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.
There is little information for this couple. The baptism of their daughter Wilhelmine on March 10, 1816 offers some clues as to their parents’ identities. Her godparents were Johann Griesbach, Peter Siewert, and Anna Carolina Wichner nee Schmidt. At that time there was a Peter Siewert born in 1789 living in Gembitz Hauland. He would be the right age to potentially be a brother to Gottlieb. Anna Carolina Wichner is the wife of Martin Wichner who in 1852 are living at Farm 2 next door. Anna Elisabeth is likely the sister of Martin. Elisabeth and Martin are potentially the children of the Johann Wichner from the 1793 census.
Gottlieb and Elisabeth had at least one more daughter, Amelia (1835- 1892). Amelia later married Martin Maas.
Elisabeth died prior to December 8, 1857 when her estate was settled by her daughter and son-in-law, Martin and Amelia Maas, paying 976 Thaler, 26 Silbergrosschen and 3 Pfennig for the property. This transaction was registered on February 20, 1858.
On April 10, 1860 they partitioned their property creating Property 10 which they sell to Christoph Tumm (1832-1887). The land description in this transaction establishes a location bordering the Radom – Niewiemko road, the border of Radom and the property of Ludwig Henke. This location establishes that the farm numbers start at the south end of the community following the road north for the remaining properties.
In April 26, 1864 the Maas’ sell another 17 Morgen from their farm for 700 Thaler to Johann Wanke from Gembitz Hauland. This partition becomes Property 14. Amalie’s father, Gottilieb, dies of old age on June 10th and the transaction is registered on July 31st. The couple potentially sold the partition in anticipation of needing to pay Amalie’s siblings their father’s legacy.
The Maas family sells the balance of their property to Andreas Rohde (born 1832) and Henriette nee Gehrke (1832- 1875) by contract written on December 9, 1869 and January 11, 1870 for 1,300 Thaler. The sale was registered on April 4, 1870 and the family moved to Radom.
The Rohde’s signed a purchase agreement to sell their property to Christoph Tumm and his wife Ernestina Wilhelmine nee Marten (1826-1882) the owners of the neighboring Property 14 for 1,400 Thaler or 200 Marks. The purchase contract was registered on February 20, 1875. Henriette nee Gehrke Rohde died the next day.
Ernestina Wilhelmine nee Marten Tumm died on February 21, 1882 on the seventh anniversary of the death of the previous owner. On June 2th her son Johann Julius Tumm (born 1860) was registered as the owner of her share of the property.
Following the death of his father on April 15, 1887 Johann Julius and his wife Auguste Bertha nee Schendel (born 1868) registered full title to the property on December 3, 1887.
The Tumms sold the property to Albert Johann Nowak (1855-1902) and his wife Bertha Ottilie nee Stoessel (born 1879) on August 11, 1896.
Albert Nowak died on October 9, 1902. His widow received full title to the property on April 2, 1903 based upon his will dated September 20, 1900.
Bertha Ottilie married Emil August Fischer (born 1879) the son of the owners of Property 18 in Polajewo Hauland on April 15, 1903. On March 1, 1904 ownership to the property is registered jointly based upon a marriage contract written on February 12, 1904.
The Fischers had at least seven children. Willi Karl (born 1909) was the only child to live longer than six months. On March 20, 1937 the parents transfer the property to their surviving son and his wife Frieda Koerthow. The younger Fischers own the property until after the war.
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.
Prior to that, on March 26 1847 the couple signed a transfer contract for the property with their son, Michael Wichner (1817-1860) and his wife Wilhelmine nee Nicolai (born 1819). In the contract the parents retained a life estate and Michael guaranteed a father and mother legacy to five of his siblings; Wilhelmine (born 1815), August (1822-1882), Ernestine (born 1827), Caroline and Anna Elisabeth (1830-1890). This transfer was registered in 1852 at the same time as his parents.
Martin and Caroline Wichner had an older son Gottlieb who was baptized on January 13, 1813. Gottlieb’s godparents included Michael Schmidt living at Property 4, who was likely the brother of Caroline. Caroline and Michael are likely the children of Christoph Schmidt from the 1793 census.
