1000 Emigrants to America from the District of Harsefeld
Updated: 1 Aug 2008 1000 Emigrants To America From The District Of Harsefeld These emigrants (from the 1850s to about 1939) came from the former administrative units called “Amt Harsefeld” and Himmelpforten, i.e. the area more or less constituted by the parishes of Bargstedt, Harsefeld, Ahlerstedt, Bliedersdorf , Neukloster, Apensen and Mulsum. Sources for the names and data are the state archives of Stade (especially the applications for emigration), the passenger lists and last but not least all those researchers who have made the result of their research public on the internet and whose names are far too numerous to mention them all. Thanks a lot! Much is still to do to complete the emigrants´ curricula vitae and I would appreciate anything that can help me do so including corrections. 269 Gerd Hinrich (Henry) AHRENS [269], born on 06.06.1848 in Wohlerst, died on 31.12.1920 in Goodhue Twp., Goodhue, MN at the age of 72. Amt Harsefeld: Apr 7,1874: Gerd Hinrich Ahrens of Wohlerst is said to have left the country in August 1872. He wrote a letter to his brother-in-law, Johann Löhden, in Kohlenhausen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details: He is married to Meta Bredehöft (24 Mar 1857 - 25 May 1946) His parents are Johann Ahrens and Christina Gesche Rehfinger, Häusling in Wohlerst. The 1885 Minnesota census of Goodhue, Goodhue Co., shows the following family: Henry Ahrens,36 Metta,28 Catherine,4 Louise,2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- cf.entry for his brother Johann Ahrens. 226 Hinrich AHRENS [226], farmer, born on 24.02.1843 in Kakerbeck. Amt Harsefeld: Mar 4,1870: Hinrich Ahrens wants to emigrate.
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