In 1994, Dennis Nicklaus received the following excerpts from St. Michael's Catholic Church in Leer, Lower Saxony (Ostfriesland), Germany. Sent by Father Paul Durschlag. Annotation. English translations of german words are entered in parentheses, for example, "Landwirth (farmer)". Places where the priest in 1994 added annotations to make dates or column headings more clear are in square brackets, e.g. "[natus]". Since Father Durschlag sent xeroxes of pieces of the original books, some presumed column headings are indicated like "". Notes by D. Nicklaus are in curly braces {my notes}. Most of the translation was done by Patricia Reaves of the Max Kade Institue for German American Studies in Madison, WI. ============================================================= Record #1, marriage of Caspar Tiedeken to Margretha Loiken. Pag. 2 Jahrgang 1871 Des Bautigams (Bridegroom) Der Braut (Bride) (Place (Dates -------------------------------------- -------------------------------- of & place (record (Full name, (Birthdate (Parents (Fullname (Birth (Parents residence of Banns?) continued number) Occupation, & place) name & Occup. date & name & after Residence) occup.) Residence) place) occup.) marriage) 4 ---------- ------------ --------------- ---------- ------ ------ -------- ---------- Tiedeken, 19 February Kleinemacher Loiken, 19 Octo- Acremann Heisfeld 10th, 16th, Caspar 1843 in (clothesmaker) Margaretha ber 1841 (farmer) 23rd April Swibertus, Heisfelde (tailor) (single) Rhede Herm Loiken 1871 in Leer Landwirth Bernard Tiedeken in Leer (and his wife) (farmer) in (and his wife) Maria (born) Heisfelde Maria (born) Feiken. Huismann (Day and Place of Marriage) (Name, occup. and Residence of witnesses) (Notes) (Name of Priest & date) ________________________ --------------------------------------- ------ --------------------- den funf und zwanzig Heinrich Loiken Losshan?? in Rhede {nothing here} Meyer, 25 April 1871 (25th of) April in Leer und Catharine Lange (single) in Leer {Notes: The name Loiken could possible be L"ocken or L"orken (o with an umlaut). Similarly, Feiken could possibly be Fecken. The occupation Landwirth might mean a little more than an ordinary farmer, or Bauer in german. Landwirth sometimes means land owner, or a slightly higher class than plain farmer.} ============================================================= Record #2, marriage of Bernard Tiedeken and Maria Huismann. Logalinda??? ?????? 1837 May 30th Tiedeken Bernard Weiland Burckard Tiedeken Vitus Meyer Kleidermacher Kleidermacher (clothesmaker) Schuhmacher (shoemaker) (clothesmaker) in Heisfelde und (and) in Heisfelde and in Heisfelde und Margaretha Nehus ------ Margaretha Sasjen Maria Huismann Caspar Huismann (daughter of the (from) Loga Kleidermacher in Loga gardener) Sasjen and Theila Bruns in Leer {Notes: There were no column headings, but the columns pretty clearly are month; day; groom & bride; Parents of couple; witnesses. The name Theila isn't really clear. It might be Fheila, the Theila seems to be the best guess in terms of what most likely makes sense. These are the parents of Caspar Tiedeken, apparently. The 'k' in Burckard could be an 'h' which would just soften the sound a little bit.} ============================================================= Record #3, birth/baptism of Caspar Tiedeken [1843] [Nr.] [natus] [baptizatus] 5 (birth) (baptism) February 19 February 21 Tiedeken, Caspar Swibertus, (legal son of) Schneidermeister (master tailor) Bernard Tiedeken in Heisfelde (and) Maria Huismann. Pathe (godparent): Sivert Huismann, Schneidermeister in Logabirum. {Notes, "Pathe", the german word for godparent is now spelled "Pate"} The middle name "Swibertus" comes from the latinized version of Saint Swibert (or Swithbert in english), a German saint who died about 713 AD.} ============================================================= Record #4, birth/baptism of Elizabeth Tiedeken [natus] (birth) [baptizatus] 43. Hesifelde (girl) Tiedeken, (The 12th of) Landwirth Caspar Swi- 15 December Elise Algermissen blank Meyer Elizabeth December bertus Tiedeken in Heis- 1877 (single) in Leer 15 December Margaretha (12 o'clock felde, (and his wife) 1877 afternoon) Anna Maria geborn (born) Br"uggemann ============================================================= Record #5, death of Anna Br"uggemann [1842] [number] [defunctus] [begraher] (died) (buried) 7. August 12 August 16 Br"uggemann, Anna Maria Francisca ihre frau (wife of) Schuhmacher (shoemaker) "(titled)" Meister (master) Conrad Br"uggemann in Loga. 52 (years), 4 (months) (old) (of) Unterlaibserkrankung (abdominal infection/injury) {This is the grandmother of the Anna Bruggemann who married Caspar Tiedeken.