Bernard Luers was born 23 Jul 1832 in Oldenburg. His wife, Anna J. M. Voss,
was born 05 Oct 1826 in Bremen. She lived at some point in an orphanage,
and family members believe she had a sister who emigrated to Australia.
Bernard and Anna married, and soon after emigrated to the US (Baltimore,
Maryland). I do not know the date or place of their marriage. They appear
on the 1860 census with a 2 year old son born in Maryland, and the 1900
census indicates that they emigrated in 1857. They were Protestant. He was
a shoemaker.
That is the total background information we have about these ancestors (my
husband's great-great-grandparents.) I cannot find them on any ship list.
If anyone can help me fill in any background, or tell me where to look next,
I would greatly appreciate it.
Vielen Dank!
Linda Ferree
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Linda, have you been able to trace these people to their earliest church
membership? Two of my ancestors were charter members of their Lutheran
churchesone in southeast Indiana, and one in Nebraska. In both cases,
their birthplaces were given, because the pastors had taken great care to
write down complete information about the charter members.
Marilyn
Bernard Luers was born 23 Jul 1832 in Oldenburg. His wife, Anna J. M.
Voss,
was born 05 Oct 1826 in Bremen. She lived at some point in an orphanage,
and family members believe she had a sister who emigrated to Australia.
Bernard and Anna married, and soon after emigrated to the US (Baltimore,
Maryland). I do not know the date or place of their marriage. They
appear
on the 1860 census with a 2 year old son born in Maryland, and the 1900
census indicates that they emigrated in 1857. They were Protestant. He
was
a shoemaker.
That is the total background information we have about these ancestors (my
husband's great-great-grandparents.) I cannot find them on any ship list.
If anyone can help me fill in any background, or tell me where to look
next,
I would greatly appreciate it.
It would be interesting to see if I could locate a Baltimore church with any
information. Everything I have seen so far (census and naturalization) only
says Oldenburg. They lived in Baltimore for about 12 years before moving to
Bowie, MD (where some of the family still lives.) I have a lot of info
about their time in Bowie, but next to nothing about Baltimore.
The family attended the Episcopal church in Bowie. Bernard assisted the
German Lutheran Church by allowing them to use several rooms of his house
when they were starting up, but he was never a member. I wonder if they
would have kept any info about him.
It seems that many/most of the Luers families from Oldenburg to US were
Catholic, and I am keeping open the idea that Bernard may have converted
upon marriage.
His wife, Anna, owned an 1802 Luther Bible (still in the family), so she
seems to have been Protestant from childhood.
if the Luers are catholics, then could they come from Langförden/Vechta area.
The history farm book listed in Langförden-Holtrup a cottage Luers, 23 hectare, since 1545.
You should check by LDS first the parish Langförden, then Oythe, then Vechta.
I think this is the current address:
Lüers, Aloys u. Ursula
Holtruper Str. 27
49377 Vechta
This listed an emigration list of Oythe:
Lüers Theodor Josef, geb. 28. November 1832. Ist 1851 von Oythe nach Amerika gewandert.
Good luck,
Werner Honkomp
It would be interesting to see if I could locate a Baltimore church with
any
information. Everything I have seen so far (census and naturalization)
only
says Oldenburg. They lived in Baltimore for about 12 years before moving
to
Bowie, MD (where some of the family still lives.) I have a lot of info
about their time in Bowie, but next to nothing about Baltimore.
The family attended the Episcopal church in Bowie. Bernard assisted the
German Lutheran Church by allowing them to use several rooms of his house
when they were starting up, but he was never a member. I wonder if they
would have kept any info about him.
It seems that many/most of the Luers families from Oldenburg to US were
Catholic, and I am keeping open the idea that Bernard may have converted
upon marriage.
His wife, Anna, owned an 1802 Luther Bible (still in the family), so she
seems to have been Protestant from childhood.
Thanks for the tip!
Linda
Linda, have you been able to trace these people to their earliest church
membership? Two of my ancestors were charter members of their Lutheran
churchesone in southeast Indiana, and one in Nebraska. In both cases,
their birthplaces were given, because the pastors had taken great care to
write down complete information about the charter members.
Marilyn
> Bernard Luers was born 23 Jul 1832 in Oldenburg. His wife, Anna J. M.
> Voss,
> was born 05 Oct 1826 in Bremen. She lived at some point in an
> orphanage,
> and family members believe she had a sister who emigrated to Australia.
>
> Bernard and Anna married, and soon after emigrated to the US
> (Baltimore,
> Maryland). I do not know the date or place of their marriage. They
> appear
> on the 1860 census with a 2 year old son born in Maryland, and the 1900
> census indicates that they emigrated in 1857. They were Protestant.
> He
> was
> a shoemaker.
>
> That is the total background information we have about these ancestors
(my
> husband's great-great-grandparents.) I cannot find them on any ship
list.
> If anyone can help me fill in any background, or tell me where to look
> next,
> I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Vielen Dank!
> Linda Ferree
> Oldenburg-L mailing list
> Oldenburg-L@genealogy.net
> oldenburg-l - genealogy.net
>
Linda, if you can give the approximate dates the family were in Baltimore,
you might try contacting to the Lutheran and Episcopal offices to find out
which churches were founded by that time, and which are still in existence
today. That can narrow your search a bit, and maybe lead you to the
church where your people attended.
Here's the Episcopal office. I didn't find an email address:
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

