oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2007-08 00092

[mstulken <mstulken(a)wi.net>]

Hi, Chris!  Waving to you from Racine ~ ~ ~

It was the youngest kid around Wittlage, where that batch of my ancestors
came from.  But that practice was far from universal.  In other places, it
was the oldest who got the farm.  Also, I don't know how long that
practice lasted around Wittlage.

On the matter of farms and names—in a neighboring community, a farm home
built by my g-g-g-grandfather is still standing.  The man who bought it
and moved into it a few decades ago took my ancestors'surname, though he
was no relation.  That was well into the 20th century.

Marilyn



> That's interesting Marilyn, as I hadn't heard about this practice other
> than
> discovering that my g-g-grandfather was Pulsfort by birth but took the
> name
> Grote when he married, probably because of his wife having the farm.
>
> So it’s the youngest kid who got the farm, regardless of gender?  I'd
> always
> thought it was the oldest son, and had assumed in my case that maybe my
> g-g-grandmother didn't have any brothers to take the farm.
>
> Chris Grote,
> Chicago
>
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> Subject: Re: [OL] Surnames and Maiden Names
>
> Annette, this might or might not help.  One line of my ancestors comes
> from near Wittlage, east of Osnabrück.  In that region, the youngest
> child, male or female, inherited the farm.  Two of my g-g-grandfathers are
> "Jobst Heinrich Möller born Ohmann" and "Claus Heinrich Viening born
> Eickhoff."  They were born with one name, but when they married their
> wives—who had inherited their farms—they took their wives' names.  I know
> the inheritance customs varied from place to place, but that's how it
> worked in my case.
>
> Best wishes,
> Marilyn in Wisconsin
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have 2 Visbek Church Book records in question:
>> For the marriage of my ancestors it gives:
>>
>> Johan Alerd Ahlers genannt Tonnies and Maria Gertrud Tonnies.    What
>> does this mean regarding last names?  Was Johan Alerd born Johan Alerd
>> Tonnies? Was he born Johan Alerd Ahlers, but took his wife's surname
>> after marriage?  Their decendent is a Tonnies.
>>
>> I also have the case where it says:
>> Johann Heinrich Suing g____ Dietmann and Maria Elizabeth Suing, where
>> their decendent was a Suing.  Is this the same?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Annette
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