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Heinrich (Henry) Blanck, shoemaker, born in Lehe, Germany, the son of Heinrich Christopher Blanck and Dorethea Wenzel, immigrated to Hoboken, New Jersey, circa 1870 where he married Melusine Erxmeyer in 1874. They were the parents of six children. For more information on Henry Blanck, click on the picture of the shoemakers.
Henry Blanck went to sea with the North German Lloyd Line between 1868 and 1871. For more inforamtion on and images of Henry Blanck's time at sea go to Henry Blanck At Sea

Blancks and Related Families in Lehe, Germany

The Records from Lehe

Heinrich Christopher Blanck (1817-?) Lehe

Gerhard Blanck (1777-1849) Lehe

Johann Friedrich Blanck (c.1747-1827) Lehe

Catharine Brunjes (c. 1784-c. 1822) wife of Gerhard Blanck, daughter of Heinrich Brunjes of Wachholz (near Beverstedt)

Dorothe Wenzel (1818) wife of Heinrich Blanck and her father, Johann Christian Wenzel (c. 1797-?) from Karlshofen (near Gnarrenburg)

Anna Marwede (1785-1829) wife of Johann Wenzel, and her parents, Christian Marwede (c. 1743-1819) and Magdelena Wilhadts (?-1803)

Other Miscellaneous Records from Lehe

Blanck Family in Hoboken, New Jersey

Minnie Blanck, the daughter of Melusine Erxmeyer (1872-?)
John Blanck (1875-1956) son of Henry Blanck and Melusine Erxmeyer
Herman Blanck (1877-?) son of Henry Blanck and Melusine Erxmeyer
Henry Blanck (1882-1973) son of Henry Blanck and Melusine Erxmeyer
Louie Blanck (1887-1935) son of Henry Blanck and Melusine Erxmeyer
Dorothy Blanck (1907-1982) daughter of Louis Blanck and Gertrude Kettler
John Blanck (1915-1976) son of Louis Blanck and Gertrude Kettler

John Blanck and his WWII service records

The Story of John War Service, including his capture
Copies of the documents relating to John's war service and capture
Transcription of John's diary, May 7 to June 1, 1945
Map relating to John's war experience

Blanck Family in Paterson, New Jersey

John and Caroline Blanck, their children, Julia and John, in Paterson, New Jersey

Blanck Family in Frankenthal, Palatinate, Germany, and Montgomery County, PA

The Blank Legacy Gaylon A. Blank Web Site

Distribution of the Name Blanck in Germany

Blanck (Familienname) suggests that the highest consentration on the name with the spelling BLANCK is in Northern Germany. My thanks to Peter Schulz, January 2011 for making me aware of this web page. Peter also says:

The word Blank appears in Germanic language (Middle-High-German or Old-High- German) before the 10th century and seems it meant something like: white, pale, bright.
Henry Blanck and his descendents used both the spelling BLANK & BLANCK. See henry Blanck

Notes on the Lehe Records

Erxmeyer


Melusine Erxmeyer immigrated to Hoboken, N, J. in 1872. Melusine's family , including her mother, Dorethe Hogrefe Erxmeyer, two brothers, Fred and Henry Erxmeyer, and three sisters, Julia Erxmeyer Lehman, Berthe Erxmeyer Bremer and Mary Erxmeyer Rosenthal also immigrated to Hoboken. Melusine married Henry Blanck in 1874. For more information on Melusine Erxmeyer click on the flower.

Erxmeyer from Meinerdingen(Vorbruck/Walsrode, Germany), Maspe (Reelkirke, Lippe Dortmont, Germany) and Bokendorf (Bellerson, Lippe Dortmont, Germany)

Adolf Erxmeyer and his father, Jurgen Erxmeyer

Adolph Erxmeyer married Henriette Ehlert of Belle in Wöbbel, Germany in 1812

Ehlert

Johann Jurgen Erxmeyer married Anne Marie Ilsabe Berkmeyer of Oberschönhagen in Reelkirken Germany in 1778.

