Notizen zu dieser Person
His name was also spelled Schmonsees.
Birth:
He was born in January 1714 in house No. 10B in Oberendermoor (now a part of the village Teufelsmoor) near Osterholz-Scharmbeck in Lower Saxony in Germany and baptised on the 28th day of that month. His parents were the Einwohner Marten Monsees and his wife Gesche. (C1, Bernd Salewski)
Childhood:
He grew up in Oberendermoor. (C1, Bernd Salewski)
Work:
He was an Einwohner. (C1)
He was a "Haeusler". (Bernd Salewski)
He owned house No. 10A in Oberendermoor. (Bernd Salewski)
Marriage:
He married Anna Böttjers from the village Überhamm, which is in the nearby Worpswede parish, on the 4th of May 1741 in the St. Willehadi church in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. (C1)
They raised a family in Oberendermoor. (C1)
Death:
He died on the 17th of February 1792 in house No. 10A in Oberendermoor. (C1)
He was 78 years old.
Other Information:
1. There was a Marten Monsees, Einwohner, with a wife Anna as well as a Marten Monsees, Baumann, with a wife Anna living in Oberendermoor at the time.
2. There were no other baptisms of a Marten Monsees with a father Marten in the Scharmbeck church books.
3. The clerk in the Scharmbeck church office told me in 1995 that Schmonsees or Monsees is a French name. He said that probably Huguenots (French protestants) settled in the area.