Many thanks to Maria, Gunter, Pauline and Lex for their help on my Fortmann & Seifert quest. I have learned that the parents of Clemens Fortman were Heinrich Fortmann and Ann Gelhaus. Emelie Seifert's parents were Johann Seifert and Margaretha Elise Fischer. Hopefully I will be able to connect them to your suggestions
Hello, John,
it is fine, that you have got help.
The whole time, I had the idea, that in my ancestors were a person, named Fortmann. Now I have found this wife. She is in the family of the father of my mother. Here are their dates:
Henrich Anton R�sener,
born 14.02.1757 in Lohne,
died 18.05.1824 in Lohne. (Lohne is near Vechta.)
Rel: cath.
Parents: Johannes R�sener and Anna Elisabeth Busmann
oo (married) 26.11.1782 in Lohne with
Catharina Maria Br�gelmann from Lohne,
born 08.03.1760 in Lohne,
died 01.05.1812 in Lohne
cath.
Parents: Johan Bernard Tombr�gel, and Magdalena Sieverding
Children:
1.) Maria Elisabeth R�sener, born 11.02.1782, oo with Barthold Krimpenfort
2.) Katharina R�sener, born 1791, oo with Bernhard Wemmer
3.) Franz R�sener, born 1798 , oo with Maria Gro�e Fortmann
4.) Anna Maria R�sener, born 1804, oo with Karl Heinrich Kollhoff from Bokern
It isn't your family directly, but perhaps you will found the line with my/our dates. I don't have Church regests, because my father had written this chronicle in the 1980 years. He had the dates often from the families directly. Perhaps you will search in the church yourself. :-))
Have a nice evening
Maria Fr�se
PS: Please excuse my bad english, it's a long time ago, that I have learned.