The couple had another daughter Anne Rosine (1820-1906). She married Michael Tumm in 1848 having likely receiving her legacy at that time.
On July 22, 1854 Michael received another 22 Morgen and 169 Ruthen of meadow and forest from the Radomski estate.
Forty-three-year-old Michael Wichner died October 3, 1860 from tuberculosis leaving a widow and four minor children. On July 17 1861 Michael’s widow Julianne Wilhelmine became the owner of the property after providing for the father’s legacy of 2,710 Thaler and 20 Silbergrossen to her four children.
Julianne Wilhelmine remarried Karl Ludwig Biegel (born 1837) on January 22, 1862 at which time he became joint owner of the property. Six months later the couple sell the property to Karl’s brother Gottlieb for 3,000 Thaler.
This transaction appears to be for investment purposes. The next year 30 Morgen of the property is sold to a group of investors for 1,440 Thaler. In 1864 another 15 Morgen was sold to Johann Julius Wiese for 850 Thaler. Finally, in in 1865 another 15 Morgen was sold to Gottlieb Welke for 628 Thaler. These partitions became Properties 15, 16 and 17.
On January 9, 1866 the balance of the property was sold to Michael’s sisters Rosina and Elizabeth and their husbands Michael Tumm (1823-1904) and Michael Siewert (1824-1890) for 840 Thaler.
The property was transferred to the 17-year-old son of Michael and Elizabeth Siewert, Johann Gustav (born 1857) by a purchase agreement. The elder Siewerts died at the property one day apart at Christmastime 1890.
Johann Gustav married Pauline Mathilda nee Borth (born 1865) on November 21, 1885. However, joint ownership of the property was not registered until June 24, 1909 when the couple was preparing to sell the farm to Julius Theodore Baum (born 1870).
Julius Baum was married to Emma Olga nee Krüger (born 1874). The title to the property was transferred on October 26, 1909. The couple owned the property until July 5, 1932 when they transferred it to their son Ewald Julius (1900-1939).
Ewald Julius was a soldier in the German army who was found dead near Warsaw on November 16, 1939. Prior to that he had married Erna nee Lambrecht. On March 31, 1944 she applied for title to the property which was approved and registered on October 30, 1944.
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.
Ludwig Henke was born in January 1803 to Michael Henke and Maria Elizabetha nee Henke likely on Property 7. The records do not explain how he came into possession of Property 3. Potentially from his mother who was also a Henke.
Friedericke Johanna Fedder was born in 1808 in Gembitz Hauland according to her death record of March 28, 1889. The birthplace may be in error. While there were other Fedders in Gembitz Hauland that were born in the same time as Johanna their records say they were born in Wischin Hauland and then moved to Gembitz Hauland.
Ludwig and Johanna had at least four children: Johann Michael (1834-1877), Martin Ludwig (1837-1918), Ernestine Wilhelmine (1842-1922), and Dorothea Louise (1847-1879).
On February 20, 1867 Ludwig and Johanna contracted to sell the property to their son Martin Ludwig for 1,420 Thaler and a life estate. The father was sick with tuberculosis at the time of the contract being signed. He died one month later on March 23, 1867. Martin Ludwig later married Pauline Madwig (1846-1923). The couple transferred ownership of the property on July 10, 1902 to their son Johann August Henke (born 1872) upon his marriage to Hulda Amanda Kropp (1873-1924) from Gembitz Hauland. The couple held the property until 1935 when the widowed father transferred it his daughter Olga upon her marriage to Hugo Lauchstadt. They held the property until the family was expelled following the Second World War. This property was in the Henke family for at least 100 years.
Property 21 (Earlier 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.
The Lehmann’s received the rights to the property from Wilhelmine’s parents Michael Schmidt (1783-1865) and Anna Christine nee Fedder by an inheritance contract registered on May 17, 1838.
Michael likely was the son of Christoph Schmidt from the 1793 Census. Michael and Anne Christine had at least five children: Johann Gottlieb (b. 1814), Anne Wilhelmine (1815-1868), Anne Christine (1819-1894), Anne Caroline, and Anne Louise. They also likely had an older daughter, Anne Rosine, who married Michael Henke.
