Anna Margaretha Kruse

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I am searching for information about my 2nd great-grandmother Anna
Margaretha Kruse who married Heinrich Herman Konerman in Cincinnati in 1854.
If I have found the correct arrival record, Anna M. Kruse arrived in the US
in 1853 and the arrival record says she was from Vechta. However, the 1860
US Federal Census says she was from Hanover, and if she was really from
Vechta I would expect it to say Oldenburg.

The 1920 US Federal Census says she was from Brenshoff, which is then
crossed out and replaced with Germany. I can find no such town in Germany.

Here are the siblings that I know of:

Henry Kruse born about 1823.

Mary Kruse born about 1827

Anna M. Kruse born 01 Feb 1834

And possibly

John Kruse born about 1837

The family was Catholic.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Beth Carrick

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hi beth,

have done quite a bit of reseach on the steinkamps (also arriving in cincinnati) including travelling to germany from florida where we live -

we went to hannover as the U.S. records previously found indicated this is where they came from - however, through german friends who contacted appropriate office in hannover we found that many documents at that time showed hannover as the place of origin because this is where they were processed before departing not necessarily place of birth -

further investigation showed that indeed the steinkamps are/were from oldenburg and we have now found relatives and lines of ancestry in oldenburg - hope this helps - good luck - martha

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Brenshoff could be Bomhof(f) ?

"Gut Bomhof" is a part of the parish Lanf�rden:

Good luck,
Werner Honkomp

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Thanks, Werner. I feel I am getting closer. That is the second mention of
Lanförden. Do you know those records are available from the LDS or should I
depend on this mailing list?

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Just a general comment: One source of possible confusion when doing German research is that Hanover was a kingdom, and is also a city. Another source of confusion for people using US census records is that the place of birth as given in the US census reflects what that region/country was called AT THE TIME OF THE CENSUS. So a person's birthplace might show up in a US census as "Hannover," "Prussia," or "Germany," but that simply means that over the course of time, different entities controlled the place the ancestor was born.

Marilyn

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Hello Beth,
yes you can find the records of the parish Langf�rden by LDS.
Regards,
Werner Honkomp

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Thanks!

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Beth, If you connect the dots to prove you're from Bomhof, do a Google search for the following: Vechta Lanfürden Bomhof. Lots of interesting information. It looks as if the manor house at Bomhof has been turned into a bed and breakfast place.

I checked for a Catholic church in Ludlow, Kentucky, but it seems that both parishes (which are now united) started quite a bit later than your ancestors arrived, so it's doubtful there would be any information in those records about their origins. If you do know what church they attended when they first arrived, you might want to take a look at their records to see if there's anything there. Two of my ancestral lines were charter members of Lutheran churches, so the pastors included some good detail about each of the original members.

In the 1920 census, it appears that the place that looked like "Brenshoff" is also found in the lines below with the next family. Are they relatives by any chance?

Marilyn

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I think everyone on that page might be related--just joking, but many are.
Nick Allgeyer is the name below and he was born in Gamshurst, Baden. His
wife (Sophia) Frances, Clara McNally, and Annie Lemker were sisters of my
great-grandmother.

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Ah! "Baden." Now that I know what it's supposed to be, I can read it.