Hi Joel,
I'm searching in the area of the parish of Schledehausen (and surrounding
area), county of Osnabr�ck. The surnames Menke, Henke and Rust are all known
in that area. Unfortunalety none of that names are part of my ancestors so I
won't be of much help for you.
Looking through my the dates I've, I found the following baptism entry in
the parish of Schledehausen:
Born Nov 14, 1811, name: Johann Friedrich, parents: Johann Adam Rust and
Anne Marie Knackwefel of Wulften, sponsors: Hermann Friedrich Fischer?,
Johann Friedrich Rust and Catharine Engel Kr�ger.
There's a Henke family in Wulften, too, although I don't have enough
information to tell if there was a Louisa Henke.
The Menkes that I know of are from Niederholsten, parish of Oldendorf, just
at the border to the parish of Schledehausen. But again, I've not enough
information to tell if the family your're looking for is coming from there,
too.
I did a search for Menke at http://aidaonline.niedersachsen.de to see what I
can find there. Wow, Menke is a common name.
What about Eberhard Heinrich Menke from Darum, parish of Belm, age 47, who
got the permission to emigrate in 1840 and what to go with his wife, nee
J�rgens, three sons and two daughters?
There's also a Christian Heinrich Menke, born Apr 1834 in the parish of
Oldendorf, got permission in 1852, a brother and a sister are already in the
USA.
There are a lot of other Menkes from the Osnabr�ck area who got the
permission to emigrate in that database, maybe you should have a look
yourselve.
I hope that this will help you.
Greetings from Germany,
Anke Waldmann
www.die-waldmanns.de
www.grambergen.de
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