Greeting Hannover-list members,
I am trying to find more information about my ancestor, particularly the
name of his first wife, when they were married, and their children's full
names and birth dates. The LDS library has a lot of information on his
family (film #184939 Kirchenbuch, 1640-1895 Evangelische Kirche Anderten
(Kr. Burgdorf)), however his marriages or children's births are not recorded
there.
My great-great grandfather:
Heinrich Christoph Ludwig Grove
born 13 Oct 1822 in Kircherode or Anderten
He was the son of Johann Heinrich Christoph Grove (b. 1792) and Catharina
Justine Charlotte Dohrs (b. 1786).
He married UNKNOWN and had two children,
August Wilhelm Georg Grove, b. about 1852 and
Ludwig F Grove, b. about 1854 - this is my great grandfather. His mother
died when he was a baby.
He then married Augusta Soehle, had a daughter Dorothee, and moved to the
United States in May 1857. He became a successful business man in Madison,
Wisconsin. I have some information on his descendents in the US if anyone
is interested.
Heinrich had two sisters, Sophie Justine Charlotte Grove (b. 1817) and
Caroline Sophie Dorothea Grove (1820). These two sisters married two
brothers, Ernst Heinrich Ludwig Rathing and Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm Rathing.
I believe they settled in Misburg.
I would appreciate suggestions on where I can get more information about
this family. My family's oral history has it that he was born into a
prominent family. His parents died young and he and his two sisters were
raised by an uncle who was a teacher, but I do not know which uncle. He
worked as a clerk for the government, and later had a restaurant in Hannover
which he sold before he moved to the US.
Thanks!
Luanne Rolly
Corvallis, Oregon, USA