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Jens Mueller-Koppe, Schanzendorfer Str. 9B, D-28307 Bremen, Germany, hrs@hist.de Telephone +49 421 484 25 30 

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RESEARCH REPORT CXXII/94960/07 (LÜNINGHAUSEN) 

Your order of: 08.10.2007 Bremen, 26.11.2007 

Sources: Parish Registers of the Lutheran churches of Fischerhude, Wilstedt, Grasberg, 

Lilienthal, Worpswede, St. Jürgen, Sottrum and Kirchtimke 

Archive: Central Lutheran Church Archive of Hanover 

You surely remember that I already had assumed that the familyname Lunghusen, Lünghusen, 

Lunkhusen, Lünkhusen – as we can find it spelled in the Fischerhude parish registers – might 

have been derived from Lüninghusen/Lüninghausen orginally. Lüninghausen is a little village 

located 16 kilometer northwest of Fischerhude, a map which I showed you on my map when 

he met in Bremen. And your “Lunghusen” ancestors indeed came from a village which is 

quite near to “Lüninghausen”, so that this connection seem to be more than probable. While 

we can not find real evidence that the family name was indeed derived from the village name 1 

– mainly after the family names in most regions of Northwest Germany came into use during 

the 1500s, well before the parish registers were started – there is evidence that Lüning is just a 

spelling variation of Lünk/Lüng. After – husen and –hausen (= – house) are just the Low 

German and High German spelling of one and the same term we can say with certaincy now 

that Lüninghausen/Lüninghusen and Lünkhusen/Lünghusen are just spelling variations of one 

and the same name. Later on this could indeed be varified by the parish register records of 

Grasberg and Fischerhude (see part II. below). 

Lüning is an old Low German (Plattdeutsch) term for sparrow! In the 19th century the term 

“Lüning” was still used all over Borth Germany for this bird and we can find the variations 

Löning, Lünk and Lüling in regional dialects. 

Out if one of the 16 vol. Dictionary “Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm”, 

Leipzig 1852-1961, one of the main references for linguistic research in Germany: 

LÜNING, m. der sperling; in Niederdeutschland: die Holsteiner und Meckelburger nennens (den 

sperling) einen lühning. COLER nausb. 475; der name ist als lüning, löning, lünk, lüling über das 

ganze niederdeutsche gebiet verbreitet, vgl. SCHILLER zum mecklenb. thier- u. kräuterb. 2, 15 b ; die 

alte form ist hliuning: passeres hliuningôs Essener glossen im jahrb. des vereins für niederd. 

1 In fact the moor/fen colonization villages “Lüninghausen” and “Lüningsee” (Lüning`s Lake – this lake 

disappeared during the cultivation and melioration and already did not exist any more in 1800) were only 

founded in 1758-1764 and 1763. But the family name Lüninghausen already existed before 1700 (see part V. of 

this report) so that we can be sure that “Lüninghausen” already existed as a small settlement, may be a single 

estate in the “Teufelsmoor” (Devil`s Moor) much earlier. 

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sprachforschung 1878 s. 47; am nächsten wol zusammenhängend mit ags. hleónað wohnstätte, dach 

und fach (ic me ânum her eáðe getimbre hûs and hleónað Guthlac 223), so dasz im worte die 

anhänglichkeit des vogels an das haus hervorgehoben würde, die ihm auch den namen hausspar, 

haussperling (theil 4 2 , 690) gegeben hat. 

The family name Lüning (and Löning, Lüling) still exists in Germany, I found 844 references 

in the German National Telefone Register, almost all in North(west) Germany. This name was 

both used as a name for a bird trader and (more common) for a small, lean or brisk person 

(Fink = finch was used in the same way). Lüninghausen would be the settlement founded by a 

certain Lüning. 

I started your Lunghusen/Lünkhusen/Lüninghusen/Lüninghausen family research with a 

lookup of the online “Ortsfamilienbücher 2 ” (OFB) Teufelsmoor and Grasberg. The online 

Ortsfamilienbuch of the Teufelsmoor is not complete, but I found at lot of 

Lüninghausen/Lüninghusen data in this OFB (http://www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de/). 

I checked the orginal parish records for all your direct ancestors I found in the online OFB 

Teufelsmoor and Grasberg. The OFB data was very helpful, so I that found much more than 

usual. 

I. The family of Johann Friedrich Lunkhusen 

Father of Heinrich Lunkhusen, Johann Friedrich was married with Marie Gesche 

Sophie Jagels 

II. The family of Conrad Lunkhusen 

Father of Johann Friedrich, Conrad was married with Beke Ahrens 

III. The family of Bohlke Lüninghausen 

Father of Conrad, Bohlke was married with Becke Keits or Kück 

IV. The family of Johann Lüninghausen 

Father of Bohlke, Johann was married with Catharine Meyerdierks 

V. The family of Bohlke Lüninghausen 

Father of Johann, Bohlke was married with Alcke Gefken 

VI. The family of Johann Hinrich Lunkhusen 

Brother of Johann Friedrich (see chapter I), inherited the farm in Fischerhude. 

Johann Hinrich was married first with Gretje Schröder and later on with Anna 

Katharina Schröder 

VII. The family of Hermann Lüninghausen 

Brother of Conrad (see chapter II.), Hermann was married with Rebekka Catharina 

Meyer 

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Ortsfamilienbuch (OFB) bzw. Ortssippenbuch (OSB): 

OFBs or OSBs are a kind of family register for an individual parish. They are based on the parish registers and list all the 

members of a family with their birth, marriage and death dates if these are to be found in the original parish registers. Most of 

the OFBs cover the period from the beginning of the parish registers until 1900. Some data of the original parish registers, 

like godparents or remarks of any kind, often is not included in the OFBs but nevertheless they are a good reliable source that 

is rather easily accessible. They are organized family by family in alphabetical order and include links when there is a clear, 

known connection. Work on the compilation of the OFBs is still in progress. It is done voluntarily by interested people. Some 

German genealogical societies have set up rules for the compilation of OFBs and publish them in a series. 

The OFBs are very important and help us to find genealogical data much easier and quicker. Normally it would take days and 

days of research to gather the same amount of information directly from the parish registers. But the OFBs are compiled data 

collections for thousands of families, they are no primary sources. This means that there might be some minor faults included 

and it means that some of the primary records include more information which is not to be found in the OFBs. 

The OFB Teufelsmoor is a non-typical one after it is a compilation of data out of more than a dozend of parish registers north 

of Bremen like Worpswede, Grasberg and St. Jürgen. The database includes some entries out of the parish registers of 

Lilienthal-Trupe, Scharmbeck, Osterholz and Fischerhude and ofter parishes, but it is a growing database which does not 

claim to be exhaustive. A lot of families are not included or just listed with a few data and names. 

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VIII. The family of Carl Lüninghausen 

Brother of Johann, son of Bohlke sen. (see chapter IV.) 

IX. The family of Hermann Lunkhusen 

Son of Johann Hinrich (see chapter VII.). He inherited the farm from his father 

Johann Hinrich in Fischerhude. 

X. Other Lüninghausen families 

I found two burials of Lüninghausen persons. 

XI. The family of Hinrich Meyerdiercks 

Father of Cathrine (see chapter IV.) 

XII. The family of Hinrich Jagels 

Father of Maria Gesche Sophia (see chapter I.) 

XIII. The family of Johann Jagels 

Father of Hinrich (see chapter XII.) 

XIV. Other Jagels families 

I found some more confirmation and burial records of Jagels persons 

XV. State Archive of Stade 

Some possible interesting records of the State Archive in Stade, which might be 

relevant for your Lüninghausen family. 

Up to the late 19 th Century, there was no fixed writing of names in the parish records and the 

people wrote the names as they thought it would be correct. So you will find many different 

writings of the name Lüninghausen including Lünighusen, Lynkhusen and also in the writing 

of your familyname Lunghusen. In the research report are many examples for this different or 

non-fixed spelling of names. If you have some more questions, feel free to ask me. 

I. The family of Johann Friedrich Lunkhusen 

Wilstedt marriage register (2/1827) 

oo 17.03.1827 

Johann Friedrich Lunkhusen 

son of Conrad Lunkhusen, „Anbauer 3 “ in Fischerhude 

with Marie Gesche Sophie Jagels, *19.01.1803 

daughter of „Häusling 4 “ Heinrich Jagels in Groß Sottrum 

3 farming history of Northwest Germany: 

In the old Northwest German villages there were the following different farm classes: 1. Meyer or Baumann: these farms 

were the oldest ones in the village (often founded in the Middle Ages originally), usually they had the biggest portion of farm 

land and the best soil for farming. 2. Köthner/Käthner/Kötter...: the second farmer class – they had smaller farms than the 

Meyer/Baumann farmers and also their land was not as fertile as the land of the Meyer or Baumänner. The Kötter/Köthner 

earned their living by farming. 3. Brinksitzer: the third class of farms, were founded after the Kötter/Köthner farms (often in 

the 17 th century). Once again smaller farms than the first and second class and again the quality of farm land was usually 

worse. Sometimes Brinksitzer had to do side jobs to earn the living of their families 4. Anbauer/Abbauer/Neubauer the most 

"modern" farms in the village, were usually founded in the 18 th century or early 19 th century. Most of them earned not enough 

by farming their small portion of land, so a lot of them had to do other jobs as well (weaving, tailor-work, cobbler-work, 

etc.). In the moor/fen districts which were only cultivated in the late 1700s or even after 1800 an “Anbauer” farm often was 

much bigger then the “Anbauer” farms in older settlements. After the first or second generation these “Mooranbauern” often 

had a farm which was relatively big and prosperous. 