At the time of the of the inheritance contract the Lehmann’s agreed to provide a life estate to the parents plus 200 Thaler, 2 cows, and a pig to each of Wilhelmine’s younger sisters payable at their majority or marriage. If one of the parents has died prior to the sister’s wedding the couple was responsible for half of the cost of the wedding. In addition, they agreed to provide sister Anne Caroline a fully made up bed.
Upon receiving the property from the General Commission the Lehmann’s held the property for only a short time. On November 26, 1852 they sold the property to Michael Joert (1817-1877) and his wife Wilhelmine nee Lüning (1816-1893) for 2,825 Thaler.
August Lehmann likely died shortly after this transaction. In 1853 the couple had a daughter, Albertine Auguste Lehmann, who was born in Gembitz Hauland. On December 14, 1855 Anne Wilhelmine had a son, Gustav Emil, with Friedrich Wilhelm Lehmann in neighboring Strozewo Hauland. August Lehmann and Friedrich Wilhelm Lehmann are not the same person. Following the death of Wilhelmine on April 16, 1868 the 48-years-old Friedrich Wilhelm remarries in 1869. In her 1875 marriage record Albertine Auguste records that her parents are deceased and her step-father Friedrich Wilhelm is a witness for her marriage.
On July 22, 1854 the Joert’s received another 38 Morgen and 113 Ruthen from the Radomski Estate.
The Joert’s partitioned the property on July 27, 1859. On that date they sold 15 Morgen and 166 Ruthen of pasture, 16 Morgen and 99 Ruthen of meadow, and 25 Morgen and 77 Ruthen of farmland totaling 57 Morgen and 162 Ruthen for 1,400 Thaler to August Eichstadt. The partition was registered on September 28, 1859 as Property 9. At this time Property 4 was closed creating Property 21.
The Joert’s sold the remaining property by contract to Ludwig Hermann Fenner (1849-1931) and his wife Amalie Hulda nee Frieske (1855-1932) on May 16, 1872. Hermann Fenner may have been a nephew of the Joerts. His mother was also a Lüning from Wischin Hauland as was Wilhelmine nee Lüning Joert.
Herman and Hulda Fenner transferred the property to their son Otto in 1920. Otto held the property until the war.
Property 22 (Earlier 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.
Johann Krüger had received the rights to the property as Property 6 based upon a notarized contract with his father Andreas Krüger on August 17, 1815. In the contract Johann paid to his brother his share of the estate and provided a life estate to the married couple Andreas Krüger. The document implies that Andreas Krüger’s wife was not Johann’s mother. It is possible that this contract was created to protect Johann’s interest in the property at the time of his father’s remarriage. The records also record that the title was not fully corrected until March 17, 1837.
Andreas Krüger was likely the Krüger recorded in the 1793 Census.
On February 6, 1852 Property 6 was closed and Property 22 was created.
On July 22, 1854 the Krügers received another 38 Morgen and 113 Ruthen from the Radomski Estate.
Johann Krüger and Dorothea nee Lüning had at least six children: Louisa (1821-1895), Johann Ludwig (1823-1890), Johann Krüger (1833-1906), Friedrich Wilhelm (born 1846), Friedrich August (born 1838), and Martin. On January 25, 1860 the couple transferred their property to their son Johann in an inheritance contract. In the contract the younger Johann agreed to pay his brothers Martin and Friedrich August 400 Thaler each and 300 Thaler to his youngest brother Friedrich Wilhelm.
The younger Johann Krüger married Ernestine Wilhelmine Henke (1842-1922) the daughter of Ludwig and Johanne nee Fedder Henke from Property 3 on November 27, 1860 in Gembitz Hauland. The marriage record says that Johann is the third son of Johann Krüger.
