Hello Katherine,
the book about emigrants from Lingen area (former located in Kingdom of Hannover) shows:
Bernhard Wilhelm Cordes, bor. 4.April 1854 in Emsbühren, Schuhmachergeselle (shoemaker), emigrated 1871.
Parents: Bäcker (baker) Andreas Cordes and Anna Adelheid Arning
then are listed 6 Börger, tell me the first name !
Werner