4 Heuerling/Häusling/Heuermann/Heuerleute: 

A "Heuerling" (also ‘Häusling’ or ‘Heuermann’) lived in a rented house or hut (often former barns, side houses or even 

baking houses) belonging to the farm or house of someone else. A lot of the "Heuerlinge" (who represented more than 50 % 

of the inhabitants in a lot of North German regions in the late 18th and early/mid 19th century) were day-labourers (farm 

workers). As a compensation for the right to live in the house they usually had to work one or two days per week without 

payment for the farmer/house owner plus in the harvest time. A lot of the "Heuerlinge" did side jobs like spinning and 

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Wilstedt baptismal register (27/1829) 

* 21.05.1829, 11 a.m., baptized: 29.05.1829 

Margarethe 

father: Johann Friedrich Lunkhusen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

mother: Marie, nee Jagels from Sottrum 

godparents: 

Adelheid, 5 of Anbauer Johann Cordes 

Anneke, of Baumann Hinrich Müller 

Beke, wife of Anbauer Hinrich Mindermann 

Johann Rosenbrock, Baumann 

Friedrich Schnakenberg, Häusling 

You already know her baptismal record, the 1834 baptismal record of your immigrant 

ancestor Heinrich and the 1827 marriage record of the parents (which I gave you when we 

met in Bremen), but I include these entries here again for a complete documentation and a 

complete “picture” of the family. 

Moreover we know that Margarethe Lunkhusen married Johann Cord Schlobohm, son of the 

“Häusling” Johann Christopher Schlobohm in Taaken on 14 November 1850 in Sottrum. In 

that marriage record her damily name was listed as “Lünghusen”. I have not done any 

additional research on the Schlobohm/Lünghusen family yet. 

Wilstedt baptismal register 

* 09.04.1832, 4 a.m., baptized: 15.04.1832 

Gesche 

father: Johann Friedrich Lunkhausen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

mother: Marie Jagels 

godparents: 

Gesche Müller, Köthner 

[…] Trine Maßden 

daughter of Häusling Friedrich Jagels 

Wilstedt baptismal register (30/1834) 

* 11.06.1834, 6 a.m., baptized: 15.06.1834 

Heinrich 

father: Johann Friedrich Lunkhusen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

mother: Marie Jagels from Sottrum 

godparents: 

Hermann Lunkhusen in Rautendorf 

Johann Hinrich Müller jun. 

Charlotten Rosenbrok 

Wilstedt burial register (41/1835) 

weaving. Because only the oldest brother inherited the farm younger brothers (and sisters) only got a very low amount of 

money, had to become "Heuerlinge" or had to leave the village. 

5 For some godmothers it is not noted if they were the wives or daughters of the listed male persons. 

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+ 21.06.1835, 7 p.m., buried: 24.06.1835 

Marie Gesche Sophie Lünkhusen, nee Jagels 

from Sottrum 

wife of Johann Friedrich Lünkhusen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

32 years, 5 months, 2 days old, died of tuberculosis 


+ 02.07.1835, buried: 05.07.1835 

Johann Friedrich Lünkhausen 

Häusling at this very place 

29 years, 7 months, 14 days old, died of nerves feaver, buried in silence 

The parents of Margarethe, Gesche and Heinrich both died when the children were only six, 

three and one year old. We know that at least Margarethe and Heinrich survided, which was 

not at all normal for very young orphan children in the 1830s and 1840s. It seems as if Gesche 

was as well alive and still living in Fischerhude in December 1852 (see the census data in part 

VI. of this report). 

II. The family of Conrad Lunkhausen 

(father of Johann Friedrich, see chapter I.) 

Based on the copies of the book “Die alte Höfe von Fischerhude, Anbauer and Handwerker, 

Band 2” (the old farms of Fischerhude – vol. 2: Anbauer/smaller farmers and craftsmen), 

written by Manfred Wolffson I thought that Conrad Lünghusen and Beke Ahrens should have 

been married in Wilstedt (the Fischerhude parish registers only reach back to 1799 6 for 

baptisms and burials and to 1853 for marriages, all pre-1853 marriages of Fischerhude 

inhabitants were recorded in Fischerhude). But neither the 1802 marriage nor the 1803 

baptismal record of the oldest daughter could be found in Wilstedt and Fischerhude 

respectively. From the 1835 burial record of Conrad`s wife Beke we could learn that Conrad 

and Beke married in Grasberg in November 1802 (they married in October 1802 in fact), the 

parish which I already itended to check besed on the residence of the only Lunkhusen 

godparents for the Kunkhusen/Jagels children, Hermann Lunkhusen from Rautendorf 

(godfather of your ancestor Heinrich Lunkhusen/Lunghusen). 

Rautendorf is a moor colonization village located just 4 ½ kilometer northwest of 

Fischerhude. Conrad and Beke lived in this village, which had been founded in 1762 until at 

least 1803. 

Grasberg marriage register (11/1802) 

oo 22.10.1802, in the church 

Conrad Lunginghausen 

6 For the 1799-1852 baptisms and burials we can still find the Fischerhude entries in the parish registers of 

Wilstedt after the Fischerhude church was still a filal church of Wilstedt until the mid 1800s. The seperate pre- 

1853 baptismal and burial records of Fischerhude were only copied from the Wilstedt records and they are much 

less accurate and detailed as the Wilstedt orginals. The today`s church of Fischerhude was buildt in 1841, other 

parts and the tower were added during the 1880s. Before 1841 there was an old chapel in Fischerhude which 

probably already was buildt during the 1290s. Most of the Fischerhude baptisms, marriages and burials took 

place in this chapel although they were recdorded in Wilstedt. 

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legitimate son of Bolke Lunginghausen, inhabitant in Rautendorf 

with Beke Ahrens 

legitimate daughter of the deceased Claus Ahrens in Wilstedt 

This detailed marriage record is a big luck, after it gives us the name and residence of 

Conrad`s father (there are a number of earlier marriage records which do not include this 

information). This evidence about the father is even more important after I couldn´t found 

Conrad´s baptismal record in the parish records of Lilienthal (the parish to which Rautendorf 

had belonged until the foundation of the Grasberg church in 1789) – see part III. below. 

Grasberg baptismal register (p. 94/1803) 

* 20.02.1803, baptized: date unreadable 1803 

Beke 

father: Conrad Lünighusen, legitimate son of Bolke Lünighausen in Rautendorf 

mother: Beke, nee Ahrens 

godparents: 

Beka Gefken, wife of Christian in Worpedorf 

Wübke Schlobohm, wife of Johann Schlobohm, inhabitant in Schmalenbeck 

The Fischerhude book says that Beke married Hinrich Mindermann from Fischerhude Nr. 45 

on 23 November 1825. I have not done and research on the Mindermann- 

Lünkhusen/Lünighusen family yet. 

Wilstedt baptismal register (p 53a/1805) 

* 18.11.1805, baptized: 21.11.1805 

Johann Friedrich 

father: Conrad Lünkhusen, Häusling in Fischerhude 


godparents: 

Johann Heinrich Köster 

Harm Blancke 

Gretje Müllers 

remark, added to this baptismal record later on: „+ 02.07.1835“ 

Wilstedt baptismal register (p. 63/1810) 

* 12.11.1810, baptized: 14.11.1810 

Johann Hinrich 



godparents: 

Hinrich Rosenbrock, Häusling 

Johann Hinrich Cordes, Köthner in Fischerhude 


* 23.02.1814, 3 p.m., baptized: 27.02.1814 

Gesche 

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godparents: 

Lütje Köster 

Johann Ruschmeier 

Gesche Rosenbrock 

remark, added to this baptismal record later on: „+ 10.03.1814“ 

Wilstedt burial register (p. 256/1814) 

+ 10.03.1814, 8 a.m., buried: 12.01.1814 

Gesche Lünckhusen 

daughter of Conrad Lünckhusen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

15 days old, died of “Schürchen” (child illness), buried in silence 


* 20.11.1815, 11 p.m., baptized: 26.11.1815 

Claus Heinrich 



godparents: 

Friedrich Mahnken 

Dietrich Kons 

Anne Mahnkens 

remark, added to this baptismal record later on: „+ 25.01.1816 

Wilstedt burial register (p. 261/1816) 

+ 25.01.1816, 9 a.m., buried: 27.01.1816 

Claus Hinrich Lünckhausen 

son of Conrad Lünckhausen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

1 month, 5 days old, died of cramps 

Until 1816 Conrad Lünkhusen was listed as a Fischerhude “Häusling”, which might mean that 

the Lünkhusen “Anbauer” farm in Fischerhude was only founded between 1816 and 1827 (the 

marriage record of Johann Friedrich clearly says that his father was an “Anbauer”). We have 

to take into consideration that the parish register record keepers often were not very accurate 

when they recorded the status/profession of the farmers. There are some small farmers which 

we can find as “Häuslinge” and farmers in the records of the same period. 


