52 Ancestors: Week 28, Antonius Niehoff and Gesina ten Berge

Orginal post: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks In an effort to catch up, I am including this short post on a longstanding brick wall. My 3x great-grandparents Hermann Henrich Stücker and Gertrud Niehoff were married in Epe, Province of Westphalia, Prussia 22 August 1856. Gertrud was 23 years old, and her father is recorded as Anton Niehoff of "Lönniker."1 In Gertrud's death certificate from 1908, she is said to be 80 years old and born in Lonneker, Netherlands. Her parents are recorded as the farmer Antonius Niehoff and Gesina Tenberge.2 Searching the civil registrations for Lonneker has yielded no results. Genealogical SummaryAntonius Niehoff was born say 1803. He married Gesina ten Berge. She was born say 1803. Child of Anton Niehoff and Gesina ten Berge: Gertrud Niehoff, b. Lonneker about 1833. St. Agatha (Epe, Germany), Kirchenbuch 14, sheet 19, 1856, entry no. 11, Herm. Henr. Stücker-Gertrud Niehoff; digital images, Matricula Online.↩ Gronau (Westf.), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Sterbeurkunde…