Property 5 Partitions
Property 11
Johann Martin Wegner and his wife Catharina nee Hoeft sold a partition of their property, Property 5, consisting on farmland and pasture totaling 10 Morgen for 295 Thaler on April 12, 1860 to Friedrich Wegner and his wife Anna Christine nee Schulz. When this contract was registered on July 11, 1860 this property became Property 11.
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.
Property 12
Johann Martin Wegner and his wife Catharina nee Hoeft sold a second partition of their property, Property 5, consisting of farmland and pasture totaling 15 Morgen for 450 Thaler on April 12, 1860 to Johann Michael Henke (1834-1877) and his wife Caroline nee Wolff (1841-1873). Michael Henke was the son of Ludwig and Johanna Henke the owners of Property 3. When this contract was registered on July 11, 1860 this property became Property 12.
Michael Henke sold the property by contract to Ludwig Henke, likely his father, on February 13, 1864. Caroline nee Wolff and Michael Henke became the owner of the property again on January 23, 1867 prior to the elder Henke’s death paying 140 Thaler including 40 Thaler to Michael’s brother Ludwig.
Caroline nee Wolff Henke died on January 20, 1873 two weeks after the birth of her seventh child Ernestine Karoline Henke (1873-1926). The couple has five older surviving children, Julianne Pauline (1861-1945), Ernest Albert (born 1863), Louise Emilie (born 1865), Emma Bertha (born 1868), and Auguste Ottilie (born 1869). Upon their mother’s death the six siblings received an inheritance of 239 Thaler 12 Silbergroschen and 10 2/3 Pfennig on May 21, 1874. Their father received full title to the property on July 11, 1874.
Michael Henke married Auguste Emilie Bahr (1851-1948) on August 1, 1875 and registers joint ownership of the property on February 29, 1876. On August 11th the couple have a son Gustav Ewald (1876-1877). Auguste Emilie is pregnant again when Michael dies on July 21, 1877. She gives birth to a daughter Auguste Emma (1877-1963) on November 18, 1877 the same day that her son Gustav Ewald dies.
Michael Henke’s estate was settled on May 22, 1878 by giving each of his seven surviving children an inheritance of 98 Marks and 50 Pfennig each, totaling 689 Marks and 50 Pfennig. Prior to that on April 28th the widow Auguste Emile married Friedrich Ernest Rudolph Gehrke (1851-1927) from Gembitz Hauland. The property is registered jointly to the couple on June 27, 1878.
The Gehrke’s sold the property to Johann Gottlieb Raddatz (born 1848) and his wife Wilhelmine Ernestine nee Gehlar (born 1849) on February 13, 1879. In April 1885 the Gehrke’s immigrated with their children and Emilie’s daughter by Michael Henke to Washington County Texas. The six children from Michael Henke’s first marriage remained in Polajewo Hauland.
The Raddatz’s held the property until April 23, 1887 when they sold it to Emil August Luning (born 1854) and his wife Auguste Albertine nee Krenz (born 1863) for 3,150 Marks.
The Luning’s sold the property to Gustav Albert Schedler (1871-1907) on May 26, 1905. Albert Schedler had married Ernestine Martha nee Schlender (1887-1945) on December 28, 1904. The couple had one son Wilhelm Friedrich on April 26, 1907. Albert died on June 22th of that year. Their son died on October 27th after which on November 8th Martha received full title to the property. Three weeks later Martha married Friedrich Otto Siewert (born 1879) the son of Friedrich August and Pauline nee Henke Siewert. The property was then registered jointly to the couple on October 27, 1908.
The couple held the property until the war.
Property 18
Johann Martin Wegner following the death of his wife Catharina nee Hoeft sold a 20 Morgen third partition of Property 5, by contract to Wilhelm Kurtz (1834-1868) and his wife Henriette nee Hahnefeld (1841-1886) both from Gembitz Hauland for 600 Thaler on September 22, 1865. This contract was registered on March 2, 1866.
Typhus struck the Gembitz Hauland parish in the winter of 1868. Wilhelm dies from the disease on February 2, 1868. Wilhelm and Henriette have two surviving daughters, Ottilie Auguste (1864-1930) and Emma Auguste (born 1866) who each receive an inheritance from their father of 87 Thaler, 3 Silbergroschen and 6 Pfennig. Ottilie would later marry Friedrich Kumke and become the owner of Property 13 in Polajewo Hauland.
Following the settlement of her husband’s estate on April 29th and July 2nd Henriette is registered the owner of the property on July 28, 1868. Prior to that date Henriette married Wilhelm Ludwig Fischer (1838-1906) in Gembitz Hauland on June 14th.
While they were married when the estate of Wilhelm Kurz was closed Wilhelm Fischer was not recorded as a joint owner of the property until March 12, 1886. On March 17th he presented a marriage certificate and the registration was completed on March 24th. Two days later Henriette dies.
Wilhelm Fischer and Henriette nee Hahnefeld had six surviving children at the time of her death. On June 8, 1888 a mother’s inheritance of 1,408 Marks and 20 Pfennig was registered giving Pauline Albertine (born 1869), Gustav Otto (born 1873), Ewald Hermann (1875-1945), Mathilde Auguste (born 1877), Emil August (born 1879), and Alwine Bertha (1882-1906) 234 Marks and 70 Pfennig each. No provision was made for the two Kurz children from the mother’s first marriage.
Wilhelm Ludwig Fischer married Emilie Ottilie nee Tonn (1859-1930), the niece of his first wife, on May 18, 1887. Following the settlement of his first wife’s estate the property was registered jointly to Wilhelm and Ottilie on July 9, 1888.
Wilhelm Ludwig died on May 19, 1906. Following his death his widow owns the property until she transfers the ownership to her son Hermann Emil Fischer (born 1888) and his wife Emma Gehrke on July 17, 1912. The couple own the property until the war.