HUSBAND: Harm BRAKENHOFF
BORN: 8 January 1827, Nordgeorgsfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany
MARRIAGE: 1853
OTHER MARRIAGES: None known
MILITARY SERVICE: Unknown
DIED: 15 September 1901, Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Eilert Harms BRAKENHOFF, 22 July 1793
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Foskea Hinrichs SCHLANG, abt. Oct. 1809
NOTES: The following remark dated 20 August 1869 accompanies the death certificate of Eilert Harms BRAKENHOFF signed by Kittel: "In old church records the parents were only referred to as Harm Peters and Voske Eilerts. The father however carried the house name Brakenhoff and the mother the name Moehlmann; for this reason I have registered them under their house name."
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WIFE: Tetta BUSS
BORN: 6 July 1826, Iheringsfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany
OTHER MARRIAGES: None known
DIED: 14 February 1908, Platte County, Nebraska
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
NOTES:
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CHILD 1: Foskea H. BRAKENHOFF
SEX: F
BORN: 17 November 1855, Nordgeorgsfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany
MARRIAGE: Johann Hinrich Keiser, March 4, 1883, Nokomis, Illinois
OTHER MARRIAGES: Unknown SCHARRELS
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: August 27, 1895, Perkins County, Nebraska
NOTES: Children of Johann and Foskea: Tetta, Maria, Hattie, Herman, Herman Edward, Anna, Wilhelmina, Margaret, Margaret and Harm
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CHILD 2: Oltmann BRAKENHOFF
SEX: M
BORN: 9 August 1858, Nordgeorgsfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany
MARRIAGE: Anna BRAKENHOFF (a cousin), 29 November 1885, Nokomis, Illinois
OTHER MARRIAGES: None
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 2 May 1936, Chicago, Illinois
NOTES: Children of Oltmann and Anna: Tetta, Juerina, and Josephine
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CHILD 3: Eilert BRAKENHOFF
SEX: M
BORN: 13 September 1860, Nordgeorgsfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany
MARRIAGE: Rika BECHER, 5 October, 1888, Platte County, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES: None
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 17 July 1927, Platte County, Nebraska
NOTES: Children of Eilert and Rika: Tetta, Johann, Hermine, Johanna, Anna, Emilie, Herman, Arthur, and Gesina
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CHILD 4: Icka H. BRAKENHOFF
SEX: F
BORN: 15 December 1862, Nordgeorgsfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany
MARRIAGE: Never Married
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 6 July 1928, Platte County, Nebraska
NOTES:
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CHILD 5: Anna H. BRAKENHOFF
SEX: F
BORN: 1 October, 1865, Nordgeorgsfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany
MARRIAGE: Heinrich JOHANNES, 16 September 1897, Platte County, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES: None
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 2 March 1938, Platte County, Nebraska
NOTES: Children of Heinrich and Anna: Tetta, Clara and Louise Henrietta.
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SUBMITTED BY: Sherri Brakenhoff
DATE: July 26, 2000
E-MAIL ADDRESS: sherrilynn@neb.rr.com
URL: Sherri's Family Findings
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