Johann and Ernestine Krüger jointly owned the property until July 13, 1901 when they transferred it to their son Ludwig Gustav (1870 – 1936) and new daughter-in-law Anna Sophia Hoffmann (born 1878). The widowed Sophia transferred the property to her daughter Elsa and her son-in-law Richard Kurt Kropp (born 1905) on April 17, 1937. The Kropps owned the property until after the war.
Property 6/22 was owned by a member of the Krüger family for over 150 years.
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.
Prior to this date a complicated series of transactions are recorded to confirm the couple’s rights to the property.
An earlier subdivision of Property 5 was recorded containing a house, barn, garden and eight Morgen of land as that it had been earlier Property 4. Samuel Kumke and his wife Anna Dorothea nee Kassner purchased the smaller property from his parents Peter Kumke and Anna Maria nee Magdans by contract on March 19, 1829 for 300 Thaler and a life estate. Peter Kumke was one of the Polajewo Hauland residents in the 1793 census.
Samuel and Anna Dorothea Kumke’s marriage must have been troubled. The couple were granted a divorce on April 11, 1834. Prior to the finalization of the proceedings several other court hearings are recorded for the property. On January 10, 1832 a hearing was held to establish the elder Kumke’s rights to the property. At that hearing two witnesses confirmed that Peter Kumke had previously purchased the property from the previous owner Schoening. Divorce proceeding hearings were held on April 10 and August 10, 1833. Samuel Kumke’s title to the property was registered on December 12, 1833 and confirmed by notarial deed at the close of the divorce proceedings on April 11, 1834.
Following his divorce Samuel Kumke married Anna Caroline Sommerfeldt. On January 20, 1836 the couple sold the property to Johann Gottlieb and Anna Louise Schulz for 420 Thaler. The Schulz’s owned Farm 24 in Gembitz Hauland.
Peter Kumke had died prior to June 1, 1830. The life estate that his son Samuel had granted in the original contract was still in effect for his mother when he sold the property to Gottlieb and Louise Schulz. When they purchased property in 1836 Anna Maria nee Magdan Kumke maintained her rights to live on the property.
At the time of the likely marriage of the Schulz’s oldest daughter, Anna Christina (1825- 1895) to Friedrich Wilhelm Wegner (1818-1879) the parents through an inheritance contract from January 24 and August 21, 1845 sold 4 Morgen and 121 Ruthen along the property border with Property 7 owned by Michael Henke. This contract was registered on October 12, 1845 and the new partition received the Property Number 8.
The Property subdivision 5 earlier 4 was closed on February 29, 1852 and the property became Property 5.
On July 22, 1854 the Schulzes received another 27 Morgen and 79 Ruthen from the Radomski Estate.
Johann Gottlieb Schulz died prior to August 2, 1855. On that date his widow Louise sold the property to Johann Martin Wegner for 1,750 Thaler. Property in Gembitz Hauland reserved for retirement home for Louise was included in the transaction.
Prior to registering this contract and transferring the property Gottlieb’s estate had to be closed. Gottlieb and Louise had at least six children: Anne Christine (1825-1895), Johann Gottlieb (1828-1911), Beate Louise (1834-1918), Wilhelmine (born 1837), Friedrich Daniel (1840-1909) and Ernestine Henriette (1842-1920). The estate was settled by agreement on July 10, 1857 and registered on October 1, 1857. At the time of the father’s death Anne Christine had already received her inheritance. Johann Gottlieb had likely also received his inheritance when he entered is majority. In the sale contract with Martin Wegner each of the minor children received 179 Thaler, 12 Silbergrosschen, and 3 Pfennig. When the contract and estate was closed in 1857 the four minors received another 20 Thaler, 1 Silbergrosschen, and 9 Pfennig.
Both inheritances were not paid until the sale contract was registered on November 20, 1857. By this time Beate Louise had emigrated to Wisconsin. In the records her brother Gottlieb is the guardian of her share. She likely received her share of the estate earlier to finance her trip.
At the time of the purchase of the property Johann Martin Wegner (1816-1874) was married to Anna Catharina nee Hoeft (1796-1865). Martin and Catharina were married in 1841 in Jankendorf. Catharina had previously been married to Andreas Gustav Schendel. She had two daughters Anna Rosina (1834-1912) and Anna Dorothea Schendel (1837-1897) from her first marriage.
