Wedem Amt Wolpe

hannover-l
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Ha anyone run across a reference to an old German town called Wedem Amt
Wolpe. I have records from a church in Bensenville Illinois that this is
where 2 of my ancestors were born.

Thanks,

Carole

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Hi Carole:
   If you don't know the location of the town you are looking for, a blind
   search for records may not be productive, even if you are in Hannover.
   Another thing is spelling. First, are you pronouncing the first "e" in
    Wedem as a long "e"? If so it is probably spelled Wiedem. The Wolpe
   is probably W�lpe with the umlaut.
   The only reference to W�lpe, which I find is just northeast of
   Nienburg. A street named Celler seems to run continiously through both
   towns. Actually they are part of the same metropolition area. That is
   if the W�lpe I am looking at is a town and not a stream or a park,
   etc. Someone else on this List can confirm or disprove it.
   [1]GeoNames.org
   If W�lpe is a town, would then want to check with the LDS/Family
   History Center. as they have lots of information on Nienburg.
   [2]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Cemeteries
   [3]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Census
   [4]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Directories
   [5]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Genealogy
   [6]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Land and property
   [7]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Military records
   [8]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Naturalization and
   citizenship
   [9]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Population
   [10]Germany, Preu�en, Hannover, Nienburg - Taxation
   I should probably start looking at these films myself, as my GF was
   from Anderten about 8 miles northeast of there. I never really thought
   about Nienburg as a source of information as Anderten was an Amt of
   Hoya. I, like Max would be interested in your genealogy search
   adventures in Germany.
   Gale B�sche

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Carole,
   The abbreviation "Amt" is short for Amtsbezirk, which translates into a government jurisdiction, or official district. Because it was an area, it contained several towns and villages. Your Amt. Wolpe was a region located east of Nienburg. But I don't have a map at home that lists all the villages. You should ask at a library with a Genealogy collection.

   The term Wedem refers to a church-owned farm property. Probably your ancestors were employed, and lived, on this farm.

  So your information does not refer to a specific town. You will need to do more digging.

    Good luck,

    Nicole Miller

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Hallo,

es gab ein altes Amt W�lpe, mit einen Ort: Wenden.
http://www.erichshagen-woelpe.de/geschichte/Amt.htm
siehe auch

Viel Erfolg
Manfred

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Here is what I found:Das Amt wurde 1859 im Zuge einer Gemeindereform aufgelöst und den Kreisstädten Nienburg und Neustadt zugeteilt.
Translated it says:The office was resolved 1859 in the course of a community reform and dispatching to the district towns Nienburg and Neustadt.
This would be the town of Neustadt am Rübenberge which consists of about 32 little towns... some are * Amedorf
    * Basse
    * Bevensen
    * Bordenau
    * Borstel
    * Dudensen
    * Eilvese
    * Hagen
    * Helstorf
    * Laderholz/Mandelsloh
    * Mardorf
    * Nöpke
    * Poggenhagen
    * Schneeren
    * Stöckendrebber
    * Vesbeck
My Schulte ancestors came from this region. I am researching: Neimeier, Mahler, Schultze, Schulte, Bartling, Beerman, Knigge, Knust, Krumwiede, Rabe, Rodewalt/Rodewald, Dunsing and Vollberding.
Hope that helps.Joy

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Hello Carole,

          I have a great German Autoatlas and I can't find Wedem Amt Wolpe or anything similar. What is the surname of the family? That would be helpful.
Have you tried this:

         http://aidaonline.niedersachsen.de/ There is a box (suchen) where you can write your family name there and you may find where they lived. It is in German but you can use online translators like this:

        http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Good luck,
Barbara

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Barbara,
  The names of the families I am searching for are Dierking and
Bergmann. I will check out your reference web site and see if I can find
anything. Someone else said it was near Steimbke.

