Property 21 Partitions
Property 9
Michael and Wilhelmine Joert partitioned Property 21 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 totally 57 Morgen and 162 Ruthen for 1,400 Thaler to August Eichstadt (1813-1880) and his wife Julianna nee Wolff. The partition was registered on September 28, 1859 as Property 9.
The Eichstadt’s further partitioned 2 Morgen of farmland and 8 Morgen of pasture on July 11, 1864 creating Property 13. On April 2, 1867 the couple partitioned their property again selling 6 ½ Morgen of farmland and 6 ½ Morgen of pasture to Hermann Raatz. This partition became Property 19.
Prior to their oldest daughter’s marriage, the Eichstadt’s created a contract to transfer the property on February 26, 1877. Michael Matthews (born 1849) and Caroline Alwine nee Eichstadt (born 1859) were married on March 3, 1877 and became the owners of the property on April 27th.
The Matthews’ sold the property to Johann August Kruger (born 1853) on April 29, 1881. August Kruger married Julianne Lehmann (1861-1909) on October 4, 1881. The next spring on March 31, 1882 he registers joint ownership of the property with his wife.
The property was then sold to Stephan Messal and his wife Rosine nee Krueger on February 18, 1884.
The Messal’s own the property until February 18, 1893 when they sell it to Wilhelm Lehmann (1827-1907) a widower previously from Kamionke Kreis Kolmar. The property is then transferred to Lehmann’s son Emil Traugott Lehmann (1868-1929) and his wife Emma Bertha nee Wegner (born 1869). Emma Bertha nee Wegner Lehmann continues to own the property following her husband’s death until the war.
Property 9 Sub-partitions
Property 13
August and Julianne nee Wolff Eichstadt sold a portion of Property 9 consisting of 2 Morgen of farmland and 8 Morgen of pasture to the cottager from Gembitz Hauland, Ludwig Otto (1821-1886) and his wife Wilhelmine nee Kuhn (1837-1872) for 415 Thaler on July 14, 1864.
The Otto’s sold the property to Karl August Henke (1842-1929) and his wife Ernestine Wilhelmine nee Grundmann (1843-1935) for 330 Thaler on June 10, 1871.
The Henke’s owned the property for only a short time selling it for 525 Thaler to Johann Wanke (born 1837) and his wife Anna Louise Antonie nee Henke (1844-1884) the previous owners of Property 14 on September 14, 1874.
On March 28, 1884, two days after giving birth to a daughter Ottilie Sophie Wanke, Louise nee Henke Wanke dies.
Johann Wanke, following his wife’s death, receives full title to the property on February 13, 1888 following the satisfaction of an inheritance contract with his children Emma Emilie (born 1869), Johann Ewald (born 1872), Emma Louise (born 1877) and Richard Helmuth (born 1880) in which each sibling was to receive 34 Marks dated February 23, 1885.
Following the registration of the inheritance contract Wanke sold the property on September 28, 1888 for 2,280 Marks to Martin Friedrich Kumke (1859-1931) and his wife Ottilie Auguste nee Kurz (1864-1930).
Prior to their deaths the Kumke’s transferred ownership of the property to their grandniece Anna Hedwig Schendel (born 1906) on July 30, 1927. On March 3, 1930 Anna Hedwig married Erich Hugo Schedler (born 1907). The property was registered jointly in 1936.
Property 19
August and Julianne nee Wolff Eichstadt sold a second portion of Property 9 consisting of 13 Morgen to Hermann Raatz (1833-1880) and his wife Amalie nee Reichert (1841-1872) for 425 Thaler on April 3, 1867.
The smallpox epidemic that struck Polajewo Hauland in 1872 killed Amalie nee Reichert Raatz on February 18, 1872 the day after she gave birth to a daughter Amalie Pauline Raatz who died one day after her mother. She left three surviving children, Auguste Albertine Reichert (born 1862 prior to Amalie marrying Hermann Raatz), Emilie Bertha (born 1865) and Ernest Wilhelm Raatz (born 1867).
On May 12, 1872 two months after his wife’s death Hermann Raatz married Pauline Emilie Wichner (1855-1887) the daughter of Martin Wichner from Property 2, the niece of Amalie nee Reichert Raatz and the step-daughter of Hermann’s brother Ernest Wilhelm. For the newlyweds to receive clear title to the property an inheritance contract was created on March 25, 1873 giving the three children of Amalie 91 Thaler, 26 Silbertgroschen, and 7 ½ Pfennig to be divided equally at their majority. This contract was registered on January 7, 1874.
Hermann and Pauline had two additional children, Alwine Caroline (born 1877) and Wanda Martha (born 1879) that survived at the time of his death on June 11, 1880. Pauline was a widow only 5 months when she married Gottlieb Eduard Pfeifer (1854-1934) on November 15, 1880. At the time of her marriage an inheritance contract for the four children of her first husband Hermann was created on November 21, 1880. The children received 468 Marks and 42 ½ Pfennig to be divided between them. The daughter from Amalie nee Riechert Raatz that was born prior to her marriage to Hermann Raatz was not included in the father’s inheritance.
When the inheritance contract was registered on January 5, 1881 Eduard and Pauline Pfeiffer became joint owners of the property.
Pauline nee Wichner Raatz Pfeiffer died on March 4, 1887. Pauline and Eduard had two surviving children Emma Marie (born 1883) and Gustav Otto (born 1885). Those two children plus the two children from Pauline’s marriage to Hermann Raatz received a mother’s inheritance of 379 Marks and 48 Pfennig. That contract was created on July 8, 1887 and recorded on September 25, 1887.
When the contract is recorded Eduard has married Ottilia nee Schedler (born 1861) and they become joint owners of the property. The Pfeiffer’s transferred the property to their daughter Wanda Martha (born 1890) upon her marriage to Karl August Siewert (born 1891) on March 2, 1920. Karl August was the son of Friedrich August Siewert and Pauline nee Henke the former owners of Property 14. The Siewert’s owned the property until the war.