Martin and Catharina did not register the property jointly until April 19, 1860. A week prior to that the couple had sold 10 Morgen from the property to Friedrich Wegner for 295 Thaler. This partition became Property 11.
Later that summer the couple sold another 15 Morgen of the property to Michael Henke for 450 Thaler on July 16, 1860. This partition became Property 12.
Catherina nee Hoeft Wegner died of dropsy on April 7, 1865. Prior to finalizing the estate on October 12, 1865 Martin sold another 20 Morgen of the property for 600 Thaler to Wilhelm Kurtz and Henriette nee Hahnefeld from Gembitz Hauland. This partition became Property 18. The property that had been 41 Morgen was now approximately 23 Morgen.
Martin Wegner died March 16, 1874. Three days prior to his death he signed a will to give the property to his step-daughter Rosine Schendel. Her title to the property was registered on September 9, 1874.
While Rosine Schendel never married she gave birth to at least 10 children between 1851 and 1873. She transferred the property on July 9, 1877 to her oldest son Julius Schendel (born 1854) prior to his marriage to Albetine Pauline Messal (born 1854) on July 6, 1878. Rosine maintained a life estate on the property until her death in 1912.
Julius and Pauline Schendel sold the property to Albert Gustav Dahlke (1856-1941) and his wife Emma nee Raatz (1866-1939) on May 20, 1887.
The Dahlkes transferred the property on July 28, 1920 to their daughter Hertha Wanda (born 1899) prior to her marriage to Paul Gustav Erich Nikolai (born 1890) on August 23rd of that year. The property was registered as joint property of the newlyweds a week later.
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.
On July 22, 1854 the Wegners received another 3 Morgen and 74 Ruthen from the Radomski Estate.
The Wegners purchased a second partition of Property 5 consisting of 10 Morgen of farmland and pasture from Martin and Anna Catherina nee Hoeft Wegner for 295 Thaler. This contract was signed on April 12, 1860 and registered on July 11, 1860.
This partition was not included in Property 8 but rather received its own property number 11. Until December 15, 1910 the distinction between the two properties was maintained. This may have been done because of Property 11 being created from Property 5 after the 1852 registration. Property 11 carries the life estates of both widows Anna Maria Kumke from 1829 and Anna Louise Schulz from 1855 plus the inheritances rights of the Schulz siblings. Property 8 does not have those encumbrances.
Church records and Friedrich’s civil death register record his occupation as not only a cottager farmer but also as a teacher. He was likely the teacher at the Polajewo Hauland school located on the Property 21.
On February 18, 1876 the couple transferred their properties to their daughter Henriette Auguste (1848-1934) and her future husband August Wilhelm Siewert prior to their marriage on March 4th. This contract included inheritance provisions for Henriette’s two minor sisters, Pauline (1857-1925) and Julianne (1866-1902) of 300 Thaler each.
The Siewerts sold the property to Friedrich Hermann Lüning (1853-1934) on March 24, 1882 prior to their emigration to America. Hermann Lüning and his wife Pauline Wilhelmine nee Kropp (1865-1932) held the property until their deaths. Following their deaths, the property was transferred to their son Wilhelm Erich Lüning (1907-1943). The records are unclear as what happened to the property following Wilhelm being killed on the Russian front. However, this is the only property in the community that was transferred to the government in 1961 rather than 1947.
Property 23 (Earlier 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.
Michael had to finalize his first wife’s estate prior to registering his ownership with his second wife. Michael and Rosina had five living children with rights to their mother’s property. Per their mother’s inheritance contract that was recorded on June 6, 1851 her three sons Johann Ludwig (1831-1884), Johann Christoph (born 1840), and Friedrich August (1842-1901) were each to receive 150 Thaler upon their majority. Her two daughters Anna Louise Antonie (1844-1884) and Anna Rosina (1846-1872) were to receive in addition to the 150 Thaler a fully made up bed.
