Notizen zu dieser Person
Birth:
He was born in 1790 in the small village Erichshof in the parish Leeste near Syke in Lower Saxony in Germany. His parents were Hinrich and Adelheid Hollwedel. (E1, E2)
In 1910 Erichshof had 393 inhabitants. (A1)
Leeste and Erichshof are now parts of the town Weyhe.
Childhood:
He grew up in the parish Leeste. He was confirmed in the Lutheran church in Leeste in 1805. His father was a cottager. (E1)
Work:
He was a cottager (German: Häusler). (E1)
During the 1855 census he was the lessee (German: Pächter) of house No. 91 (Brandkataster Nr.) in Leeste. (E2)
In the 1858 census he was described as an "Arbeitsmann". (E2)
Marriage:
He married the single Margarete Speketer from the nearby village Kirchweyhe on the 29th of October 1815 in the Lutheran church in Leeste. (E1)
They raised a family in the village Leeste. (E1)
According to the 1848 and 1852 censuses, he moved into house No. 91 (Brandkataster Nr.) with his three grown up children between 1848 and 1852. They were Hinrich, Johann Hinrich and Dietrich. The wife of Johann Hinrich junior also moved into the house. The Knief family, which consisted of Diedrich Knief, his wife Margarethe, his daughter Margarethe, and his mother Margarethe also lived in house No. 91 (Brandkataster Nr.) at that time. The house was previously a farmer's house. According to the censuses a man named Gerd Harms owned it from 1833 to 1845, and Johann Dörgeloh in 1848. Both were 'Brinksitzers'. (E2)
Death:
He died of asthma at 9 p.m. on the 31st of July 1859 in Leeste. He was 68 years old. He was buried in the cemetery there four days later. (E1)
Other Information:
1. The registers of the years 1756 until 1792 of the Marien church in Leeste were destroyed in a fire.
2. It is stated in his wife's burial record in the Leeste church registers that he was born in Erichshof in 1790.
Guenter
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