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Brandenburg
Research List Archive 981
- BRGRL 981 -


Latest Update: 12 April 2001 ................................................................... FEEFHS WebSite Version

Suggestions for effective Brandenburg Germany Research List Messages:

SOURCES For Finding a Place of Origin in Germany

Current Map of Brandenburg - 1996

Historic Map of Brandenburg - 1882


BRGRL-981 Posting status:
- entry for BRANDENBURGH, LouJane, 28 June 1997
- entry for DEGLOW, Charles, 28 June 1997
- entry for O'KEEFFE, Anne, 5 July 1997
- entry for WRIGHT, Barrie J., 13 July 1997
- entry for LESS, Virginia KRAHMER, 19 July 1997
- entry for FREDERKING, R. E. (Ren), 27 August 1997
- entry for KNECHT, John, 7 September 1997
- entry for KREMPEL, Roger E., 17 September 1997
- entry for FILAZEK, Arnold, 7 October 1997
- entry for KUEHNER, Rev. Ronald, 7 October 1997
- additions for KUEHNER, Rev. Ronald, 24 October 1997
- entry for SLACK, Helen L., 4 December 1997
- entry for DUNN, Jeff, 4 December 1997
- entry for TIEGS, Richard, 28 December 1997
- entry for REARDON, Dan, 20 January 1997
- revised entry for FREDERKING, R. E. (Ren), 26 January 2001
- new email address for BRANDENBURGH, Lou Jane, 12 April 2001

See also BRGRL (Branderburg Research List)


BRANDENBURGH, LouJane
eMail address: loujane@1starnet.com

Matthias Brandenburg was born in Brandenburg Castle, Brandenburg, Prussia about 1740. Believe father's name was Soloman Brandenburg. We have found reports that say Matthias was a half-brother to Frederick the Great, the second king of Prussia. Can you give me any information to confirm his father's name, or to establish any connection to the king? Thank you.


DEGLOW, Charles
eMail address: cdeglowjr@aol.com

The DEGLOW family originates in Lippehne, Solden. In 1851, Herman Rudolph DEGLOW came to the U.S. His brother Julius Heinrich DEGLOW had preceeded him in 1847. Their mother's name was Maria E. DEGLOW. The brothers settled near Covington, Kentucky. They operated tanneries and the Bavarian Brewery. We do not know her husband's name. We need to discover the name of her husband so we can continue the search.
Webmaster Note: Lippehne, kreis Soldin was in Brandenburg, just south of Hinter Pommern (Eastern Pomerania). It is now called Lipiany, Poland. The is one reel of microfilm #0905040 of the churchbook there (covering 1783-1830) available on loan for viewing at your nearest LDS Family History Center. You might be able to spot Maria's marriage this way.

DUNN, Jeff
eMail address: rolf@cwi.net.au

I am searching for information on the two lines KRAMM or KURTZE. Both families are from Schwiebus, Brandenburg, Prussia. I have a Robert Louis KURTZE arriving at Port Adelaide Australia in 1856, I have no other information on his family (Before arriving in Australia) or when or how he left Prussia. I have Julianne Karoline KRAMM arriving in Australia in 1856 with her brothers Reinhold August KRAMM and Heindrich Ferinand KRAMM aboard the ship "Heinrich". I know that her parents names are Johanne Wilhelm Kramm and >Julianne Frederiche nee RˇHSEL / RAEHSEL, but I know nothing else from there back. Julianne married Robert Louis in Australia 3 years later. I would like any information I can get on either lines and/or informaion/photos of the town Schwiebus or as it is know Swiebodzin Poland. Thank you for your help.


FILAZEK, Arnold
676 King Street, Apt 306, Midland, Ontario, Canada, L4R 4R3
eMail address: afilazek@mid.igs.net
(Lutheran)

My mother, Frieda Ida Martha LEMKE was born 1 April 1904 at Wusterhausen, Dosse, Brandenburg, later imigrating to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1927. Her father, Emil Karl Gustav LEMKE was born 20 September 1860 at Wusterhausen. Her mother, Emilie Auguste Louise WETTSTEDT was born 24 June 1868 at Wusterhausen. They married 27 December 1895 at St. Peter und Paul Evangelical church at Wusterhausen. Emil LEMKE's mother was Marie Sophie Wilhelmine LEMKE. I have no informtion on his father. Emilie WETTSTEDT's father, Hans Joachim WETTSTEDT, was a worker who is believed to have moved to Berlin. I have no information on her mother.

