Don
Walter Tenfelde, in "Auswanderungen und Auswanderer aus dem ehemaligen Kreise Lingen nach Nordamerika" lists several AHRENS' from Schapen, krs. Lingen. Also, Anna Adelheid AHRENS, from Schapen, krs. Lingen, who was b. 12 Apr 1841, married my gg uncle, Johann Heinrich HÖCKELBERG (spelled HOECKELBERG after immigration to USA).
Regards,
William Taber, Indianapolis, USA