HANOVER-Stolzenau-Preussen

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"Will J van Dreven-Lieuwes" <vandreve@iafrica.com> schrieb:

My great grandfather was born in STOLZENAU, Hanover, Preussen around 1741..
he moved to the Netherlands...married a few times, and had childeren.
BUT... there seem no findings of the name HARZFELD (in Hollland the clerk
wrote Hartsveld or harsveld etc)
Can someone please help??

Willemine
South africa

Hello Willemine,

the only Stolzenau I could find in Germany is the one West of Hannover and West of Nienburg a.d.Weser. There are about 40 HARTFELD and 9 HARZFELD in Germany in 1998, no one of these - as far as I can see - is out the region of Stolzenau. That might mean, that he came there from elsewhere, otherwise in case of long family tradition in the region even today one should be able to count with several bearer of the name.

But there is another point, one should spend a thought on. The German word for "heart" is "Herz", the Netherland translation should be "Hart". So one should take into consideration, that the change of living places has occurred a different writing, which is as much more likely in comparision with other changes as the sense does not change and the second part has also been translated from "feld" into "veld". So HERZFELD might be the name to look for in Germany.

The nearest-by bearer of your researched name I found in Hannover (town) as HARTFELDER. HARTFELD without the end "-ER" could be found in 1998 only 1 in Herford and 2 in Paderborn.

So much from the name statistical and history side.

If you like to write to the local Lutheran chuch in Stolzenau, the address is
KirchenKreisAmt
MEIERSTR. 11
32592 Stolzenau
the Catholic Church:
Pfarramt Holzhäuser
Weg 1
31592 Stolzenau

Best wishes Hans Peter Albers, Bienenbüttel

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Hello,

     I think Hans Peter has a good idea that the name should be Herzfeld.
There are a great many listings of that name on the LDS site, some from
Hannover. There are also a great many Herzfelds in the German Telephone
Book as well (not in Stolzenau) at this time.

    There are a few LDS microfilm for the town of Stolzenau that may be
helpful if you are near any of their centers. There are a number of centers
in South Africa. You can see where they are located on this page:

   http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp

    These are the films that are available regarding Stolzenau:

     A census of Stolzenau from 1852-1861

     Church records from 1874-1875

     Records of marriage contracts of the court of Stolzenau, Hannover,
Preußen. Includes Loccum, Wiedensahl, und Münchhagen 1658-1878

     Usually, one can order films and view them at the LDS center.

Good luck,
Barbara

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thank you very much...
this helps.
Although 'a' family crest, is showing a horse as well...that means the old
german word HARS is actually horse??
But further information will be apprecitated
thank you again..
Willemine

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me again...
when you say there are 9 Harzfeld in Germany in 1998, where can i find these
ppl ?? so i might be able to ask them if they have a family tree of some
sort..

Thank you again..
Willemine