oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2007-02 00014

[David <dahht(a)watchtv.net>]

Greetings,

This is Fr. David Hoying from the "Ohio Münsterland".
Yes, check Werner's site for information.
I have record of over 2000 individuals from "Oldenburger
Münsterland" who settled in the "Ohio Münsterland" (the area
around Minster, Fort Loramie, Maria Stein and Saint Henry),
with over 500 of them coming from Damme alone!
I have been working on putting this all together with
a history and a cultural study. It is has been taking me
quite a long time to do this (15 years or so) and I have much yet to do.
I have a parish to take care of, so, do not swamp me with
too many inquiries. And for the moment, also do not expect long
answers.

Than you, Fr. David Hoying, CPPS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Werner Honkomp" <werner(a)honkomp.de>
To: <oldenburg-l(a)genealogy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [OL] Germans in the greater Cincinnati area


> Hello David,
>
> the real name of your maternal grandfather is Hölterhinrichs.
> The origin is a small cottage (15 hectare) in Damme part Borringhausen, 
> first notice 1724.
> The last owner Hülsmann sold the cottage 1907 to the farmer Strieker.
>
> Damme is located in Oldenburger-Münsterland, the catholic south part of 
> the former Dukedom Oldenburg.
> Father David say, the area around Minster in Ohio called Ohio-Münsterland, 
> as reference to Oldenburger-Münsterland.
> The first name of Minster (from Münster) was Stallotown. The teacher 
> Stallo from Damme was the intiator for emigration movement from 
> Oldenburger-Münsterland to Ohio.
>
> See also:  http://www.honkomp.de/damme-auswanderung/
>
> The name Stiers is there not present, the phone directory listed a 
> concentration in Westphalia, near Duisburg.
>
> I hope it help,
> Werner Honkomp
>
> > Thank you Christopher,
>
> > My maternal grandfather was Catholic and we think his predecessors came
> > from
> > Oldenburg, but no one could find his name listed in any of the records
> > from
> > there (Holthinrichs).  Someone said that they might have come from the
> > Netherlands, but I was not able to find that name there either, only Holt
> > which my grandfather shortened his name to this after the 1920s sometime.
>
> > The other "Grosvater" was named Stiers, and they were Protestant.  This
> > evidently caused some friction between the two families, and I have been
> > trying (without success) to trace the four Stiers brothers (all born in
> > Cincy) that my grandmother had.
>
> > David
>
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