by Darcy Boock,
Hello All,
I went back to the LDS Family History Center in Oakdale Saturday and found the remaining four children of Johann Hindrich Johan auf der Heide/Heede and Anna Maria Sophie Magdalene Braeven/Breven.
6. Johan Ernst Wilhelm born 23 Mar 1791
7. Anna Sophia Elisabeth born 12 May 1793
8. Johan Wilm Rudolph born 6 May 1795
9. Anna Catharina Elisabeth born 10 May 1797
Gerhard Johan auf der Heide descends from the second oldest child Ernst Rudolf from the first marriage and the rest of you descend from the youngest child Eberhard Jacob from the second marriage.
This is amazing! To not only find someone by the same name of Johann auf der Heide living in Germany today, but to find him living near the old farmstead in Kattenvenne AND to have him be so closely related. WOW! And to think that they did this same research that I am doing now 24 years ago shows that they also have an interest in family history.
Gerhard and Helga also have taken the family back one more generation that I have not yet found. In the information they sent me they have the father of Johan Hindrich listed as Jörgen Johann auf der Heede, born 1711 and died 16 Mar 1798 and the mother as Anna, born 1734 and died 4 Jun 1782.
Darcy
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3 comments:
Incredible, Darcy! Thank you very much for the info!
I wonder if they have a picture of the home farm. Wouldn't it be cool
to add that to our family history?
I ˙ave to dig out the info from the New York and Ohio Aufderheide
groups. Their data starts with the families that came to America.
Maybe your German contacts would recognize those names as being part
of Johann Hindrich's descendants...
Great work, Darcy...
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Jim Aufderheide
Dear Darcy,
Your hours at the LDS center must be giving you quite the rush just now,
judging by my pleasure at reading this note. Thank you! I have been trying
to keep focused on my letter collection but each time you report another
find, I think to myself, "Perhaps I should start to work on completing the
research in the Graupner lines that our cousin Rudi Beckers started during
the 40s."
p.
Darcy,
Thanks for sharing the products of your excellent, unfolding family history detective work in extending this family line.
Apparently you've already set a new goal! Incredible!
jim g.
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