4 E. University Parkway

Baltimore, MD 21218

(410) 467-1399

(800) 443-1399

(410) 554-6387 Fax
It would be interesting to see if I could locate a Baltimore church with
any
information. Everything I have seen so far (census and naturalization)
only
says Oldenburg. They lived in Baltimore for about 12 years before moving
to
Bowie, MD (where some of the family still lives.) I have a lot of info
about their time in Bowie, but next to nothing about Baltimore.
The family attended the Episcopal church in Bowie. Bernard assisted the
German Lutheran Church by allowing them to use several rooms of his house
when they were starting up, but he was never a member. I wonder if they
would have kept any info about him.
It
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I note that some gibberish got added from my cut-and-paste. See if this
works:
4 East University Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 467-1399
(800) 443-1399
(410) 554-6387 fax
Here's the Episcopal office. I didn't find an email address:
The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

4 E. University Parkway

Baltimore, MD 21218

(410) 467-1399

(800) 443-1399

(410) 554-6387 Fax
It would be interesting to see if I could locate a Baltimore church with
any
information. Everything I have seen so far (census and naturalization)
only
says Oldenburg. They lived in Baltimore for about 12 years before
moving
to
Bowie, MD (where some of the family still lives.) I have a lot of info
about their time in Bowie, but next to nothing about Baltimore.
The family attended the Episcopal church in Bowie. Bernard assisted the
German Lutheran Church by allowing them to use several rooms of his
house
when they were starting up, but he was never a member. I wonder if they
would have kept any info about him.
Thank you for all these responses. I will look into contacting these
churches, and will order the films from LDS next week. Nice to have a place
to start.
That Anna and Bernard married in Germany is only passed down through the
family - I have no records for them at all concerning their marriage. The
story has always been that Bernard had been in the army but was uneasy
about the threat of war, so he decided to emigrate, and married Anna so they
could leave together. He would have been about 25 and she about 31. We
only knew they left in the "late 1850s". But the 1900 census says he
immigrated in 1857, and his oldest son was born in June 1858 in MD, so that
fits. Unfortunately, Anna died prior to the 1900 census, which was the
first census to list years of marriage.
Do you know when Anna died? Or at least where? Might there be an
obituary hiding out somewhere? Or a death certificate that would have
some information? If you know that they were living in Bowie at the time
of her death, have you looked in the church records for her death record?
They'll probably give her birthplace as "Oldenburg" or good old generic
"Germany," but if you're really lucky, there might be some more specific
information.
Have you located an obituary for Bernard? It might state the date and
place of his marriage to Anna.
That Anna and Bernard married in Germany is only passed down through the
family - I have no records for them at all concerning their marriage. The
story has always been that Bernard had been in the army but was uneasy
about the threat of war, so he decided to emigrate, and married Anna so
they
could leave together. He would have been about 25 and she about 31. We
only knew they left in the "late 1850s". But the 1900 census says he
immigrated in 1857, and his oldest son was born in June 1858 in MD, so
that
fits. Unfortunately, Anna died prior to the 1900 census, which was the
first census to list years of marriage.
Linda
I note that some gibberish got added from my cut-and-paste. See if this
works:
4 East University Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 467-1399
(800) 443-1399
(410) 554-6387 fax
> Here's the Episcopal office. I didn't find an email address:
> The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
> 
4 E. University Parkway
> 
Baltimore, MD 21218
> 
(410) 467-1399