I am seeking dates and places of deaths of Emil LEMKE, Emilie WETTSTEDT and any information on Marie Sophie Wilhelmine LEMKE, the name of her husband, also anything on Hans Joachim WETTSTEDT. No further church records are available at Wusterhausen so I need new sources to continue the search. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. I am also searching FILATZEK / DAMNIK / MESSOW,
Webmaster's Note: There are six citations for Lemke in the FHL Catalog's Surname section, two of which might be helpful.

You also need to research each of your surnames in Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes on FHL microfilm - a three step process.

Check the father in the Berlin city directories. If you find him there, his street address can be used to establish the parish he was in and a fairly straighforward search of the parish records is possible.

FREDERKING, R. E. (Ren)
P.O Box 1241, Grass Valley, California 95945-2411, USA
eMail address:

Adam FREDERKING, my great-grandfather, was born in 1800 at or near Eberswalde, Brandenburg. In 1837 he migrated to Volhynia, Ukraine, with his family. He died there in 1875. Can anyone please tell me where or how to look for his birth record? Knowledge of anyone with the surname FREDERKING in the Brandenburg of the early 1800's would be very welcome.


KNECHT, John
eMail Address: jek3@ziplink.net

Auguste Caroline ROHRIG (1811-1882), daughter of Johann Gotthilf ROHRIG, married 2 April 1846 at St. Nikolaikche (Lutheran) Frankfurt (Oder), Albert Adolf MANSKE, MANSKEY, MANSKY (1821-1898), son of Johan Joseph MANSKE of Danzie (sic. Danzig), West Prussia. They had two children, Reinhold MANSKEY (1845- ), and Adelgunde MANSKEY (1848-1932). Auguste and son Reinhold remained in Germany while Albert and daughter Adelgunde emigrated to the United States. Auguste may also have lived in Stralsund, Germany and Reinhold moved to Russia after Albert and Adelgunde left Germany. Auguste also had a sister Paulina Friederike ROHRIG ( -1873) who married Johann Friedrich SCHOENWALD ( -1854). I need information on this ROHRIG family of Frankfurt/Oder, Brandenburg, Germany.
Webmaster's Note: Check the Rohrig surname in Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes on FHL microfilm. See "Sources for Finding a Place of Origin in Germany" above and below).

To find Reinhold and his line, this clue is available: According to Karl Stumpp in The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862, Benjamin Manske (born 20 December 1802, died 14 July 1863) left "Pogerela/Gostyn" Poland for Tarutino, Bessarabia where he married Maria Justina LEMKE. More details of this line will be available from the Village Coordinator of Tarutino. There was a Pogorzala (Seifersdorf) in Silesia and a Porgorzala Wies (Wernersdorf, Kreis Danzig).

KREMPEL, Roger E.
629 Stover Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524-1324

I am searching for the ancestors and some descendants of John DEHNE / DAEHNE / DÄHNE, born in Germany 1811, died in Wisconsin USA 1897. He emigrated to Wisconsin from Zehdin-on-der-Oder (now Cedynia, Poland). His first marriage was to Ruth MECHELKE, born and died in Germany. His second marriage was to Sophia MECHELKE, born 1825 Germany, died 1887 in Wisconsin. They had five children. all born in Germany who came with their parents to Wisconsin. One son, August DEHNE / DAEHNE was both 1837 in Germany and died 1885 in Wisconsin. He married Augustine FRANCE, born Germany 1842, died 1883. I do not have eMail.
Webmaster's Note: The only thing I know about Zehdin is that a genealogy book Heimatkunde von Zehden und Umgebung, Aus amtlichen Quellen bearb. Frankfurt an-der-Oder (published 1891, 113 pages) was authored by Ernst Eduard Melcher. It is listed in the catalog of and in the stacks at the Büchri des Deutschen Ostens in Herne, near Dusseldorf. This is perhaps the leading library in Germany for Eastern German Provinces. I have researched there and they are very cooperative, but I know of no researcher available to search it for you and they will not accept research tasks.

KUEHNER, Rev. Ronald
Box 57, Readlyn, Iowa 50668-0057
eMail address: kuehner@netins.net

Louise BARTZ, born 1824 at Klein Ziethen, Brandenburg, Kreis Angermuende had a son out of wedlock, Augustus Ludwig BARTZ born 25 February 1844, also at Klein Ziethen. Around 1860 Louise BARTZ and her son August BARTZ emigrated to Kewanee, Illinois. At about the same time she married Carl BINNO. In 1868 August BARTZ married Ernestine Wilhelmine SCHULZ. The couple had 9 children at Kewanee and a 10th child in Nebraska. Ernestine BARTZ died at Kewanee in 1909. August BARTZ was married two more times and died at Long Beach, California in Jan. 1930. I am looking for family connections.

