My Sielehr and Thies Genealogy

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I am looking for a connection or information to my Great Great Grandparents
Ernst Heinrich Sielehr (DOB January 1851)and Caroline Florentina Thies (DOB
June 10, 1852). They list Hannover as country of origion. Ernst has an
emigration year of 1871 and Caroline emigrated from Bremen in late July or early
August of 1872. Caroline arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. on August 12,
1872. Her destination was Cleveland, Ohio. She crossed the ocean on a ship
named Hermine. It is possible that Ernst came from Buer. I suspect a brother
also emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio. His name was Henry (Heinrich) Sielehr. Henry
listed Buer as his place of emigration. Their father's name was William
(Wilhelm) and their mother's name was Maria Ellbrecht. William was born in 1821 and
I suspect he emigrated in April of 1882 along with Henry. Heinrich and
Florentina Thies were the parents of Caroline. I have extensive genealogy of Ernst
and Caroline's descendants. Note: Caroline also went by the name Lena. They
were of the Lutheran (Evangelische) faith.
                                                                              
                              Rick Wagner

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Hello Rick,
     
       That Sielehr name is not very common, to say the least. There is not
even one listed in the German Telephone book. I wonder if it might be
spelled differently in various records. Have you looked at the records for
Buer that the LDS has? I would surely check there if you are near a LDS
center:
    Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1808-1875 Evangelische Kirche Buer (Kr. Melle)
      
Good luck!
Barbara

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Rick,

     Have you seen this list of emigrants from Buer? Your Thies are listed
there.

    buer-us.de

     Your Sielehr is there, spelled Sieler, but the birth place is not
given!
    
    This page will lead you to the main page--which includes various things
about Buer:
     http://www.buer-us.de/

    There is a Sielheder listed.

Barbara

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Hallo,
immer wieder treffe ich in den Kirchenb�chern auf Eintr�ge, die besagen, dass ein uneheliches Kind sp�ter durch eine Heirat (vermutlich mit dem Kindsvater) legitimiert wurde.
Meine Frage: Wird das Kind ab dann unter dem Namen des Vaters leben oder den Namen der Mutter beibehalten?
Gibt es dazu einheitliche Verfahren, oder kann es sein, dass dies uneinheitlich gehandhabt wurde?
Erika