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German Ancestors

  • Catherine Furst from Aschaffenburg in Bavaria immigrated circa 1850.
  • Julius Lindemann from the duchy of Braunschweig (Brunswick) immigtrated circa 1850
  • The Blancks and related families were from Lehe (now part of Bremerhaven) and surrounding villages in Norther Germany. Henry Blanck immigrated to the USA circa 1870
  • The Erxmeyers from Walsrode, Honover immigrated in the 1870s.
  • Peter Goehle from Worms in Hessen-Darmstadt immigrated in 1873
  • Johann Bernard Petermann and Sophie Steuer Petermann from the Duchy of Oldenburg in northern Germany immigrated to the USA circa 1880


Farm Animals

A cottager's farm (that is a small farm) in Narjesbergen in 1871 had two oxen, six cows, two sows, forty sheep, and forty bee-hives.


Oxen


Not posted

Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck

Cows


Postmarked Berlin 1903

Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck

Wilhelm Morisse, Marshlandschraft in Butjadingen um 1924 Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg

Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck
In the flatlands near the Weser River and the North Sea the predominant type of farms are dairy. Instead of fencing, small canals are used to keep the cows in the fields. The effect is quite charming as it appears in many places as if the cows are totally free to roam.

Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg, Photo by Maggie Land Blanck

Horses


Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg, Photo by Maggie Land Blanck

Sheep


Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg, Photo by Maggie Land Blanck

Fowl


Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg, Photo by Maggie Land Blanck

Postcard collection Maggie Land Blanck

Swine


Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg, Photo by Maggie Land Blanck

Bees


Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg, Photo by Maggie Land Blanck

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