For the price of 103 Thaler, 11 Silbergroschen, and 8 Pfennig Michael and Elisabeth Justine nee Mathews Henke cleared the rights of the estate of Rosina nee Schmidt to the property and its was registered to the new couple on February 29, 1852.
This property was originally Property 7 which was closed following the establishment of Michael’s and Rosina’s rights to the property. When the property was registered on February 29, 1852 a new Property 23 was created.
Michael’s father, also Michael Henke, had acquired sole ownership of the property after the death of his first wife Elisabeth, née Schmidt. Elisabeth had previously been married to a Kienitz. Since there is no Kienitz listed in the 1793 census the widow Elisabeth likely had remarried Michael prior to that date. Ownership to Michael was established by an inheritance agreement concluded in court on April 9, 1800, and confirmed on July 5 of the same year, with the children from his first marriage.
After the death of his first wife Michael remarried Marie Elisabeth nee Henke. The couple had at least three sons: Johann Ludwig (1803-1867), Johann Michael (1804-1869), and Martin (born March 10, 1813). Michael Henke died on March 21, 1815. His widow remarried a Martin Henke.
Following Michael’s death ownership to the property passed jointly to his widow Marie Elisabeth Henke, née Henke, and her two sons Johann Ludwig and Johann Michael Henke siblings according to the notarized inventory of Michael’s estate. Marie Elisabeth received her share of the property by virtue of the community of property that existed with her husband, the sons were recognized as the legitimate heirs of their father evidenced by the baptismal certificates presented on March 22, 1837.
Johann Michael Henke and his wife Rosina, née Schmidt, received ownership by virtue of an inheritance contract concluded with his mother Marie Elisabeth Henke and his stepfather Martin Henke on May 26, 1830. In that contract the parents received a life estate. In addition, his brother Johann Ludwig Henke joined in the negotiation of June 24, 1830 and accepted 400 Thaler for his share of the property. This contract was not concluded and confirmed until June 2, 1837.
With this documentation the Property 7 was closed on February 29, 1852 and all future ownership documentation is under Property 23.
On July 22, 1854 Johann Michael and Elisabeth Justine Henke received 39 Morgen and 18 Ruthen from the Radomski Estate.
Michael’s son by his first marriage Friedrich August received the property from his father by a marriage contract on June 17, 1869. August promises a life estate and 830 Thaler to his father and step-mother and to pay 200 Thaler each to his step-siblings Gustav (born 1851) and Pauline (1854-1946) and 133 Thaler and 10 Silbergroschen to his step-siblings Alwine (born 1860) Ottilie (born 1862) and Adolf (born 1865). In addition, Alwine and Ottilie were to receive a marriage bed or 15 Thaler at their majority. Michael is suffering from tuberculosis and dies 19 days later. August’s contract with his father is registered on September 7, 1869.
August marries his uncle Ludwig’s daughter Dorothea Louise Henke (1847-1879) on March 3, 1870. The couple had two children Friedrich Gustav (born 1872) and Ernestine Ottilie (born 1873). Dorothea Louise died on October 24, 1879.
August files the estate documents for his first wife Louise on February 12, 1880. Within the contract he provides a legacy of 2,130 Marks (following the unification of Germany the currency was changed from Thaler to Marks) for Louise’s children. August remarries Ottilie Emilie Kurtz one week later. The documents are registered on April 12, 1880.
August and Ottilie have three children Emil Berthold (1881-1918), Robert Adolph (born 1883) and Alwine Olga Henke (born 1887). August died August 2, 1901. Following his death his widow transferred the ownership to their son Emil Berthold on February 16, 1905.
Emil married Meta Pauline Wanke from Gembitz Hauland on March 2, 1905. He registers joint ownership of the property on June 19, 1906. Emil was killed in battle in the Ardennes on October 9, 1918 leaving a widow and three children. Following the war Polajewo Hauland becomes part of the newly recreated country of Poland. On June 26 1920 Meta Pauline registers with the Polish government to become the sole owner of the property. On October 26, 1923 she marries Hugo Hubert Abraham from Althutte. The couple registered as joint owners of the property on January 13, 1931 which they continued to own until the end of the war.