) and Bohnart, Tjaden and Beal. I am curious about my ancestors. My grandmother Harberts came over 1908 with her family Hanko Harberts Family. Am wondering whether I have relatives still over there. |
| Name: | Lisa Roed |
| E-mail address: | lroed@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Am starting to look for previous generations. My husband's family came from Ostfriesland. The names that I have are Herman Carl Schulz and Wilhelm Folkerts they settled in the northern part of Iowa. I have Herman Carl Schulz born 5 Dec 1859 in Petersdorf with his wife Folkelina Wilhelmina Folkerts born 18 Aug 1868 in Bracke, Oldenburg. Her father is Wilhelm Folkerts and her mother is Voelke Tamman born 19 April 1832 Fahne, Ostfriesland. Herman Carl Schulz's parents were Frederick Schulz nad Friederika Zarn. This information I was able to get from either the 1925 Iowa census or my mother in law. If anyone has anyone with these people on their family tree or would be able to point me in the right direction to further investigate, I would appreciate it. Thanks. |
| Name: | Parri Comstock |
| E-mail address: | par_acom54@q.com |
| Comments: | I am researching my heritage in Ockholm,Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. My ancestors are Johana and Ingeberg Christiansen.I really have very little to go on as everyone who knew this side of the family is now deceased. Geneology records are vague and confusing. Any advice you could share would really be appreciated. Thank you. I've enjoyed reading and exploring your web site. I found it very informative and interesting. Thank you for your hard work. Keep up the good work. Hope to be hearing from you soon. Parri |
| Name: | Ernest Bruns |
| E-mail address: | erniebruns@yahoo.com |
| Name: | Tracy Luepkes |
| E-mail address: | angelfish711@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I am searching for information on my Great Great Grandfather's family. He was born Rikkelt Klaasen Luepkes (last name probably changed upon emigration) b 30 Nov 1850 in Pilsum, Ostfriesland. He had a brother Harm C Luepkes, his wifes name was Alaida Nanninga b 5 Jan 1854 in Ostfriesland. It is believed that Rikkelt and Harms's parents were named Clauss and Mary Lupkes. Rikkelt and Alaida had 7 children, 6 were born in Germany, 1 in the US. There names are Abraham R born 26 Jan 1880, Charles R, born Dec 1881, Udo R born 18 Jan 1888,Hiram R born 20 May 1891, Klaas born 1 Sept 1882, Ude born 1885 died 1887 in Hauern nr Pilsum, Ostfriesland, Germany. Any information will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Tracy Luepkes |
| Name: | Candy Archer |
| E-mail address: | carcher@RRSTAR.COM |
| Homepage URL: | http://RRSTAR.COM |
| Comments: | I am looking for my relitives from Germany. The sir name is Ennenga. My Grandfathers name was John Hyrum Ennenga & my Grandmothers name was Catherine Meyer Ennenga |
| Name: | Tracy Luepkes |
| E-mail address: | angelfish711@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I am looking for my great great great granparents Clauss and Mary Luepkes. Their son, my great great grandfather was Rikkelt Luepkes 11/30/1850 - 08/28/1919 born in Hauern nr Pilsum, Ostfriesland. Mary's maiden name is unclear. Variations I have are Sauhoff, Sauthoff, Essthof, Esathoff. Rikkelt and his wife Alida Nanninga came to the US on 03/08/1894 in Baltimore, MD on the SS Stuttgart along with their son Abraham Luepkes. I am not sure if the name Luepkes was spelled with the first e in Germany. Any help is appreciated. Thank you |
| Name: | Tjaart Van Der Walt |
| E-mail address: | vander100@cox.net |
| Comments: | Hi
I would like to see if the is any connection with my families immigration to what will be called Capetown SA. In 1990 I brought my family to the US from South Africa, my "Stamvader" founding father, Geele Andries who was from Friesland, was born in Veenwouden (Fries Feanwalden) about 14 kilometre from Leeuwarden the capital of Friesland. His father, Andries Gaeles lived in Veenwouden from 16** to 1747. The family can be traced back to 1527 in Haarlem Geele Andries made his way to Capetown, as a seaman in 1727. I hope this is of interest |
| Name: | Audrey Borde |
| E-mail address: | akborde@aol.com |
| Comments: | HEYKAMP, Wübbe Wilhelmus 1823 Grietje Janssen BOOMGAARDEN
d. Aaltje *1824 d. Elsina *1825 d. Wilhelmina Catrina *1827 s. Jan Abrams *1830 s. Wilhelm *1833 s. Hermann *1835 s. Jürgen *1870 My grandfather was Wilhelm and I have information on him, Wilhelmina Catrina, and Herman. All settled in New Orleans, LA. Interested in learning more about their other siblings and their parents. Audrey |
| Name: | Dewey Litwiller |
| E-mail address: | duilit@yahoo.ca |
| Comments: | My maternal great-grandfather's family (Jasper Dornath) came from the Ostfriesland area in the late 1800s and settled in rural NW Iowa.