+ 06.10.1835, 7.30 a.m., buried: 10.10.1835 

Becke Lünkhusen, nee Ahrens 

from Wilstedt 

wife of Conrad Lünkhusen, Anbauer in Fischerhude 

oo in November 1802 in Grasberg, lived in Rautendorf 

56 years, 4 months, 17 days old, died of cramps, buried in silence 

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Just three months after Heinrich Lunghusen`s parents died his paternal grandmother died as 

well. The 54 years old Conrad had to take care for his three young grandchildren and we can 

assume that they either grew up in the Mindermann/Lünkhusen family (see above) or in the 

farm of Johann Hinrich Lünkhusen, on the Lünkhusen farm in Fischerhude. Jihann Hinrich 

married just one month after his mother died (for his family see part VI. below). 

Wilstedt burial register (/1852) 

+ 16.10.1852, 6 a.m., buried: 20.10.1852 

Conrad Lynkhusen 

Altenteiler in Fischerhude 

73 years, 9 months old, died of weakness, buried in silence 

We are lucky, that the age is listed as detailed in this burial record of your Conrad 

Lüninghausen, so that we can calculate his baptismal of about January 1779. 

III. The family of Bohlke Lüninghausen 

(father of Conrad, see chapter II.) 

Based on Conrad`s marriage abd burial records it seemed to be for sure that Conrad was born 

in Rautendorf as a son of Bohlke Lüninghusen. After Rautendorf had belonged to the parish 

of Lilienthal before the Grasberg church was buildt and founded in 1789 Conrad should have 

been baptized in Lilienthal. But Conrad`s baptismal record was not listed in the parish records 

of Lilienthal! Although there officially was no free choice of church attendence, but fixed, 

regulated church districts there might be a small chance that Conrad was baptized in one of 

the parishes east of Lilienthal (Wilstedt or Otterstedt). If his baptismal record is not listed in 

both parishes, we have to conclude that Conrad´s baptismal record was forgotten by the 

Lilienthal record keeper. 

Moreover I hoped, that the baptismal record of Conrad might have been recorded in the 

handwritten duplicate (“Zweitschriften” 7 ) of the Lilienthal parish records, so I went to our 

genealogical society of Bremen (Die MAUS) to check these records for the years 1778-1780. 

But in the “Zweitschriften” Conrad´s baptismal record was not listed as well. I tried this, 

because the I hoped, that his baptismal record might have been added to the “Zweitschriften”, 

correcting the orginal parish registers. 

Lilienthal marriage register (p. 19/1767) 

oo 24.04.1767 

Bohlke Lüninghausen 

legitimate son of Johann Lüninghausen in Moorhausen 

with Becke [K]eits 

legitimate daughter of Hermann [K]eits from Heydtbergen 

7 These so called “Zweitschriften” had to be recorded and handed over to the county (Amt) administration by all 

parishes in the region north and northwest of Bremen from 1715 on. Usually the data of the orginal parish 

registers and the data in the “Zweitschriften” are more than 99 % identical. But is some cases faults were 

corrected or entried were added, which had been forgotten. These “Zweitschriften” have a lot of serious gaps 

before 1765 (no such records exist at all for 1727-1745, 1747-1750, 1753-1758 and 1764). 

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married at this very place “im Kranze 8 ” 

future place of residance is Rautendorf 

In the online OFB of Grasberg the name of Bohlke´s wife is listed as Becke Kücks, but the 

orginal records has her name spelled as Keits. I asked a collegue of mine at the archive to look 

at the record as well, and we both read the name as Keits (or possibly Reits). I think, that the 

spelling of this name in the orginal record might indeed be wrong and the name Kücks would 

have been meant after there have been no Keits/Reits families in the Lilienthal parish at all. 

Another argument would be, that Hermann and Johann had Kück godparents. 

Heydtbergen (today`s spelling Heidberg) is a village located about 7 kilometer west of 

Rautendorf. Heidberg has belonged to the Lilienthal parish. 

Bohle Lüninghausen and Becke – who moved to Rautendorf just seven years after the village 

had been founded – were amongst the pioneer settlers and farmers of Rautendorf, the ones, 

who cultivated this wet moor land. The cultivation was a project of the state of Hannover 

from the 1750s on and the settlers did not only get their land and wood for their houses for 

free, but as well the privilege that they and their sons would not be draftet into the Hannover 

Army and did not have to pay any taxes for a certain period (about 15 years). Nevertheless 

these pioneer settlers had a very hard time to buildt up their houses and farms in the 

“Teufelsmoor” (Devil`s Moor). Some of the ones who gave up and left their land, running 

away were searched and punished as deserters. 

1 Lilienthal baptismal register (p. 84/1768) 

*+ 03.05.1768, buried: 07.05. 1768 

daughter 

father: Bohlke Lüninghausen 

mother: his wife Becke 

remark: died a few hours after her birth, the baptism in extremis [...] 

The quality of the microfilm was badly, so I couldn´t read the complete record. An official 

baptism obviously did not take place, so that this daughter did not have a name. 


* 10.08.1769, baptized: 11.08.1769 

Hermann 

father: Bohlke Lüninghausen 


godparents: 

bachelor […] Kück 

Hinrich Rosebrook 

Anna Maaß 

For the family of Hermann, see chapter VII. 


8 'im Kranze': 

The bride was only allowed to wear a flower garland (Crantz/Kranz) at her marriage if the community and the priest were 

convinced of her virtue and virginity. 

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* 27.07.1772, baptized: 29.07.1772 

Johann 

father: Bohlken Lüninghausen in Rautendorf 


godparents: 

Johann Müller […] 

Johann Jürgen Bock 

Johann Jürgen Jagels 

Hille Kücks 

Gesche Lüninghausen 

Only three baptismal records were found for the children of Bohlke and Becke Lüninghausen. 

Conrad (* abiut January 1779) might be only one child which was baptized elsewhere, so that 

the Wilstedt (may be as well the Otterstedt) parish registers should be checked for more 

children born between 1773 and 1785. 

Grasberg burial register (21/1797) 

+ 24.11.1797, buried: 29.11.1797 

Johann Lüninghusen 

legitimate son of Bohlke Lüninghusen in Rautendorf 

25 years, 4 months, less 5 days old, buried with sermon 

remark: “als er seines Herrn Herde von Willstedt hohlen sollte, ungleichlicher Weise in 

eine Moorgrube geworfen, und derein ersticket“ (was thrown by accident into a moor 

depression/pool and suffocated/drawn therein as he want to get the herd of his master 

from Wilstedt) „er war ein vortreflicher Jüngling [...] und sein Wandel möge nur der 

Wandel aller Jünglinge sein“ (he was an excellent youngling [...] and his moral conduct 

should be the moral conduct of all younglings) 

Obviously Johann fell into the moor by accident, probably pushed by the herd (cattle?). 

Surely a tragic accident for the family! 

I couldn´t read all the special characteristics the Grasberg record keeper had added for Johann 

Lüninghausen fast enough, because the entry was a badly microfilmed and because I wanted 

to save time for your family research. But the entry was only difficult to read and not 

unreadable, so if you like, I can decipher Johann´s special characteristics compelete in the 

future. 


+ 10.10.1804, buried: 13.10.1804 

Bohlke Lüninghausen sen. 

husband and Altvater (retired farmer) in Rautendorf 

63 years, 4 months old, died of […], buried with sermon 

The fact that Bohlke was called Bohlke Lüninghausen Sen. (Sr.) might be a hint for the fact 

that there was a yet unknown son Bohlke. 


+ 02.06.1810, 11 p.m., buried: 06.06.1810 

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Becke Lüninghausen 

left widow of Bolke Lüninghausen in Rautendorf 

69 years, 7 weeks and 3 days old, died of stroke, buried with sermon 

IV. The family of Johann Lünighusen 

(father of Bohlke, see chapter III.) 