} ============================================================= Record #6, death of Burckard Bernard Tiedeken [1847] [number] [defunctus (died)] 7 May 21 Tiedeken, Burckard Bernard, (son of) Schniedermeister (master tailor) Menke (Dominikus) Tiedeken (and) Fernadina Francisca Link (of) Veenhusen, (aged) 17 years, died of Hirnschaden (blow to head or brain injury) in Veenhusen benedict. { Notes: in "(Dominikus)" the parentheses are in the original record, not added by me. This seems to be a separate branch of the Tiedeken family living in Veenhusen. Veenhusen is a town 10-15 miles north of Leer. } ============================================================= Record #7, marriage of Caspar Tiedeken to Anna Maria Br"uggemann Pag. 12 Jahrgang (Year) 1873 Des Bautigams (Bridegroom) Der Braut (Bride) (Place (Dates -------------------------------------- -------------------------------- of & place (record (Full name, (Birthdate (Parents (Fullname (Birth (Parents residence of Banns) continued number) Occupation, & place) name & Occup. date & name & after Residence) occup.) Residence) place) occup.) marriage) 3 ---------- ------------ --------------- ---------- ------ ------ -------- ---------- Tiedeken, 19 February Schneidermester Br"uggemann, 2 Dec- Tischlermeister Heisfelde 14th, 20th, Caspar 1843 in (master tailor) Anna Maria ember (carpenter) and 27 April Swibertus, Heisfelde Bernard Tiedeken (unmarried) 1841 Conrad Br"ugge- 1873 in Leer Landwirth (and his wife) in Loga in mann (farmer) Maria (born) Loga (and his wife) witwer (widower) Huismann Friederike in Heisfelde (born) Janssen (Day & Place of Marriage) (Name, occup. and Residence of witnesses) (Notes) (Name of Priest & date) ________________________ --------------------------------------- ------ --------------------- dir (first) of Burchard Tiedeken, Schuhmeister in Veenhusen Der Br"autigam ist Meyer, 2 May 1873 May in Leer und Phenenna Elsen (unmarried) in Barssel. (the bridegrooom is) witwer (a widower) (as of) 29 May 1872, (the dead wife is) Margaretha L"oiken. {Note that the Occupation of Burchard Tiedeken the witness is Schuhmeister (master shoemaker) not Schneidermeister. This means that this Burchard may be a different Burchard Tiedeken than Caspar's grandfather (assuming the original priest didn't make a mistake).} ============================================================= Record #8, birth/baptism of Catharina Margaretha Tiedeken 1817 4th March nata (born) Catharina Marga- Burchardus Tiedeken Catharina Niehaus and 6th (of the same month) retha filia legitima Margaretha Niehaus (born?) Van Gares baptizata in Heisfelde (legitimate daughter) {Maybe the godmother is the mother, sister or sister-in-law of the mother Margaretha.} ============================================================= Record #9, birth/baptism of Dominicus Sprock and Thalea Tiedeken [1814] 26 Julius nata Dominicus Hermanus Sprock Burckardus (26 July born) filius legitimus Thalea Tiedeken Tiedeken 28 (of the same month) (legitimate son) baptizatz in Notter- moer (N"uttermoor) 27 Aug nata (born) Thalea Burckardus Tiedeke Thalea Sprock 28 (of the same month) filia legitima Margaretha Niehaus (born?) Tiedeken baptiz. in Heisfelde (legitimate daughter) {I would guess that Burckardus had a sister named Thalea who maried Hermanus Sprock.} ============================================================= Record #10, death of Margaretha L"orken Tiedeken (20.) Heisfelde Tiedeken, Mar- 30 Jahre (years) Ackermann (farmer) Herm der nunf (Because of 3 Juni {blank} Meyer 18. garetha geborn 7 months L"orken und (his wife) und zwanzig childbirth) 1872 3 Jun (born) L"orken, 10 Tage (days) Anna Maria geborn (born) (29th) of May 1872 (wife) in Ferken morgen (morning) Heisfelde (at) funf (5 o'clock) {In 1994, the priest who sent the record wrote "Verstorben" (died) in the column labeled above, but that seems to have been an error by him, since the later 2nd marriage of Caspar also has the 29 May date.}