Jasper's wife was Minnie and the children were: John, George, Tena, Minnie, Hannan, Lawrence, Emma, Jasper |
| Name: | marie samuels |
| E-mail address: | samuelsmarie@ymail.com |
| Comments: | my great grandfather ....Eibo Frederick Eiben born july 27 1872
married....Christine von Besten **** both were born and from Phoenix, Osterfriesland Emigrated in 1875 to Iowa Ps would love to know more about the history of the families there!!! Thanks |
| Name: | Donald R Uken |
| E-mail address: | duken@optimum.net |
| Comments: | my grandmother came from braemahaven and my grand father came from Cuxhaven. their last nam is also Uken |
| Name: | Arnold Poppens |
| E-mail address: | arnyjulie@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I am looking for the parents of Telea F Goeman born 1841 in Boomborg, Germany and Zwaantje Goeman, born 1830, in Ostfriesland, Germany. Telea and Zwaantje are sisters. Telea married Peter H. Poppens in 1862 in Ostfriesland,and came to USA in 1886 and Zwaantje married Wilhem G. Huisman in 1853 in Ostfriesland. Both familes settled in South Dakota. |
| Name: | Joelene Coordes L'Heureux |
| E-mail address: | jo.larues@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | 16451 Bluebird Way Gravette, AR 72736
family of Engelbart Johann Coordes 10/24/1866 Bangstede, Germany & Gretje Otten Ahrenholz 10/2/1867 Barstede,Germany died 12/13/1932. Son; Engelbart Coordes/FraukeMuehlenbrook 16 Steubenstrabe 2160 Stade,Germany family farm he was 77 in 1983 last time heard from them.Children; Helmut Coordes & wife Antje; Margret Coordes Oltmanns & Dieter Oltsmann she had 2child.Antje1972,Heike1962(a Nurse) Aunt; Aeindina Gertjea Coordes Van Dettum Hahegaste Bei Leer or family of Menno Johannes Oltmanns Barstede or Lammert Fischer 2950 Logaerfeld Leer Ostfriesland Verbindungsrueg 78 Germany they also were family or friends of my father and his brother. Would appreciate any help I can get. |
| Name: | Helen Baack |
| E-mail address: | helenbaack@cox.net |
| Comments: | My mother was born in Leer Germany in the year 1901. I was told that my grandparents ran a road building company in Leer and Breman. My grandparents names was John Gertz and Dorothia Gertz ne Eden. My father was from Breman. His real name was Hugo Baak. It's nice to find history about their history etc. |
| Name: | Weert Meyer |
| E-mail address: | Weert.Meyer@ewetel.net |
| Comments: | Dear fellows in US,
it's necessary to know the places your anchesters lived. Anyone knows Jan Janssen anywhere... Found some interesting messages! Greetings Weert |
| Name: | Patty Alison |
| E-mail address: | pat-steve@att.net |
| Comments: | I a looking for any information regarding the surnames:
Ledebur, Trauernicht(Jann Garrelt) and Gotfriede (Johann) |
| Name: | Jackie Slama |
| E-mail address: | serendipity_0719@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Just came across a German obituary for my Great-great-grandmother. I don't have all of it because of deterioration, but I have the first part. I have been putting together the history for that family.
Her name - Talea (Tiedel or Tirrel or Tirel) Mohlenkamp b.1855 It says that she has 10 children. I have only ever known of 9... Her English obituary called her Lydia Matilda... Anyhoo.. I would REALLY like to see the full obituary. How does one get it? Thanks. |
| Name: | georgiana shaw |
| E-mail address: | georgianashaw@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | My grandmother, Henderina Janssen,B. aug. 1865, married, 1887, to Friedrich Arnold Cassens (b. 4/29/1858) in New York City. Her parents were Heinrich Janssen and Antje De Bohr Janssen. They may have first settled in Illinois..I believe I located a brother of my grandfather, Friedrich..not certain. Then they moved to York city, may have returned to Germany, because passenger lists show them arriving New York City 1991! They are buried Lutheran Cemetary (now called All Saints) in Brooklyn, New York. She died 8/13/1950; he died 2/24/1912. I'm planning trip to Ostfriesa Jan. 2010..would love to learn where Henderina was born!! Thanks |
| Name: | Maye J Manchester |
| E-mail address: | rnmmanchester@mchsi.com |
| Comments: | Looking for any information on my Grandmother and Grandfather. Grandmother: Rembdena Boekhoff, born Feb.27, 1891. Parents: Fokke and Gesina Boekhoff, Siemenswold, Ostfriesland.