Bohle Lüninghausen and his parents came from Moorhausen, an old village just north of 

Lilienthal and about 11 kilometer west of Rautendorf. The history of Lilienthal is connected 

with a Cisternian convent which was founded in 1232 A.D. and which existed until about 

1650. After the end of the convent the estates were devided and the today`s town of 

Lilienthzal developped. The only remainings of the convent are some street names in 

Lilienthal and the old convent church located about 2 kilometer south of Moorhausen. The 

region around this church was usually meant when the residence was listed as “zum Kloster” 

(at the cloister/convent). It is a bit confusing that the residence of the 

Lüninghausen/Meierdierks family was listed as “zum Kloster” in two records of 1745 and 

1753 (see below). I think it is more probable that the family in fact lived in Moorhausen all 

the time and that it was only the mother who came from the former closter/convent district. 


oo 06.02.1736 

Johann Lünighausen 

legitimate son of the deceased Bolken Lüninghausen, former inhabitant in Moorhausen 

with Catharina Meierdierks 

daughter of Hinrich Meierdierks “zum Kloster” (at the cloister/convent) 

You can find the baptismal record of Catharina Meierdierks in chapter XI: 


* 02.01.1737, baptized: 04.01.1737 

Alheit 

father: Johann Lünighusen 

mother: his wife Trine from the monastry in Lilienthal 

godparents: 

Harm Barnstorff 

Friedrich Hasehopen 

Mette Brünjes 

Lilienthal marriage register 

oo 23.07.1762, married in the Truper church 

Luer Brünies 

son of Henrich Brünies at the monastry 

with Alheit Lyninghusen 

daughter of Johann Lyninghusen in Mohrhausen 

place of residence: Mohrhausen 

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emark: the bride “im Kranze 9 ” 

Lilienthal burial register (p. 195/1766) 

+ 21.05.1766, buried: 24.05.1766 

Alheid Brünings, nee Lüninghusen 

wife of Lüer Brünings in Mohrhausen 

30 years, 5 months old, died of giving birth, […] without sermon and singing at the 

cloister/convent church of Lilienthal 


* 21.11.1738, baptized: 24.11.1738 

Hinrich 

father: Johann Lünighausen in Moorhausen 

mother: his wife Trine 

godparents: 

[…] Meyer 

Johann Hinrich Hops 

Beke Kücks 


* 13.01.1741, baptized: 15.01.1741 

Bohlcke 

father: Johann Lünighausen in Mohrhausen 


godparents: 

Albert Brünjes 

Jürgen Winters 

Heilwig Apers 


* 17.03.1743, baptized: 20.03.1743 

Johann Dierck 

father: Johann Lüninghusen in Mohrhausen 


godparents: 

Johann Meierdiercks 

Dierck Meierdiercks 

Anne Barbar Meierdiercks 


+ 20.02.1745, buried: 24.02.1745 

9 'im (jungfräulichen) Crantze': 

The bride was only allowed to wear a flower garland (Crantz/Kranz) at her marriage if the community and the 

priest were convinced of her virtue and virginity. 

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Johann Dierck Lünighusen 

son of Johann Lünighusen in Mohrhausen 

2 years old, died of Schürchen (child illness), buried with sermon at the grave at the 

cloister/convent 


* 28.05.1745, baptized: 29.05.1745 

Conrad Friedrich 

father: Johann Lüninghusen at the cloister/convent 


godparents: 

Tieke Loddigs 

Albrecht Gefken 

Gesche Helmken 


oo 30.10.1768, married in Bremen 

Conrad Friedrich Lünighausen 

legitimate son of Johann Lünighausen in Moorhausen 

with Gesche Adelheid Brüggemanns 

legitimate daughter of Harm Brüggemann in Bremen 


* 22.05.1748, baptized: 24.02.1748 

Anne Margreth 

father: Johann Lynighusen in Mohrhausen 

mother: his wife Trincke 

godparents: 

Friedrich Beppen [Lape] 

gardener Harie Löddigs 

Albert Brünnies 

Lehnes Schnackenberg 

Anna Margrete Drilling 

Alcke Meyer Diercks 

Margretha Wischhusen 


+ 11.05.1753, buried: 13.05.1753 

Anne Margreth Lyninghausen 

daughter of Johann Lyninghausen at the cloister/convent Lilienthal 

5 years, 3 months old, died of “Halsschaden” (cervical injury), buried with sermon 


* 01.09.1750, baptized: 04.09.1750 

Hille Gesche 

father: Johann Lüninghusen in Moorhausen 

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godparents: 

Heinrich Drieling 

Albert Gefkes 

Philipp A[lpers] 

Agnese Loddigs 

Mette [Teer]was 

Mette Meyerdiercks 

Hille Br[…]ier 


oo 08.04.1774, married in the church 

Martin Schnackenberg 

[…] and inhabitant in [Butendiek] 

with Gesche Lüninghausen 

legitimate daughter of inhabitant Lüninghausen in Moorhausen 


* 30.09.1753, baptized: 02.10.1751 

Dierck 

father: Johann Lyninghausen in Mohrhausen 


godparents: 

Harm Drieling 

Dierk Helmken 

Beke Brünies 

Maria Judith Arpes 


+ 25.03.1754, buried: 27.03.1754 

Dierck Lüninghausen 

son of Johann Lüninghausen in Mohrhausen 

24 weeks old, died of stroke, buried with sermon 


* 06.06.1756, baptized: 07.06.1756 

Hedewig Anne Christine Lyninghusen 

father: Johann Lyninghusen in Mohrhausen 


godparents: 

Anne Margrete Lyninghausen 

Hedewig Gefcken 

Anne Christine Engelcken 

Johann Helmcken 

Tonie Srieling 


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uried: 07.01.1757 

Hedewig Anne Christine 

daughter of Johann Lyninghausen in Mohrhausen 

a bit more than 1/2 year old, died of smallpox 


buried: 18.04.1757 

Cathrine 

wife of Johann Lüninghausen in Mohrhausen 

47 years old, died of tuberculosis, buried with sermon 


+ 08.06.1782, 11 p.m., buried: 10.06.1782 

Johann Lüninghusen 

„Köthner“ (small or middle size farmer) in Mohrhausen 

77 years old, died of chest illness 

V. Family of Bohlke Lüninghausen Sr. 

(father of Johann, see chapter IV.) 


oo 06.06.1698 

Bolcke Lünighusen, in [Mohr] Haußen 

with Alcke Gefken, from Trupe 


baptized: 19.08.1699 

Johann Dirk 

father: Bolcke Lünighußen in Mohrhausen 

mother: his wife Alcke 

godparents: 

Hinrich Fiebrock 

Bolcke Drewes 

Anne Mejerdiercks 

Margrete Mejerdiercks 

The godfather of Hinrich Fiebrock is very interesting because I found a marriage record of a 

Gretje Lünighusen, who married a Hinrich Fiebrock in 1694. She could be a sister of Bolcke, 

which would mean, that Otte/Otto Lünighausen could be the father of Bolke. You can find the 

marriage record of Fiebrock/Lünighausen and the burial record of Otto Lünighausen and his 

wife in chapter X. (other Lüninghausen families). 

Today the name Fiebrock is usually spelled Viebrock (or Viehbrook). 

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buried: 20.09.1699 

Dirk Lüninghausen 

son of Bolcken Lünighusen 

5 weeks old 

2 Lilienthal burial register (p. 132/1700) 

*+ 16.12.1700 

stillborn child (daughter) 

father: Bolcke Lüninghausen in Moorhausen 

remark: “gleich nach der Geburt gestorben, welche also nicht getauft” 

(died just after the baptismal, so she wasn´t baptized) 

I think, that this child was a girl, because of the word „welche“, which is a feminine word in 

the German Language. If this child would be a boy, the word “welcher” would be used, the 

neutral form for a child would be “welches”. 


baptized: 08.02.1702 

Harje 

father: Bolcke Lüninghausen in Mohrhausen 


godparents: 

Gerke Rodenberg 

Hinrich Otte Olken Bu[d]ell 

Heinrich Mejerdirckß 

Eiler Hinrich Helmcken 

Alcke Mejerdirckß 


baptized: 21.09.1704 

Gesche 

father: Bolcke Lünighußen in Mohrhaußen 


godparents: 

Johann Mejerdirckß 

Marie Rodenbergß 

Anne Marie Mejerdirckß 


oo 20.08.1733 

Dierck Helmken 

son of Johann Helmken in Mohrhausen 

with Gesche Lüninghausen 

legitimate daughter of the deceased Bollke Lüninghausen in Mohrhausen 

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I checked the Lilienthal burial registers for the death/burial record of Bolke Lüninghausen for 

the years 1727-1733 (because this marriage record of his daughter gesche says that he already 

was deceased), but I have not found his burial in the parish records of Lilienthal. In the online 

OFB of the Teufelsmoor the death of Bolke Lüninghausen listed as “before 1739”. From this 

marriage record we know, that he died before 1733. 

Lilienthal baptismal register (p. 115/1738) 

* 04.11.1738, baptized: 14.12.1738 

Alheit 

daughter of Dierk Helmken and his wife Gesche in Moorhausen 

I “stumbled upon” this record, so I noticed this baptismal record. To save your time for your 

family, I didn´t noticed the godparents of Alheit, because there were no Lüninghausen persons 

listed as godparents. 