Berkmeyer

Other Related Families in Lippe

Duvel
Eykerman
Mollenbrock

The Erxmeyer Family in Hoboken, New Jersey

Henry Erxmeyer (1813-1869) and Dorethe Hogrefe (1821-1882)

Fred Erxmeyer (c. 1843-1933) son of Henry Erxmeyer and Dorethe Hogrefe

Henry Erxmeyer (1852-1922) son of Henry Erxmeyer and Dorethe Hogrefe

Julia Erxmeyer Lehman Tietjen (c. 1849-1933) daughter of Henry Erxmeyer and Dorethe Hogrefe
Berthe Erxmeyer (c. 1860-19??) daughter of Henry Erxmeyer and Dorethe Hogrefe

Mary Erxmeyer (1866-19??) daughter of Henry Erxmeyer and Dorethe Hogrefe

Descendants of Henry Erxmeyer and Dorethe Hogrefe


Villages in Lippe Germany — Images

WALSRODE Germany — Images

Ketelaar (Kettler) from Friesland


Fritz Kettler, longshoreman, son of Christian and Gertrude Kettler, born in Freisland circa 1862. He immigrated to the United States circa 1883 where he married Johanna Peter. The Kettlers lived both in Brooklyn, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey. For more information on Fritz Kettler and his family, click on the image of the docks.

Children of Fritz Kettler and Johanna Peters/Petersen

Gertrude Kettler Blanck


Peters/Petersen from Norway


Hanna/Johanna Peters/Petersen , born circa 1860 in Norway, immigrated to America circa 1885 where she married Fritz Kettler. After the death of Fritz, she married Johannus Jensen. They lived in Hoboken, New Jersey. For more information on Hanna Peters/Petersen, click on the picture of Norway.

Other Information


Bremen Boys At Sea

Many young men who lived near the major German sea port of Bremen when to sea. The Erxmeyer brothers, Friedrich (Fred) and Heinrich (Henry), their future brother-in-laws, Henry Blank and Johann Lehman, and J. Berend Petermann all served with the merchant ships out of Bremen. They all ended up living in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Henry Blanck at Sea

Henry Erxmeyer at Sea

Fred Erxmeyer at Sea

John Lehamn at Sea

J. Berend Petermann at Sea

Bremen Sailors


Hoboken Schuetzen

Schuetzen


Current photos of the houses where the Blancks and Erxmeyers lived in Hoboken


I also had ancestors who immigrated from Germany in the 1880s, spent some time in Brooklyn, New York and then moved to Hoboken, New Jersey.

Did my ancestors know Tom's ancestors? Click on the photo of Tom and I for a discussion of this possibility.


Information on the sources used to research the Blancks, Kettlers, and Erxmeyers

Maps of Germany, Brooklyn and Hoboken

General information on German immigration to America and the communities they established


Information about the Hoboken fire, June 30, 1900

Pictures of the Hoboken fire, June 30, 1900

Pictures of Hoboken

Weehawken

Union City


Causes of Deaths

Copies of some of the original documents, click on the 1907 marriage certificate of Louis Blanck and Gertrude Kettler

To see pictures of the ships on which the Blanck family immigrated, click on the photo of the Bremen.

To view photos, postcards and pictures relating to immigration into the United States, click on the post card of Ellis Island.

The Blancks were from Lehe near Bremen, to see pictures of Lehe/Bremen, click on the picture of city of Bremen

The Erxmeyers were from Walsrode, to see pictures of Walsrode, click on the picture of the Walsrode Zeitung building

The Blancks in Lehe Germany were linen weavers. For information and pictures, click on the picture of the linen loom.

Life in Germany

Henry Blanck and the Erxmeyers were among the millions of German American immigrants. For images and information about the German people, customs, houses and more, click on the picture of the wooden shoes.


Germans in America

Henry Blanck and the Erxmeyers were among the millions of German American immigrants. For information on and images of the German American in United States click on the image of the German American Family.


Occupations

For early pictures representing occupations of the Blanck/Erxmeyer ancestors, click on the picture of the coaches in Central Park


If you have any suggestions, corrections, information, copies of documents, or photos that you would like to share with this site, please contact me at maggie@maggieblanck.com

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