When I wrote earlier about the Bartz/Binno Family from Klein Ziethen, Brandenburg, I didn't tell all that I know. The Bartz family was Lutheran. Many of the people in Klein Ziethen were Belgian Huguenots who had moved to Brandenburg in the 1600's. I have made contact with a Thomas LAURENT of Berlin, Germany whose family comes from Klein Ziethen.

Many people in Klein Ziethen eimgrated to Henry County, Illinois, near Kewanee. The Lutheran Bartzes joined the Reformed Brandenburg Corner Church near Kewanee. The cemetery has many Huguenot names from Klein Ziethen. Other people in the cemetery came from small towns around Klein Ziethen, and they were ethnic Germans. Thank you for your interest in my family. Rev. Ron Kuehner, Readlyn, Iowa
Webmaster's Note: The only Klein Ziethen records that appear to be at the FHL in Salt Lake City is an 1893 book on the Huguenot (French Reformed) congregations there and at Gross Ziethen. There are 4 Bartz listings in the "Surname Search" section of the FHL Catalog but no reference to Brandenburg in the sumaries. I suggest you research your three surnames in Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes on FHL microfilm - a three step process.

LESS, Virginia KRAHMER
eMail address: GVLESS@aol.com
(Lutheran)

My great-grandparents lived in what had been Reetz, Arnswalde, Brandenburg, which today is Recz, Choszczno, Szczecin in Poland. I am looking for any descendants living today that may be still in Germany or any who could have immigrated to the USA after WWII. Albert KRAHMER and Wilhelmina Augusta STREICH (birth & death dates unknown) were the parents of my grandfather, Hermann Wilhelm KRAHMER (1862-1935). Hermann had a brother, Emil. If there were other children in family that is unknown. Hermann immigrated to Nebraska USA 1891 and married Anna Albertine FRADRICH (1872-1949), who also was from Reetz. Anna's mother, Heinriette SCHEEL FRADRICH (not sure of spelling of last name)(1845-1925) married second husband, Albert VOELKER (1859-1921) and both immigrated to Nebraska USA 1899. Heinriette's first husband was Julius FRADRICH (1844-1890), was a carpenter and bricklayer who died in a construction accident. Heinriette had a sister (name unknown) as reported in her obituary that was still living in 1925 in Berlin. My grandmother, Anna (Fradrich) Krahmer had two sisters, Franziska (1874-1932) and Louisa 1875-1958) who also immigrated to Nebraska USA 1892. Anna also had two brothers left in Germany, Emil FRADRICH and Gustav FRADRICH. They were wrestlers in Berlin and served in the German military in World War I and they were married. Gustav's wife was named Ella. A photo (early 1900's) shows them with a young daughter. Emil had a 12-14 year old son, Herman and daughter (abt. 4 yrs old) Wife's name unknown. Family religion was Lutheran. The Nebraska families last heard from their relatives in Germany in the early 1930's. I have complete data on the USA families but want to know more details of the German relatives and hear from those living today.


O'KEEFFE, Anne
eMail address: anne-okeeffe@msn.com

My relative Caroline EGGERT was born in 1850 in Gerswalde Brandenburg and emigrated to Australia on the Cesar Goddefroy from Hamburg. The ship arrived in Ipswich, Queensland on 15 Feb 1866. Her parents were Bernard EGGERT and Matilda (Unknown) and they did not come to Australia with Caroline. Her travelling companions were Otto EGGERT (male 45), Auguste EGGERT (female 16), Friederike EGGERT (female 13), Friederike EGGERT (female 12), Marie EGGERT (female 3) and Carl EGGERT (male 1). What happened to her parents and what was her relationship to the people she traveled with? Why did they leave Prussia?

WebMaster Note: If this family was of the Protestant faith and all were born at Gerswalde, the birth records of everyone but Otto should appear in the duplicate Evangelische Kirchenbuch (Churchbook) of Gerswalde (Kreis Templin) on three microfilms (covering 1850-1874) at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City. These were filmed in 1982 at the Potsdam Staatsarchiv. The film of interest to you is probably microfilm #1334773, item #4. It can be obtained on loan (nominal fee) for viewing at your nearest LDS Family History Center (FHC) and there are over 2,700 FHC's worldwide. These records should confirm the names of the parents of these children and might yield some clues as to Otto's relationship too.

