The Original 8 Properties

Merging the land records with the “Angelegenheiten der evangelischen Kirchen-Gemeinde Gembitz Hauland 1875 – 1911 (a tax on the property to support the church) the owners, approximate locations, and size of each of the eight properties on February 29, 1852 can be inferred above.  An 1862 property map is used as a background.

Property 1

Gottlieb Siewert (1788-1864) and his wife Anna Elisabeth nee Wichner (died before 1857) received title to 64 Morgen and 107 Ruthen confirmed by the General Commission of Posen December 15, 1847 and registered February 29, 1852.  On July 22, 1854 they received another 21 Morgen and 43 Ruthen from the Radomski estate. 


Property 2

Martin Wichner and his wife Caroline nee Schmidt received title to 64 Morgen and 102 Ruthen by the General Commission of Posen December 15, 1847 and registered on February 29, 1852. 


Property 3

Johann Ludwig Henke and his wife Johanne Fedder received title to 50 Morgen and 21 Ruthen confirmed by the General Commission of Posen on December 15, 1847 and registered on February 29, 1852.

On July 22, 1854 the couple received another 16 Morgen and 165 Morgen from the Radomski estate.


Property 4

August Lehmann and his wife Wilhelmine nee Schmidt received title to 94 Morgen and 160 Ruthen confirmed by the General Commission of Posen December 15, 1847 and registered February 29, 1852. This was the largest property in Polajewo Hauland at that time.


Property 5

Johann Gottlieb Schulz and his wife Anne Louise nee Krüger received title to 41 Morgen and 31 Ruthen confirmed by the General Commission of Posen December 15, 1847 and registered February 29, 1852.


Property 6

Johann Krüger (1791-1865) and his wife Dorothea nee Lüning (1801- 1887) received title to 42 Morgen and 26 Ruthen confirmed by the General Commission of Posen December 15, 1847 and registered February 29, 1852.


Property 7

Michael Henke (1804-1869) and his wife Anna Rosina nee Schmidt (died before 1851) received title to 59 Morgen confirmed by the General Commission of Posen December 15, 1847.   Prior to the final registration by the General Commission of Posen on February 29, 1852 Rosina had died and Michael married Elisabeth Justine nee Matthews. 


Property 8

Anna Christine nee Schulz (1825-1895) and her husband Friedrich Wegner (1818-1879) received 4 Morgen and 121 Ruthen from her parents as an inheritance contract likely at the time of the couple’s marriage with a value of 40 Thaler.  The couple’s ownership of the property partitioned from Property 5 was registered by the General Commission of Posen on February 29, 1852.