Hi again,
I'm still having problems with my Kenkel's.
In 1774 Hen. Struving married Elis Kenkel. In 1800 Elis. Kenkel gnt Sturving
died at age 44. So far in reading the Dinklage records I have found the age
at death to be quite accurate. They had five children. On these baptism
records she is listed as Elis., Maria Elis or Anna Elis so I'm assuming her
full name was Anna Maria Elis. Kenkel. Using the information on the death
record she should have been born in 1856. There is no record in 1856. A
continued search, using all combinations of her name, found Anna Elis., dau
of Berend Kenkel and Anna Aleid Kenkel born 25 Sep 1752 and Elis , dau of
Tobias Kenkel and Lucia Prullage born 25 Sep 1758. If I ignore her age on
the death records and she was born in 1758 she would only have been 16 when
she married and this seems too young compared to all of the other marriages I
have. If I use 1752 she would be 22 when she married.
Does anyone have any suggestions for solving this problem? At a meeting
several years ago someone suggested using the godparents to decide if the
information is correct but I'm not sure how this would work.
Thanks
Marcy