+ 23.01.1769, in the evening, buried 26.01.1769 


wife of the deceased Dierck Helmken in Mohrhausen 

63 years old, died of cancer, buried with sermon 


baptized: 18.09.1707 

Johan 

father: Bolcke Lünighussen in Mohrhaußen 


godparents: 

Dierck Runge 

Jacob Mejer 

Eidje Odjens 

Alheit Ötjens 

Lenecke Rodenburgß v. Mejerdircks 

remark, added to this baptismal record later on: “+ 08.06.1782” 


baptized: 17.10.1710 

Carl 

father: Bolcke Lünighusen in Mohrhausen 


godparents: 

Eimer Meyerdircks 

Trintje Lodjens 

Margaretha Geffken 

For more about the family of Carl see chapter IX. 

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Lilienthal burial register (/p. 1661739) 

+ 06.12.1739, buried: 10.12.1739 

Alcke Lünighusen 

widow of the deceased Bolcke Lünighusen in Mohrhausen 

72 years old, buried with sermon 

As said above I have checked the parish records for Bolcke Lüninghausen´s burial 

death/burial record for the years 1727-1733 (when his daughter Gesche married Dierck 

Helmken in 1733, Bolcke is listed as “dceased”), but I couldn´t found his burial record while 

this period. 

VI. Family of Johann Hinrich Lünkhusen 

(brother of Johann Friedrich, see chapter I.) 


oo 1 05.11.1835, in the church 

Johann Hinrich Lunkhusen, * 18.11.1810, Häusling in Fischerhude 

legitimate son of Häusling Conrad Lunkhusen Anbauer 

with Gretje Schroeder, * 07.03.1811 

legitimate daughter of Johann Peter Schroeder, Anbauer in Wilstedt 

Johann Hinrich is listed as a “Häusling” in most records, but I think that he was the farmer on 

the small Lunkhusen farm from his marriage in 1835 on. The farmland might just been so 

limited that he could not live only of farming, but had to earn the living of his family with 

other (side or main) jobs as the “Häuslinge”. The 1842 baptismal record below shows us that 

he was a wheelwright. 

In the 1852 cencus (recorded on December 3, 1852) we can find this family listed at the 

address Fischerhude No 79 as follows: 

Johann Hinrich Lünkhusen, “Anbauer” (farmer) and whhelwright, 43 years old 

Anthriene Lünkhusen, his wife, 33 years old [= Anna Katharina, Johann Hinrich`s 2 nd wife] 

Peter Lünghusen, his son, 14 years old 

Hermann Lünkhusen, his son, 4 years old 

Hinrich Lünkhusen, his son, 2 years old 

Re-checking the complete 1852 census list of Fischerhude, I found two more Lünghusens: 

Gesche Lünghusen, maid, 21 years old 

maid at Fischerhude No. 1, farm of Claus Hinrich Tietjen 

Beke Lünkhusen, maid, 17 years old 

maid at Fischerhude No. 5, farm of Lütje Winkelmann 

There should be no doubt that the 17-year old girl was the oldest daughter of Johann Heinrich 

while the 21-year old Gesche should be the sster of your ancestor Heinrich! Heinrich himself 

(who was 18 years old) obviously lived and worked somewhere else (it was usual to leave the 

household of the parents after the confirmation in order to work on other, bigger farms as a 

farmhand or maid until the marriage). It might be possible that we will find him someday 

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when we will have the 1852 census data of the whole region around Fischer hude in our 

database. 

1 Wilstedt baptismal register (7/1836) 

* 24.01.1836, 1 a.m., baptized: 04.02.1836 

Beke 

father: Johann Heinrich Lunkhusen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

mother: Gretje Schröder, Walters daughter 

godparents: 

Beke Mindermann 

Adelheid Buth[…] 

Carl Hinrich Schröder 


* 25.12.1838, 10 a.m., baptized: 06.01.1839 

Johann Peter 


mother: Gretje Schröder […] 

godparents: 

Lütje H[eyers], B. 

Johann Hinrich Rosebrock, K. 

daughter […] Müller, B. 

There is a high probability that this is the Peter Lunghusen who fought in the civil war in the 

USA. The age would fit in and this is the only Peter which I found during the research on this 

family. The main given name – the so called “Rufname” – of Johann Peter was in fact Peter 

(see the 1852 census above). 


* 11.04.1842, 9 a.m., baptized: 11.04.1842 

Gretje 

father: Johann Hinrich Lunkhusen, Häusling and wheelwright in Fischerhude 

mother: Gretje, nee [Kahrs] in Wilstedt 

godparents: 

Gesche Bartels, citizen daughter in [Rodenberg] 

Anna Maria [R./K.] 

Johann Hinrich Harjen, B. 

remark, added to this baptismal record later on: „[+] 18.[08].1843 

I didn´t found a village with the name Rodenberg, I think, Rutenbarg or Rotenburg would be 

correct. The village Rutenbarg is about 1 mile southwest of Rautendorf, the city of Rotenburg 

is located abiut 24 kilometer east of Fischerhude. 


+ 18.10.1843, buried: 21.10.1843 

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Gretje Lünkhusen 

daughter of Johann Hinrich Lünkhusen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

1 year, 4 months, 7 days old, died of “Stickhusten” (pertussis), buried in silence 

Fischerhude burial register 

+ 15.01.1845, 12 a.m., buried: 18.01.1845 

Gretje Lunghusen, nee Schroeder 

wife of Johann Hinrich Lunghusen at this very place 

about 35 years old 


oo 2 23.04.1846, in the chapell 

Johann Hinrich Lunkhusen, Häusling in Fischerhude 

widower since 30.04.1845 

with Anna Katharina Schroeder, * 08.03.1819 

widow fo Carl Heinrich Schröder, Anbauer in Wilstedt 


* 09.04.1847, baptized: 18.04.1847 

Hermann 


mother: Anne Catharine, nee Schröder from Wilstedt 

godparents: 

Hermann Hinrich Bartels 

Anna Catharine Wilkens 

Gesche Beke Mindermann, daughter of an „Anbauer“ 

Wilstedt burial register (/1849) 

+ 19.01.1849, buried: ..1849 

Hermann Lunghusen 

I´m sorry, but I forgot to notice the details for the burial record of this Hermann in the parish 

records of Wilstedt in January/February 1849. 


* 27.05.1849, 2 a.m., baptized: 03.06.1849 

Hermann 


mother: Anne Trine, nee Schröder from Wilstedt 

godparents: 

Heinrich Mindermann, Anbauer 

Johann Heinrich Müller, Anbauer 

Johann Christian Witte, Anbauer in Wilstedt 

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Trine Bartels, wife of a citizen in Ottersberg 

Trine Winkelmann, wife of a Baumann 

You will find Hermann´s family in chapter IX. Hermann Lünghusen inherited the farm in 

Fischerhude. 


* 21.07.1851, 10 p.m., baptized: 25.07.1851 

Hinrich 

father: Johann Heinrich Lunkhusen, Anbauer in Fischerhude 

mother: Anne Catharine, nee Schröder from Wilstedt 

godparents: 

Claus Heinrich Schlohbohm, Anbauer 

Johann Blanken, Anbauer 

[Hille] Grabau, daughter of a Neubauer; all from Fischerhude 

Marie Blohm from Otterstedt 

Fischerhude burial register (/1858) 

+ 23.11.1858 

Hinrich Lunghusen 

At the Central Lutheran Church Archive of Hanover the parish records of Wilstedt are only 

microfilmed up to 1852. So I couldn´t check the the records after 1852 – this data is just 

copied out of the Fischerhude book. 

* 24.05.1854 Gretje 

she married Cord Grabau from Reeßum on 15.08.1873 

* 31.01.1858 + 20.06.1866 Anna 


+ 20.06.1866, buried: … 1866 

Anne Catharine Lunghusen, nee Schröder 

wife of Johann Hinrich Lünkhusen, Anbauer in Fischerhude 


+ 25.10.1883, buried: … 1883 

Johann Hinrich Lunghusen 

in Fischerhude 

VII. Family of Hermann Lüninghausen 

(brother of Conrad, see chapter III.) 

Grasberg marriage register 

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Hermann Lüninghusen 

legitimate son of Bolke Lüninghusen, inhabitant in Rautendorf 

with Becke Kücks 

legitimate daughter of the deceased Johann Hinrich Kück, inhabitant in Kloster Moor 

Grasberg baptismal register (43/1794) 

* 27.11.1794, 6 p.m., baptized: 30.11.1794 

Johann 

father: Hermann Lüninghausen, inhabitant in Rautendorf 

mother: Becke Kücks 

godparents: 

Johann Christian Kück, inhabitant in Truper Moor 

Johann Hinrich Rosenbrock […] in Rautendorf 

Gesche Margarethe Kücks, daughter of Johann Hinrich Kück in Kloster Moor 

Gesche Margarethe Kücks seems to be a sister of Becke, because the name and the 

homevillage of Gesche Margarethe´s father is the same than for Becke Kück´s father. 