> (800) 443-1399

> (410) 554-6387 Fax
>
>
>> It would be interesting to see if I could locate a Baltimore church
with
>> any
>> information. Everything I have seen so far (census and
naturalization)
>> only
>> says Oldenburg. They lived in Baltimore for about 12 years before
>> moving
>> to
>> Bowie, MD (where some of the family still lives.) I have a lot of
info
>> about their time in Bowie, but next to nothing about Baltimore.
>>
>> The family attended the Episcopal church in Bowie. Bernard assisted
the
>> German Lutheran Church by allowing them to use several rooms of his
>> house
>> when they were starting up, but he was never a member. I wonder if
they
>> would have kept any info about him.
>>
>> It
>
> Oldenburg-L mailing list
> Oldenburg-L@genealogy.net
> oldenburg-l - genealogy.net
>
Finding an obit would surprise me (happily!) - My husband's 86 year-old aunt
who still lives in Bowie is the town historian. She has made everything
available to me, and we have gone through boxes of stuff. If there ever was
an obit, I would have expected a copy to turn up. But I will ask her! She
may know about whether the cemetery or church kept any kind of death
records, too. (Anna and Bernard are both buried in an Episcopal cemetery
there.)
One other idea. I don't know how many children they had, but have you
contacted all the descendants you can find, to find out if one of them has
something tucked into a box somewhere? It's always amazing where things
turn up. I had an obit for my great-grandpa, but my dad's cousin turned
up a second one glued into a photobook. THAT one mentioned "a brother in
Los Angeles."
Finding an obit would surprise me (happily!) - My husband's 86 year-old
aunt
who still lives in Bowie is the town historian. She has made everything
available to me, and we have gone through boxes of stuff. If there ever
was
an obit, I would have expected a copy to turn up. But I will ask her!
She
may know about whether the cemetery or church kept any kind of death
records, too. (Anna and Bernard are both buried in an Episcopal cemetery
there.)
Do you know when Anna died? Or at least where? Might there be an
obituary hiding out somewhere? Or a death certificate that would have
some information? If you know that they were living in Bowie at the
time
of her death, have you looked in the church records for her death
record?
They'll probably give her birthplace as "Oldenburg" or good old generic
"Germany," but if you're really lucky, there might be some more specific
information.
Have you located an obituary for Bernard? It might state the date and
place of his marriage to Anna.
> That Anna and Bernard married in Germany is only passed down through
the
> family - I have no records for them at all concerning their marriage.
The
> story has always been that Bernard had been in the army but was uneasy
> about the threat of war, so he decided to emigrate, and married Anna
so
> they
> could leave together. He would have been about 25 and she about 31.
We
> only knew they left in the "late 1850s". But the 1900 census says he
> immigrated in 1857, and his oldest son was born in June 1858 in MD, so
> that
> fits. Unfortunately, Anna died prior to the 1900 census, which was
the
> first census to list years of marriage.
>
> Linda
>
>
>
>
>> I note that some gibberish got added from my cut-and-paste. See if
this
>> works:
>>
>> 4 East University Parkway
>> Baltimore, MD 21218
>> (410) 467-1399
>> (800) 443-1399
>> (410) 554-6387 fax
>>
>> > Here's the Episcopal office. I didn't find an email address:
>> > The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
>> > 
4 E. University Parkway
>> > 
Baltimore, MD 21218
>> > 
(410) 467-1399

>> > (800) 443-1399

>> > (410) 554-6387 Fax
>> >
>> >
>> >> It would be interesting to see if I could locate a Baltimore
church
>> with
>> >> any
>> >> information. Everything I have seen so far (census and
>> naturalization)
>> >> only
>> >> says Oldenburg. They lived in Baltimore for about 12 years before
>> >> moving
>> >> to
>> >> Bowie, MD (where some of the family still lives.) I have a lot of
>> info
>> >> about their time in Bowie, but next to nothing about Baltimore.
>> >>
>> >> The family attended the Episcopal church in Bowie. Bernard
assisted
>> the
>> >> German Lutheran Church by allowing them to use several rooms of
his
>> >> house
>> >> when they were starting up, but he was never a member. I wonder
if
>> they
>> >> would have kept any info about him.
>> >>
>> >> It
>> >
>> > Oldenburg-L mailing list
>> > Oldenburg-L@genealogy.net
>> > oldenburg-l - genealogy.net
>> >
>>
>>
>> Oldenburg-L mailing list
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