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.