Hermann is listed here as inhabitant in Rautendorf. It is possible, that we can find a marriage 

contract, saying that Hermann took over the Lüninghausen farm in Rautendorf in records of 

the State Archive of Stade. 


+ 20.06.1852, 8 p.m., buried: 23.06.1852 

Marie Lüninghausen, nee Böschen 

wife of Johann Lüninghausen, “Altenteiler” (retired farmer) in Rautendorf 

58 years, 1 month, 18 days old 

+ 18.12.1875 Johann Lunkhusen 

(data of the OFB Grasberg) 


* 10.04.1797, 8 p.m., baptized: 14.04.1797 

Betha 

father: Hermann Lünighusen, inhabitant in Rautendorf 

mother: Becke, nee Kücks 

godparents: 

Gretje Rosenbrocks, wife of Johann Hinrich in Rautendorf 

Anna Lüers, wife of Peter in Fischerhude 

Conrad Lünighusen, son of Bolke in Rautendorf 

Here in in another baptismal record of 1801 we can find Conrad Lünighusen, son of Bolke L. 

in Rautendorf as a godfather. It seems to be for sure that this is your ancestor, the grandfather 

of Heinrich Lunghusen! Betha and Ahlheit were Cinrad`s nieces. 


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oo 1 30.04.1819, at home 

Johann Hinrich Voss 

legitimate son of Mooranbauer Claus Heinrich Voss in Rautendorf and his wife Anne 

Voss, nee Brünjes 

with Betha Luninghusen 

legitimate daughter of Mooranbauer Hermann Luninghusen in Rautendorf and his wife 

Beke, nee Kücks 


oo 2 14.05.1824 

Hinrich Schlohbohm 

legitimate son of Neubauer Johann Schlobohm in Schmalenbeck and his wife Wübke, nee 

Ahrens 

with Betha Voss 

left widow of the deceased Johann Hinrich Voss, inhabitant in Rautendorf, nee 

Lünighusen 


+ 04.08.1828, 10 p.m., buried: 08.08.1828 

Betha Schlobom 

wife of Mooranbauer Henrich in Rautendorf, former widowed Voss, nee Lünighausen 

41 years, 3 months old, died of tuberculosis 


* 02.03.1801, 8 p.m., baptized: 06.03.1801 

Ahlheid 

father: Hermann Lüninghausen, inhabitant in Rautendorf 

mother: Becke, nee Kück 

godparents: 

Margarethe, daughter of Christian Kück, inhabitant in Truper Moor 

Margarethe, wife of Hermann Kück inhabitant in Eikendorf 

Conrad, son of Boolke Lüninghausen, inhabitant in Rautendorf 


+ 16.01.1802, buried: 20.01.1802 

Alheid Lüninghausen 

daughter of Hermann Lüninghausen, inhabitant in Rautendorf 

10 months, 15 days old, died of measels, buried with sermon 


+ 21.06.1817, 12 p.m., buried: 24.06.1817 

Beke Lüninghausen, nee Kücks 

wife of Hermann Lüninghausen, Mooranbauer in Rautendorf 

55 years, 15 days old, buried with sermon 

Grasberg burial register 

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+ 19.01.1836, 8 p.m., buried: 23.01.1836 

Hermann Lüninghausen 

widower and Mooranbauer in Rautendorf 

66 years, 5 months, 3 weeks old, died of feaver, buried with sermon 

VIII. The family of Carl Lüninghausen 

(brother of Johann, see chapter IV.) 

Lilienthal marriage register (186/1733) 

oo 20.08.1733 

Carl Lüninghausen 

legitimate son of the deceased Bolke Lüninghausen sen. (see chapter III.), former 

inhabitant in Moorhausen 

with Anne Margrete Segelken 

daughter of the deceased Johann Segelken in [Bume] 

Carl and his sister Gesche (who married Dierck Helmken) married at the same day, so there 

was a double marriage in your family. 


* 27.05.1734, baptized: 29.05.1734 

Harje 

father: Carl Lünighausen in Moorhausen 

mother: his wife Margrethe 

godparents: 

Jacob Meier 

Lüer [Husheer] 

Dierck Helmcken 

Margret Gefken 

Heidwig Peper 

Dierck Helmcken was the husband of Carl´s sister Gesche. 


+ 13.07.1740, buried: 16.07.1740 

Harje Lünighusen 

daughter of Carl Lünighusen 



* 12.04.1736, baptized: 15.04.1736 

Johann 

father: Carl Lüninghausen in Moorhausen 

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mother: his wife Anne Margrethe 

godparents: 

Johann Ahrens; Just Meier 

Hinrich Farrelman 

Trine Lüninghausen 

Trine Lüninghausen could be the wife of your ancestor Johann Lüninghausen (Catharina, nee 

Meierdierks). Johann and Catharine married only two months before. 


+ 03.02.1740, buried 07.02.1738 

Johann Lüninghausen 

son of Carl Lüninghausen in Mohrhausen 

3 years old, died of drown 


* 25.11.1737, baptized: 27.11.1737 

Lüer 



godparents: 

[Mr.] Meiners 

H. Marrie 

Wübke Meiers 

Gesche Rhodenbergs 


+ 05.02.1738, buried: 07.02.1738 

Lüer Lünighusen 

10 weeks old, buried with sermon 


* 27.01.1739, baptized: 30.01.1739 

Gesche Margrethe 



godparents: 

Lüer Rhodenburg 

Hinrich Farrelmann 

Judith Segelken 

Anne Barb. Meierdiercks 

Lilienthal burial register 

+ 23.12.1746, buried: in Trupe 

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Gesche Margrethe 

daughter of Carl Lüninckhusen in Mohrhausen 



* 26.12.1741, baptized: 29.12.1741 

Carl 

father: Carl Lüninghausen in Mohrhausen 


godparents: 

Dierck Schröer 

Lüer Segelken 

Heidwig Arpes 

Lilienthal burial register (178/1753) 

buried: 12.02.1753 

Carl Lüninghausen 

son of Carl Lüninghausen 

12 years, 7 months old, buried with sermon on the cemetery in Trupe 

6 Lilienthal baptismal register 

*+ 10.12.1744 

stillborn child 



7 Lilienthal baptismal register (41/1745) 

* 10.12.1745, baptized: 13.12.1745 

Johann Hinrich 

father: Carl Lünighusen in Moorhausen 


godparents: 

Hinrich Theerkorn 

Johann Hinrich Lüers 

Judith Gefke 

Trin Lünighusen 


+ 03.01.1747, in the evening, buried in Trupe 

Johann Heinrich 

son of Carl Lüninckhusen 

1 year, 3 weeks old, buried with sermon 

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* 16.01.1748, in the night, baptized: 18.01.1748 

Berta 



godparents: 

Johann Arcads 

Dierck Segelken 

Hedewig Arps 

Anna Köllings 



* 13.02.1753, baptized: 16.02.1753 

Barthold Clement 



godparents: 

Mr. “Oberhauptmann 10 ” von Grube 

Johann Varrelmann 

Johann Helmken 

Judith Arpen 

Mette Margrethe Gefken 


+ 18.01.1758, buried in Trupe 

Bartelt Clement 

son of Carl Lüninghausen 

5 years, less 3 months old, died of chest illness, buried with sermon 


* 21.11.1755, baptized: 23.11.1755 

Alheid Anne 



godparents: 

Johann Albrecht Hinzen 

Conrad Riecken 

Anne Theerkorn 

Hedewig Geffken 

Alheit Helmken 


10 The translation for “Obersthauptmann” I found, is “Chief Responsible Elected Official”. 

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+ 05.01.1758, buried in Trupe 

Alheid Anne 

daughter of Carl Lyninghausens 

2 years, 5 weeks old, died of chest illness, buried with sermon 


+ 04.08.1789, buried: 07.08.1789 

Anne Margrete Lüninghusen 

wife of “Pflugköthner” (plowing Köthner farmer 11 ) Carl Lüninghusen in Moorhausen 

75 years old, died of weakness, buried with sermon 

Lilienthal burial register (16/1789) 

+ 31.08.1789, buried: 04.09.1789 

Carl Lüninghusen 

“Pflugköthner” in Moorhausen 

81 years old, died of weakness, buried with sermon 

IX. The family of Hermann Lüninghausen 

(son of Johann Hinrich, see chapter VII.) 

Hermann Lünghusen (* 27 May 1849 in Fischerhude + 24.01.1901) was a wheelwright (as his 

father Johann Hinrich) and a wood turner and he took over the farm/estate Fischerhude No. 79 

from his father. He married Rebecka Catharina Meyer (* 20.02.1845 + 23.09.1905) on 

24.04.1874. The data which I have about his family is from the Fischerhude book. 

Conrad Lünkhusen (Lüninghausen), the first ancestor of yours who lived in Fischerhude had 

two sons who survided and grow up to adulthood. These sons the following Lunghusen 

grandsons: Heinrich (* 1834, who went to Australia in 1855), Peter (* 1838, who probably 

went to the USA) and Hermann (* 1849, the only one who stayed in Germany). After 

Hermann “only” had five daughters the name Lünkhusen/Lünghusen died out in Germany, at 

least in this spelling variant. 