REARDON, Dan
P.O. Box 76, RR#1, Vittoria Ontario CANADA
eMail address: dreardon@cpnevents.com

My gr-grandfather was Oswald JUDATZ born 13 April 1860, reputedly at Forst en Lausitz, Lausatia. He was academy educated in Berlin before marrying Anna SCHULTZ - born 31 August 1861 in Essen. They married in Germany (place unknown) and emigrated to the USA before 1888. An uncle tells the story that Oswald's half-brother inherited the family cabinet making business in Forst and essentially ran it bankrupt. Oswald returned to Forst sometime between 1900 and 1914 to settle the estate of this half brother after his death. I would be grateful for advice or assistance in researching cabinet making businesses operating in and around Forst from about 1850 to 1900.

I would also welcome any advice or comments one might have on the surname JUDATZ. I have yet to find any other US occurance of this surname as spelled above. I have been advised this may be an anglicized corruption of the surname JUDAS. I have also encountered two researchers investigating the Polish name JUDASCZ. Several German nationals suggest it may be of Jewish origin although Oswald himself was an active Lutheran, helping to found an Evangelical Lutheran church in North Hartford CT where he settled.
Webmaster's Note: Forst en Lausitz is located in Brandenburg, Prussia and several FHL microfilm collections exist of some of the town's churchbooks. You best determine Oswald's religion before you start a serious search. Try checking the IGI (International Genealogical Index) and the Ancestral File at your closest LDS Family History Center. Then try Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes.

SLACK, Helen L.
email address: Helen.Slack@bull.net

I am looking for information on the NATUSCH family that came from the town of Guben, on the German / Polish border. My Great-Grandmother was Louise Ella NATUSCH, born circa 1880, died 1958. She married Walter FARRAR, Master Tailor, born 1879, died 1929, and emigrated to Batley, West Yorkshire, England circa 1919. They had one son who survived to adulthood, Herbert Harry Farrar, Master Tailor, born 1905, died 1958. Louise had a brother: Hugo Natusch who married a woman named Francesca, and a sister, Anna who married one Emil RICHTER. I don't believe that either couple had any children. Hugo and Francesca were last heard from by my family in the late 1960s. Any information would be greatly appreciated.


TIEGS, Richard
44 Kelly Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2M 1V6
FAX: 519-578-1722
eMail address: rgtiegs@ibm.net

I am seeking information on the family name MALINSKY. My second great-grandfather was Wilhelm MALINSKY born 1831 in Preussen. He married Caroline SCHILLING in 1851 and they had 7 children - William born 1852, Bertha born 1854, Carl born 1857, Carl born 1859, August born 1862, Anna born 1864, and Ferdinand born 1867. They were all born at Schenkenberg, Kreis Prenzlow, Brandenburg. The eldest, my great-grandfather William, married Ernestine REBOW in 1872 and they had 8 children - Anna born 1873, Ernest born 1874, Emily born 1877, August born 1879, Wilhelm born 1879, Helene born 1883, Albert born 1885, and Frank born 1890. William and Ernestine emigrated to the Clay / Effingham County area of Illinois on the ship "Silesia" on 10 October 1881. I would like to learn more about the MALINSKY family prior to 1850.
Webmaster's Note: Assuming your ancestors were Protestant, I suggest you look at the Schenkenberg church records (1674-1832) on 2 reels of FHL microfilm.

WRIGHT, Barrie J.
eMail address: bjwright@senet.com.au
(Protestant)

Christian RUGE born circa 1804, a Protestant shoemaker, was listed from the town of Muschten near Schwiebus, Brandenburg when he emigrated in 1850 to South Australia with wife Leonore [born circa 1807] and son Wilhelm [born circa 1836]. Given your recent advice, I am hopeful LDS records may also exist for this town. The name seems to be associated with the immediate area as late as 1945. A possible son Johann Friedrich RUGE [born circa 1829] is listed as from Beutnitz, Kreis Crossen. Help appreciated.

Webmaster's Note: Muschten is now Zielona Gora, Poland. Civil registration records (1875-1937) exist on 4 microfilm reels. For Beutnitz, the Evangelische churchbook records (1835-1875: 1 reel of microfilm) are available , but also a bit later than your need. This is all that is currently listed for both towns. If RUGE is an unusual name (I'm not sure) you might want to check it in the 1,221 reel collection of Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes on FHL microfilm.

See also BRGRL (Branderburg Research List)

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