Ich weiß, ich komme immer mit gediegenen Fragen.
In der schönen Stadt Seattle lebt eine Familie namens Jiencke. Diese führt ihren Stammbaum auf einen Herrn August Jiencke und dessen Ehefrau Laura geb. Detlefsen zurück.
Silver Bow County, Montana, Clerk's Office over the telephone:
Date of Birth: January 29, 1890
Child: Fred William Jiencke
Father: August Jiencke
Mother: Laura Ditlefsen
Etwa zu der gleichen Zeit lebte in Kansas ein Harry Jiencke, über dem im Kansas Genealogical Web steht:
Of an old German family of Mecklenburg, he came to America when only a youth. He was born May 27, 1858. His father, Joachim Jiencke, was born in Mecklenburg in 1806 and died there in 1869. He was a man of more than ordinary prominence. He had extensive farming and stock raising interests, was a member of the legal profession and held a judicial office, and during his service in the regular army went through the rebellion of 1848. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. His wife, Henrietta Ahrens, was born in Germany in 1818 and died there in venerable years in 1905. To their marriage were born a large family, fifteen children, and a brief record of them is as follows: William, now deceased; Gustav, a confectioner living in Chicago; Mina, who died in infancy; Louisa, still living in Mecklenburg, Germany, the widow of Henry Demin, who was a miller; Fritz, deceased; Karl, deceased; Marie, living in Mecklenburg, the widow of Otto Beutler, who was a confectioner; Paul, a confectioner in Mecklenburg; Edward, a tobacco manufacturer at Berlin, Germany; Henrietta, wife of Henry Schaffer, a retired farmer now living in Chicago; Emma, wife of Henry Vitense, who holds the office of postmaster in the city of Mecklenburg; Harry, who is the twelfth in order of birth; Francisca, deceased wife of George Glanz, a government forester at Mecklenburg; Mina, the second of the name, also deceased, besides a son who died in childhood.
Die Variante "Jiencke" war eine Macke einer Pastorenfamilie in Picher um 1700-1800, Durchläuchting ließ "Giencke" schreiben und in anderen Gegenden schrieb man sowieso "Gien(c)ke". Es liegt also nahe, den Ursprung dieser beiden Männer im Großraum Picher zu suchen.
Weiß jemand etwas von denen?
Trotzdem schönes Wochenende,
Helmuth Gienke
BTW: ich bin immer dankbar für Hinweise auf Gien(c)ke oder Jiencke.