We have to go back to Johann Lüninghausen in Rautendorf (1794-1875, see part VII. above), 

the son of Conrad`s brother Hermann, to the decendents of Conrad`s uncle Conrad Friedrich 

(* 1745, oo in Bremen in 1768, see part IV. above) or even to Conrad`s great uncle Carl 

Lüninghausen in Moordorf (1710-1789, see part VIII. above) if we want to find 

Lüninghusen/Lunghusen relatives. But even such ambitious approached probably would end 

in negative results after there are no Lüninghausen or Lüninghusen families listed in the 

German National Telephone Register as well. 

Much more promising and intersting seem to be to try to find out about decendents of 

Heinrich`s sisters Margarethe Schlobohm, nee Lünghusen in Sottrum (oo 1850) and Gesche 

Lünkhusen, about decendents of Peter Lunghusen in America or about the decendents of the 

daughters of Heinrich Lunghusen`s first cousins Hermann (1849-1901) in Fischerhude. 

11 In some records we have different terms fir „Köthner“ farmers like “Spannköthner” and “Handköthner” 

(without horses), Pflugköthner” (with a plow) and “Eggeköthner” (with a harrow). 

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With the help of the Fischerhude book it should be possible to add at least some of their 

decendents without too much of an effort. May be we are lucky enough to find out that they 

still live in Fischerhude. 

* 22.04.1874 + … 05.1954 Anna 

she married Dietrich Hoops of Fischerhude No. 83 on 30.06.1906 

* 31.10.1876 + 15.08.1948 Metta 

she married Ludwig Winkelmann of Fischerhude No. 124 on 18.04.1901 

* 22.04.1879 + 16.08.1974 Bertha 

she married Louis Müller of Fischerhude No. 131 on 28.05.1903 

* 14.09.1882 + 23.07.1963 Gesche Elise 

she married Johann Heinrich Ruschmeyer of Fischerhude No. 42 on 03.06.1908 

* 12.10.1886 + 25.09.1903 

The house Fischerhude No. 79 was sold to a certain Hinrich Cordes in 1911. 

X. Other Lüninghausen families 


buried: 06.12.1723 

Gesche Lüninghusen 

wife of Otto Lüninghusen 



buried: 11.01.1727 

Otto Lünighausen 


Both Otto and his wife were very old when they died! 


oo 30.08.1694 

Hinrich Fiebrock 

son of the deceased Hinrich Fiebrock in Mohrhausen 

with Gretje Lünighusen 

daughter of Otte Lünighusen at this very place 

This is the marriage record of Gretje Lünighusen, the possible sister of Bohlke Lünighusen. 

There are two important arguments for this hypothesis: Hinrich Fiebrock appeared as a 

godfather of the first child of Bohlke Lünighusen and Alcke Gefken, Johann Dirk. And Gretje 

came from the same village as Bohlke Lüninghausen Sr. Otto and Gesche Lünighusen are 

the possible parents of Bohlke and Gretje Lünighausen. 

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Lilienthal marriage register 

oo 02.07.1714 

Carl Lünighusen, from Mohrhausen 

with Anne Cathrine [Lansheim] 

Because there was only one Lünighusen family in the Lilienthal parish, Carl could be a 

younger brother of Bohlke. But up to now we have no hint or evidence how this persons could 

be connected 


+ 03.03.1745, buried: 05.03.1745 

Anne Trin Lyninghusen 

widow of the deceased Carl Lyninghusen, former corporal in Bremen 

87 years old, buried with sermon in Trupe 

Interesting, that this Carl Lyninghusen was a corporal in Bremen. It is possible, that we can 

find some children of Carl and Anne Catharine in Bremen. Maybe we can find some 

connections to the family of Bohlke (and/or Gretje). 

XI. The family of Hinrich Meyerdiercks 

(father of Cathrine, who married Johann Lüninghausen, see chapter IV.) 

Lilienthal baptismal register (p. 35/1710) 

baptized: 23.02.1710 

Cathrine 

father: Hinrich Meyerdiercks in Lilienthal 

mother: his wife Hille 

godparents: 

Anna Margrethe Olden[…] 

Jacob Meier 

Eric Haselop 

I didn´t searched for the marriage record and the burial records of her parents Hinrich 

Meyerdierks and his wife Hille. From the OFB Teufelsmoor we know, that Hinrich should 

have died 08.06.1751 and his wife Hille on 07.08.1740. 

XII. The family of Hinrich Jagels 

(father of Maria Gesche Sophia, see chapter I.) 

Sottrum marriage register 


Heinrich Jagels 

legitimate son of the deceased Johann Jagels, Häusling in Kirchtimke 

with Cathrina Margaretha Otten 

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legitimate daughter of the deceased Johann Friedrich Otten, Neubauer (new farmer) in 

Sottrum 

The marriage record of Heinrich Lunghusen`s maternal grandparents include the namnes of 

both great grandfathers and the home villages of the Jagelks and Otten family. While the 

Ottens came from Sottrum (14 ½ kilometer east of Fischerhude), the Jagels family came from 

Kirchtimke (20 kilometer northeast of Fischerhude). 

Sottrum baptismal register (p. 260/1801) 

* 09.08.1801, baptized: 11.08.1801 

Lucie Metta Margarethe 

father: Hinrich Jagels, Häusling in Sottrum 

mother: Margaretha, nee Otten 

godparents: 

Hinrich Brügemann, Neubauer at this very place 

Johann Hinrich Hollmann, Neubauer at this very place 

Johann Berens Schlone, Neubauer at this very place 

Lucie [Behrsen], housekeeper at […] 

Margrethe Stelling, wife of a Häusling in Sottrum 

Anne Catharine Meyer, […] Häusling 

Mette Jagels, wife of a musquteer 

Sottrum baptismal register (p. 311/1803) 

* 19.01.1803, baptized: 23.01.1803 

Maria Gesche Sophia 

father: Hinrich Jagels, Neubauer in Sottrum 

mother: Margaretha, nee Otten 

godparents: 

Johann Stelling, Häusling at this very place 

Borchard Lemmermann, Köthner at this very place 

Maria Sundleben, wife of a Häusling at this very place 

Sophia Brugmann, daughter of a Neubauer at this very place 

First I only searched for the baptismal record of your ancestor Maria Gesche Sophia and after 

I found her baptismal record, I searched for the marriage of Heinrich Jagels with Catharina 

Margaretha Otten. After I found their marriage record, I thought, that Heinrich Jagels and his 

wife should have had a child before Maria Gesche Sophia and I searched for this child. I 

didn´t searched for further children of this marriage, because research at the orginal parish 

registers in Sottrum would be much faster and much more effective in this case. I was in 

Sottrum several times before and know that there is a very good name index (which was not 

filmed and is not available in Hannover) and so we would find much more about your Otten 

and this Jagels family in the Sottrum parish in half of the time and would as well be able to 

check the Sottum records for decendents of Margarethe Lunghusen and Johann Cord 

Schlobohm. 

XIII. The family of Johann Jagels 

(father of Hinrich, see chapter XII.) 

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We knew from the marriage of Heinrich Jagels with Catharina Margarethe Otten, that 

Heinrich´s father Johann Jagels was already deceased in 1803. I started Kirchtimke Jagels 

family research with the search for the marriage of Hinrich´s father Johann for the years 1780 

back to 1768. After I didn´t found this marriage, I saw, that the early confirmation records of 

the Kirchtimke parish are preserved, so I searched for the confirmation records for the years 

1795 backwards to 1772. Because only one Hinrich Jagels was confirmed during this 

complete period and after he was directly from Kirchtimke (and not from the other villages 

which as well belonged to the Kirchtimke parish), we can be sure, that he is your ancestor, the 

father of Marie Gesche Sophia. After I found the confirmation record of Hinrich, I searched 

for Hinrich´s baptismal record and last but not least I searched for burials for the years 1799- 

1784 and found the burial record of Hinrich´s parents. 

Kirchtimke baptismal register (p. 157/1769) 

* 16.06.1769, baptized: 16.06.1769 

Hinrich 

Oelrich 

father: Johann Jagels, Häusling in Kirchtimke 

mother: his wife Mette 

godparents: 

Johann [Schumann], inhabitant 

Cord Gefken, Baumann 

Johann Witte, Häusling 

Lütje Hennings, Häusling 

Oelich Behrenburg, blacksmith 

Alheit Hennings 

Johann Hinrich va. Tipke Holsten 

Johann, va Lehn Ficke Schröders 

Claus va. all at this very place 

because of weakness these twins were baptized at home 

Kirchtimke confirmation register (p. 285/1784) 

Hinrich Jagels, Kirchtimke 

Oelrich Jagels, Kirchtimke 

Kirchtimke burial register (p. 487/1788) 

+ 23.05.1788, buried: 25.05.1788 

Johann Jagels 

Häusling at this very place 

60 years old, died of chest illness, buried with sermon 


+ 23.05.1794, buried: 26.05.1794 

Metta Jagels 

widow of the deceased Johann Jagels, Häusling at this very place 

67 years old, died of hot feaver, buried with sermon 

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The research in the parish records was the last research I did in the archive of Hanover. So I 

didn´t searched for further children of Johann and Metta Jagels and also not for the marriage 

record of them. 