Grandfather: Harm M. Harms, Loga, Germany. Married my grandmother April 28, 1912. Had baby named Gesine Anna Harms. They came to US at New York, NY on the SS George Washington May 12, 1913. I hope someone has info and can help me on my search. |
| Name: | Patricia Knight |
| E-mail address: | pknight12@charter.net |
| Comments: | I am researching George Schroeder and wife Hamke Bush. Their daughter was Taalke Margaretha Schroeder b. 1836 in Hanover ,Germany. Margaretha m. Frederich Dedecke in St Louis MO in 1852.
Thnaks Pat |
| Name: | Paul DeVries |
| E-mail address: | paul.d.devries@gmail.com |
| Comments: | This is just a stab in the dark. I am looking for information on my multi-great grandfather. I got back to 1755 but the trail seems to fade at that point. Supposedly Jan Folkerts DeVries was born in Dec 1755 and died in 1811. He married Tryntje Jans Bileveld but there's not any info on her. Looking through the records I find very few references to DeVries but maybe that will make the search easier. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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| Name: | Barbara Knipe |
| E-mail address: | wknipe@infionline.net |
| Comments: | Searching for parents of Herman Gerhardus Janssen Sr. (Herman Sr. born 1864/65) (Herman Sr. Immigrated 1884/85)German record lists Father's name Klass Janssen, Mother's name Tema Fredrika, Birthplace Hieborg, Greetseil/Emden, Ostfriesland, Germany. Spellings not exact. There may be a brother Diedich Janssen Born March 1858. Herman Janssen Sr. resided in Knoxville TN and Chicago Illinois. US Death stats list Herman Gerhardus Janssen, Sr. death date 11 Nov 1935.
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| Name: | Jaime Stoll |
| E-mail address: | jmestole@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Tebbe Kuper (came to Johnson Nebraska around 1885)
Sophia Behrman (came to Johnson Nebraska with 3 other friends at age 16 years old through New Orleans) |
| Name: | Tim Johnson |
| E-mail address: | tim@gasrite.com |
| Comments: | My great,great,great grandfather was Albert Jenzen born 1829 in Ostfriesland , died in 1905 , in Ill
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| Name: | N Joyce Hawthorne |
| E-mail address: | joyce_hawthorne@msn.com |
| Comments: | Janssen/Johnson in U.S., Bank, Gragert |
| Name: | Mary Hern (Heeren) Limpert |
| E-mail address: | mlimpert@tampabay.rr.com |
| Comments: | Looking for information on my ggg grandparents, the parents of Harm Christian Heeren (my gg grandfather). Possibly his father's name was Toh Jacob Heeren, dates unknown; his mother's name also unknown, but they had at least 5 children (Harm Christian Heeren, Franke Heeren, Johanna Heeren, and Antje Jansen Heeren).
Harm Christian Heeren (my gg grandfather) was born 1822 in Tannenhausen and died about 1900; he married Thaddina (Dina) Tholen also born in Tannenhausen. Her father was Ippe Janssen Tholen and her mother was Anna Catharine Mentjes. Any help on my ggg grandparents would be very much appreciated. |
| Name: | Myron Pree |
| E-mail address: | junkmail16@frontiernet.net |
| Comments: | Saw that Pree ancestry may be associated with ostfriesland.... |
| Name: | kate joekel |
| E-mail address: | joekel@embarqmail.com |
| Comments: | Husmann, also spelled Huisman, is the name I am looking for. My great grandfather Gerd Husmann came to america from Glansdorf in Ostfriesland, Germany. He was born on Dec. 14, 1854. He came with his parents and siblings to Illinois in 1888, later moving to Leigh, Nebraska. They were Baptists. I have lots of info. |
| Name: | kate joekel |
| Name: | Joey Alan Wieker |
| E-mail address: | jw@tceinc.net |
| Comments: | I am looking for any info on Johanna Alberts born sept 6 1876 in ostfriesland. |
| Name: | Joey Alan Wieker |
| E-mail address: | jw@tceinc.net |
| Name: | Cyndi Kimble |
| E-mail address: | cmk@adams.net |
| Comments: | I am an ancestor of settlers from Ostfriesland that settled in Illinois. My home town was originally named Keokuk Junction, now know as Golden. My ancestors last name was Leenerts or Leeners. |
| Name: | Else Tracy, M.D. |
| E-mail address: | elsetracy@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | I just returned from Ostfriesland to find my roots. It was a wonderful trip and the people in Ostfriesland were wonderful to me. |
| Name: | Thomas Joseph Fehn |
| E-mail address: | gottnooz@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | My surname is FEHN.
