Some

family

history

The last 300 years

On my desk, there are more than 100 pages worth of family history expressed in lists, tables and numbers, which are utterly meaningless for anybody who doesn't happen to be a member of the families concerned. However, I have now begun the process of distilling this material into a more readable form, a chronological story spanning more than 300 years.

In addition to drafts of this document, I also provide lists of the relevant names and places, such that fellow genealogists can easily check whether any of this information is relevant for their endeavours.

Finally, I may also find time to put some of the key documents online in case they might help somebody else's research. Note, however that the whole project is work in (slow) progress.

For the family history of my French cousins (Appourchaux family), click here.

Recent findings and developments

The Krefeld Clan -- including all known Düselmann (Düsselmann) people in the 19th century

Biography of an old 'cello

Origins of the de la Strada family

Siepmann family

The Fuchs and Enders family from Eckweiler

~ W A N T E D ~

Dead or alive -- well, they are probably dead, anyway. But any information on any of the following people would be greatly appreciated:

• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Groß (Gross, Grohs)
  Born 1830 Breslau
  Married Rosina Faudner

• Johann Mentzel (Menzel)
  Born 1795, died 1855 Bischdorf
  Married Johanna Pfeiffer (1800-1869

• Johann Konrad Mohr
  Landschreiber at Simmern, died 1635 of the plague
  Son: Andreas Mohr, * around 1615

• della Strada (alternative spellings: de la Strada, de Lastrata, Delastrater etc.), first name unkown
  Born around 1680 probably in Capri, Italy, came to Germany to work as a gardener at a castle, probably Schloß Oranienstein at Diez (Lahn).
  Married Anna Catharina NN
  Son: Joannes Baptista de Lastrata, married Anna Catharina Jacobs at Nievern (Lahn), 7.1.1727.

• Leonardus Jacobs
  Born around 1680.
  Married Susanna NN
  Children: 1. Anna Catharina Jacobs born ca. 1705; 2. Elisabetha Jacobs born 18.12.1708 Nievern; 3. Joannes Jacobs, born 16.5.1711 Nievern.

• Peter Wolf from Mülheim (Ruhr)
  Born around 1670.
  Married Elsgen NN
  Son: Thiel Wolffs, born 5.8.1699 Mülheim, married Anna Margaretha Röshof

• Gerd Röshof from Mülheim (Ruhr)
  Born around 1670.
  Married Elsgen NN.
  Daughter Anna Margaretha Röshof, born 8.2.1704, married Thiel Wolffs.

• Johann Zeutzheim from Horchheim near Koblenz.
  Born around 1705.
  Daughter: Maria Magdalena Zeutzheim born 1748, married Philipp de Lastrata 11.11.1765 at Horchheim.

• Heinrich Düsselmann (alternative spellings: Düselmann) from Dortmund, Germany.
  Born around 1730.
  Married Anna Siepmanns
  Children: Georg Wilhelm Düsselmann, born 11.11.1757 Dortmund.

• Christoph Wilsberg
  Born ca. 1729 at Hamm, died 26./11.1781 Krefeld
  Married Anna Sibilla Wolffs 5.8.1764 at Mülheim (Ruhr)
  Children: Margaretha Wilsberg, born 30.6.1765 Krefeld, married Georg Wilhelm Düsselmann.

• Family history blog entries

• 300 years of family history (prose version)

• List of surnames (ordered by geographic area)

• List of placenames

• Last known ancestors

• Migrants

• Familien Chronik der Familie Weiss (a previous write-up, from 1891)

• Other documents

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01.10.2009