XIV. Other Jagels families 

During the research of your Jagels family, I noted some Jagels confirmations and also some 

burials. I will include these records here for reasons of complete documentation. Some of 

these records might turn out to be of relevance in the future. 


Gesche Jagels, Ostertimke 

Trin Jagels, Breddorf 


Hibbel Jagels, Breddorf 


Peter Jagels, Westertimke 


Johann Jagels, Breddorf 


Gerd Jagels, Hepstedt 


Cord Jagels, Westertimke 


Cord Jagels, Hepstedt 


Gretje Jagels, Hepstedt 


Trin Jagels, Breddorf 

Kirchtimke marriage register (p. 11/1773) 


Claus Jagels 

widower and Baumann in Westertimke 

with Tipke Puvogel 

widow of Claus Puvogel, Häusling in Westertimke 

Kirchtimke marriage register (p. 19/1776) 

oo 23.11.1776, at home 

[Harzu] Jagels 

legitimate son of Cord Jagels, Baumann in Hepstedt 

with Marje Behlings 

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widow of Johann Behling, Baumann in Breddorf 


+ 21.06.1786, buried: 23.09.1786 

Claus Jagels 

widower and Häusling in Ostertimke 

60 years old … 

Kirchtimke baptismal register (p. 161/1770) 

* 25.12.1770, baptized: 27.12.1770 

Marje 

father: Claus Jagels, Baumann in Westertimke 

mother: … 

godparents: … 


+ 24.01.1789, buried: 28.01.1789 

Hibbel Jagels 

… 



+ 13.12.1789, buried: 15.12.1789 

Cord Jagels 

… 

76 years, 24 weeks old … 


+ 10.11.1791, buried: 12.11.1791 

Peter Jagels 

Baumann in Westertimke 

30 1/2 years old … 


+ 05.04.1795, buried: 08.04.1795 

Gesche Jagels 

daughter of Johann Jagels, Köthner in Breddorf 



buried: 21.01.1799 

Claus Jagels 

widower … 


XV. Possible interesting records of the State Archive of Stade 

The Lilienthal parish registers reach back to 1691 for baptisms, marriages and burials. But 

there are a number of other records about farms, taxes, military reviews, fire insurances, etc. 

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Some of these civil records reach back with into the 1500s: Although it is usually not possible 

to trace a family back to such early periods some f the records from the 1640s on often allow 

us to add one or two gernations before the parish registers. 

Here is list of important early preserved records of the Amt (county) Lilienthal. All these 

records are preserved and accessable at the State Archive Stade: 

Year Record Old Signature 12 

1510-1538 Geld- und Kornregister Rep. 76 Lilienthal no. 2-68 

1535 16-Pfg.-Schatz Rep. 5b F.194, no. […] 

1541 1-Taler-Schatz Rep. 5b F.103, no. 36 Bl. 59-60 

1544 Pflugschatz Rep. 5b F.103, no. 26 Bl. 123-124 

1546 Schatzregister Rep. 5b F.103, no. 31 VII Bl. 28-29 

1546 16-Pfg.-Schatz Rep. 5b F.103, no. 26 Bl. 191 

1548 16-Pfg.-Schatz Rep. 5b F.103, no. 33 VII Bl. 78-80 

1549 2-Taler-Schatz Rep. 5b F.104, no. 33 IX Bl. 40-42 

1550 2-Taler-Schatz Rep. 5b F.103, no. 26 Bl. 264-265 

Rep. 5b F.104, no. 33 X Bl. 40-41 

1567 1-Taler-Schatz Rep. 5b F.107, no. 58 Bl. 14 

(1567) Schatzregister Rep. 5b F.107, no. 53 Bl. 155-157 

1633-1641 Schatzbeschreibung Rep. 5b F.116, no. 152 Bl. 2-37 

1642 Landbeschreibung Rep. 5b F.116, no. 152 Bl. 44-46 

1647 Landbeschreibung Rep. 5b F.116, no. 152 Bl. 52-53 and 

Rep. 5b F.117, no. 170 Bl. 644-646 

1650 Dienstverzeichnis Rep. 5b F.116, no. 152 Bl. 78-87 

1654 Hausleuteverzeichnis Rep. 5b F.116, no. 152 Bl. 63-66 

1660 Kontributionsregister Rep. 5b F.116, no. 152 Bl. 94-95 

1664 Landmilizrolle Rep. 5a F.218, no. 5 Bl. 132 

1671 Geld- und Kornregister Rep. 76 Lilienthal no. 69 

1677 Kopfsteuerbeschreibung Rep. 5, no. 186XIII, Bl.81-85 

1677-1680 Geld- und Kornregister Rep. 76 Lilienthal, no. 70-72 

1682 Landmilizrolle Rep. 5a, F219, no. 18, Bl.34-36 and 

Rep. 5a, F220, no. 21, Bl.316-317 

1690 Kontributionsrolle Rep. 5b F121, no. 182, Bl. 322 

1691 Landmilizrolle Rep. 5a, F220, no. 24, Bl.323-324 

1692 Jördebuch Rep. 76 Osterholz, no. 7a 

about 1700 Jördebuch Rep. 5a, F443a, no. 4, Bl. 85-91 

about 1700 Feuerstellen-Verzeichnis Rep. 5a, F423, no. 21a, Bl.1 

1706 Jördebuch Rep. 5a, F549, no. 14, Bl.422-428 



1710 Jördebuch Rep. 5a, F549, no. 17aI, Bl.392-398 

1710 Landmilizrolle Rep. 5a, F231, no. 26, Bl.149-151 

1715-1726 Kirchennebenbuch Rep. 83a Lilienthal 

1716 Schatzzehntregister Rep. 5a, F443a, no. 1, Bl.100 

1746, 1751 Kirchennebenbuch Rep. 83a Lilienthal 

1752, 1759 

1760 Kriegsschäden Rep. 74 Achim, F5, no. 13 


1762 Landmilizrolle Rep. 74 Achim F. 8, no.23 

12 During the last years the State Archive has changed all their signatures to a new system. After the record index 

I have still refers to the old signatures I have included them here. It is no problem to “translate” these signatures 

to the new ones iat the archive. 

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I marked the most interesting records with dold script, but also the Schatzregister (tax records) 

could be very interesting both for the social/economicalk background and for at least a bit of 

genealogical evidence. The Swedish Landmilizrollen 13 (military records) often incoude the 

ages of the men and sometimes also the father with their sons. Maybe we can find Otto as 

father of Bohlken or Carl as brother of Bohlken and/or other, even earlier Lüninghausens. At 

the State Archive Bremen there is an unpublished name index for these “Landmilizrollen” so 

that we can check if (and where and when) there were Lüninghausen references. 

“Jördebücher” had information about the farms and the farmowners and the “Feuerstellen- 

Verzeichnis” (fireplace registers) list at at least all farms and their owners. Most of the listed 

records are tax records and they also can be interesting. 

When we know some further facts about your Lüninghausen family, we can try to find some 

more information in the older records of the State Archive Stade. We can for instance try to 

find marriage contracts. In marriage contracts normally the property of the farm and the 

dowry was listed, sometimes as well the inheritage share of the brothers and sisters. 

Suggestions for further research 

LÜNINGHAUSEN 

With your Lüninghausen family we reached the begin of the parish records and we only can 

add promising parish register research for female lines, like for your Jagels and Otten families 

in the parishes of Kirchtimke and Sottrum, the Ahrens family in Wilstedt, the Kück family in 

Heidberg, Lilienthal parish and the Meyerdierks family in Lilienthal. 

We can as well check Bremen records for Conrad Friedrich Lüninghausen, who married 

Gesche Ahlheid Brüggemann in Bremen on 30.10.1768. 

Maybe we have a chance to find some living relatives here in Germany, but as already saiud 

above the by far best chance to do so is by checking the Sottrum parish registers for 

decendents of Margarethe Lunghusen and Johann Cord Schlobohm and the Fischerhude book 

for decendents of the daughters of Hermann Lünghusen. 

If you have any questions concerning this Research Report or any new goals in your 

genealogical research please feel free to ask me. 

13 After the 30-Years-War the whole area north and nortwest of Bremen (between the rivers Weser and Elbe) 

was occupied by Sweden and part of the Swedish Empire from 1648 to 1712. The Swedes tried their best to 

collect a lot of taxes and to get a good data base for the drafting of soldiers. What surely was a problem for the 

people of thoses days is a great luck for genealogical research today after we have a lot of detailed records for 

the 1650s to 1710. 

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