I am looking for the various pronounciations of the name. I have always pronounced it as FINN. Others have pronounced it as FAIN or FEN. Are there other ways to pronounce it? Any guidance anyone can offer will be greatly appreciated. Thank you |
| Name: | Eleanore Schuetz |
| E-mail address: | geoele@klinktech.net |
| Comments: | My grandfather, Jon Goetz Remmers was born Sept.12, 1857. I believe he was from Bunde, Ostfriesland. His father's name was Hinderk and mother was Martha Grumwald, or possibly Greenwald, according to a marriage record found in Iowa. He was married to a Wendelena Christjans when he emmigrated,I believe in 1882. He was followed by a brother Henry who I think came in 1889. He married a Kate Boomgarten. On arriving in the US I believe they settled at Forreston Illinois. I have notes from a Graettinger Iowa paper that he purchased land in 1889, and a Fred Christjans rented land at that time. They came from Grundy County for this purchase. I also found that Wendelina died at Graettinger in Feb. 1901 and was buried there. Then in Oct. 1901, Mr. Remmers married a lady named Albertina Haskey Schultz who was a widow with 4 children, although three were adults by then. I believe Mr. Remmers and wife #1 also adopted two children in Iowa but I find no record of them after her death. I am still trying to put all the pieces together, from this family that ended up in Wisconsin and eventually settled in Tomahawk Wisconsin where I was born. |
| Name: | Sherry Power |
| E-mail address: | beeandpower@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | My family from Ostfriesland is the Sterrenberg-Varver family. Originally from Wymeer, they moved to Bunde in the
1840's. They were also related to the Sterrenbergs in Village. |
| Name: | Eileen Johnson |
| E-mail address: | isjohnson@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | wilhelm eden behrends b.13, jan 1853 norden,ostriesland
falina tolina schrage b.4, jan 1852/3 Behrend Eden Behrends and Diertje Tonjes parents of Wilhelm Johann Schrage b.1826 married to Tolena Minor b.Feb 1827 These are my relatives I am researching/moved to Buffalo Center Iowa in 1880s and later to Mountain Lake Minnesota. Thank you |
| Name: | THOMAS J. FEHN |
| E-mail address: | GOTTNOOZ@YAHOO.COM |
| Comments: | My great-great grandfather George Fehn arrived aboard the ship called OCEAN in New Orleans 1853. His son George was born in N.O. in 1862. His son Albert was born in N.O. in 1909. His son Merlin, my father, was born in N.O. in 1933. I was born in N.O. in 1952. I have no male heirs.
I am seeking other Fehns that were from Ostfriesland. |
| Name: | Sipke J de Schiffart |
| E-mail address: | sjdes@sympatico.ca |
| Comments: | Hi i am int. as my fam. came from Emden-Aurich
Johannes de Schiffart after been to Franeker school 1617-1620 1632 is a Notare Publicus at emden .Ican not find his x or his * he cosigns a hauskauf for his wid.mother in 1634-6 ,(wid of Hanses von der Schiffart ).Ihave girls *in 1630 & 1631,cannot find son * before 1630 (Johannes). They are not in the Emder burger buch before 1600. I would love to find the next gen.even at the cost of money for someone to do research.I do have copys of many of the origionals. Hope to hear some good news, greetings from Canada Sipke |
| Name: | Doris Klokkenga |
| E-mail address: | kdklokkenga@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Interested in Marten - Eeten - Alberts - Krusemark - Schetsberg |
| Name: | Gerald Dohling |
| E-mail address: | jdohling@ausd.net |
| Comments: | Looking for information in regards to the Dohling/Doling families who came from the Pogum area of Rheiderland.Families they married into include Kray,Rotteken,Voogd,Kruse,Knipp,Smidt and Dirks.Thanks for any help that can be given. |
| Name: | Tereasa Clark |
| E-mail address: | tereasaclark@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I have just started to look into my fathers family history. Thank you for your tips and links I think I will start with Hilda Bruns, since that is our family name. Thank you! |
| Name: | Steven Flesner |
| E-mail address: | hipshot@yhti.net |
| Comments: | My ancestors came to America in 1849 from Ostfriesland. Hinrich Gerdes Flesner is my great great grandfather. He settled in Golden Illinois and later moved to Flatville Illinois. |
| Name: | William Ross Reinwald |
| E-mail address: | rjr335@hctc.net |