Carole

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Carole,

if the following persons are your family you should look at
http://www.waynekuntze.com/wk12dec08/pafg429.htm#10062 :

Wilhelm (William) DIERKING was born in 1837 in Wedem, Amt Woelpe, Hanover,
Germany. He married Wilhelmina (Minnie) BERGMANN on 28 Jul 1861 in
Bensenville, DuPage Co, Illinois, Immanuel UCC.

[Notes]
Wilhelmina (Minnie) BERGMANN was born in 1836 in Wedem, Amt Woelpe, Hanover,
Germany. She died before 1920. She married Wilhelm (William) DIERKING on 28
Jul 1861 in Bensenville, DuPage Co, Illinois, Immanuel UCC.

[Notes]
They had the following children:

   F i Louisa DIERKING was born in 1859 in Hanover, Germany.
   M ii Henry DIERKING was born in 1861 in Illinois.
   F iii Anna Caroline Marie DIERKING
   F iv (Emilie C)Caroline Wilhelmine Sophia Emilie DIERKING
   F v Emma Emilie Dorette DIERKING

However I could not find "Wedem"
regards,
Gernot

-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----

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Hi Carole:
   I have some more informatio about W�lpe near Nienburg.
   When searching the Web in Germany, it is helpful when the umlaut. If
   you Google "W�lpe" you will get a lot of interesting hits.
   There is a picture of the church at Erichshagen-W�lpe:
   [1]Panoramio is no longer available
   [2]http://www.erichshagen-woelpe.de/
   You may want to type these URL's in your address box, as my messages
   seem to have character changes when posted on the List.
   There is a stone (monument) with the inscription" W�LPE GRAFSHAFT
   u. ALTES AMT.
   Gale

     Carole,
     if the following persons are your family you should look at
     [3]http://www.waynekuntze.com/wk12dec08/pafg429.htm#10062 :
     Wilhelm (William) DIERKING was born in 1837 in Wedem, Amt Woelpe,
     Hanover,
     Germany. He married Wilhelmina (Minnie) BERGMANN on 28 Jul 1861 in
     Bensenville, DuPage Co, Illinois, Immanuel UCC.
     [Notes]
     Wilhelmina (Minnie) BERGMANN was born in 1836 in Wedem, Amt Woelpe,
     Hanover,
     Germany. She died before 1920. She married Wilhelm (William)
     DIERKING on 28
     Jul 1861 in Bensenville, DuPage Co, Illinois, Immanuel UCC.
     [Notes]
     They had the following children:
     F i Louisa DIERKING was born in 1859 in Hanover, Germany.
     M ii Henry DIERKING was born in 1861 in Illinois.
     F iii Anna Caroline Marie DIERKING
     F iv (Emilie C)Caroline Wilhelmine Sophia Emilie DIERKING
     F v Emma Emilie Dorette DIERKING
     However I could not find "Wedem"
     regards,
     Gernot
     -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
     [[5]mailto:hannover-l-bounces@genealogy.net]Im Auftrag von Carole
     Townsend

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Carole,
         If you look at the German Phonebook http://www3.dastelefonbuch.de/, you will find the name of Dierking in a number of places east of Nienburg. Some are Steimbke, Rodewald, etc. There are 3 names for Bergmann at Steimbke. It appears that there are a number of people with those names.

        In the Niedersachsen archives site, I found this:

  1. Dierking, Anna Marie, Nienburg 5. Dierking, August Wilhelm Heinrich (geb. 11. 08. 1887 Rodewald/obere Bauerschaft) 7. Amerika 8. 190510. gegen den Sohn nklageschrift wegen Verletzung der Wehrpflicht eingereicht: 29. 06. 1910

   Also this: 1. Dierking, August Wilhelm Heinrich, zuletzt in Nienburg gewesen 2. 11. 08. 1887, Rodewald 8. Anklageschrift wegen Verletzung der Militärpflicht eingereicht: 02. 12. 1910

    I came across those items by using the words " dierking nienburg" If you use different words of course, you will get different data.

     I just saw that Gernot may have the information you need. Let us know!

Barbara

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Thanks Gernot. I am aware of this research, in fact, I am quoted as the
source for some of the information.

Carole