| Comments: | My great grandfather, John Baptist Reinwald apparently immigrated from Bavaria by way of the Ems River on the ship Stephen Lurman in 1880 arriving in Baltimore, Md. That is all I know at this point, but I am anxious to find out more. |
| Name: | Denise A. Ellington |
| E-mail address: | jd-d-ellington@msn.com |
| Comments: | I just started doing some genealogy research so I'm a real "Newbie." My great-great grandparents are from Ostfriesland. My Great-great grandfather, Lehndert Gerbers, was born on April 12, 1842 his mother was Aqua Franzen. He married Gretie or Grete Boys or Bojs. I'm having difficulty making out the spelling of her name. She was born on March 1, 1849. They maried on March 1, 1870 in Peoria, Illinois. That's all I know about them other than their children. |
| Name: | Patricia Weinthal |
| E-mail address: | pweinthal@aol.com |
| Comments: | Moins! My Weinthal family lineage can be traced back at least the 1750s in Emden. Successive generations settled in other East Friesland towns including Esens, Norden, Dornum, Warsingsfehn, and Jheringsfehn. Family members starting migrated to other countries in the late 1840s. Because of restrictions on the occupations allowed to Jews, they worked as butchers, animal brokers, peddlers, and eventually owned shops in villages. They served in the military alongside other East Frisia comrades in the Napoleonic years through World War 1. They were involved in civic affairs. One was elected to the Esens city council were he served until the Nazis came to power and passed laws making it illegal for Jews to hold office. East Friesland was not immune to the worst excesses of the National Socialism ideology. Many Weinthals were deported and died in the concentration camps. Others received permission to leave Germany after suffering great hardships. This is a history that provokes mixed emotion. One that should not be forgotten. Nevertheless, we are as proud of our East Friesland heritage as the next person. The Jews of the East Friesland countryside are part of that heritage. We celebrate our German ancestry, as do all Americans of German ancestry. I look forward to hearing from others with ancestors from this area! Researching WEINTHAL, WIJNTHAL, PELS, van CLEEF, van GELDERN, HESS, BENJAMIN, and de VRIES. |
| Name: | Nedra Kromminga Hanken |
| E-mail address: | nhanken@n-connect.net |
| Comments: | Surnames in my ancestry include Heeren, Grumm,Edzards,Behrends, Harms Neunaber.
My maternal grandfather Behrends came from Ostfriesland. My paternal great grandfather came from the Rheiderland |
| Name: | Marilyn Peters Mason |
| E-mail address: | llmason@familynet.net |
| Comments: | All four of my paternal great-great-grandparents came from East Friesland.
Okko Berend and Folena Greenwald Peters (came in 1865) Their son was Harm Okko Peters, born 10-20-1845 Christian and Hilka Freese (came in early 1850's) Their daughter was Anna Freese Peters, born 8-9-1850 Harm and Anna married 5-10-1868 |
| Name: | Sandra Gunther (HAYENGA) |
| E-mail address: | gunther@sti.net |
| Comments: | I remember, as a child, hearing Ostfriesland...I thought it was Ost Friesland but really never saw it in print.
Hayenga was a different name and I didn't think there were any others in the world but when you google that name there are several...imagine that! My grandpa's name was Calvin Godfrey Hayenga and he married Johanna (later she changed it to Joanna) Schoon. Someone, I think on my grandma's side was a ship builder but as I recall it sank or was pirated or something like that. |
| Name: | Frank Oberle |
| E-mail address: | foberle@rcn.com |
| Comments: | I am looking for my great-grandmother Sarah Johanna Kiwiet, born supposedly in May of 1855 (I have no confirmation - this is from her funeral mass card in Baltimore) to Gerhard Kiwiet and Josephine Dirkson in Emden. She died in Baltimore in January 1937.
Sarah had a son Seraphin with Seraphin Oberle in June 1879 who was supposedly christened as Seraphin Kiwiet in St. Michael's Kirche in Emden, although I have been unable to verify that either. Sarah traveled to Baltimore with Seraphin Oberle, where she converted to Catholicism, and then returned to Emden in 1882 to bring her son back to the states as well. She eventually had eleven more children in Baltimore, among whom is my grandfather. Sarah had at least one sister, who traveled to New Orleans and married someone named Shaeffer (don't know about spelling). I have had no luck whatever in locating any further information on Sarah, her parents, or any earlier ancestors, and any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Frank |