Third Generation

4. Cord-Johann "Johann" GERKEN was born on 28 October 1805 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.⁵ He was baptized at the Verden Dom on 30 October. He died on 22 December 1879 at the age of 74 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER. He was buried from the Verden Dom. He has reference number BR-031.⁶ Due to a typographical error, his surname is given as Wolters in the Beckröge family tree. He was a cooper and farmer ("Neubauer"). He built a new house #31 in Walle in 1840. Katharin Marie SCHRADER and Cord-Johann "Johann" GERKEN were married on 9 April 1834 in Verden an der Aller, Hannover, GER.⁷ They were married in the Verden Dom. The primary source of information for the descendants of this marriage is "Ancestors of Margarethe Berte Gerken" prepared by Wilhelm Kranz in 2006.

5. Katharin Marie SCHRADER was born on 4 November 1807 in Oiste bei Verden, Hannover, GER.⁸ She was baptized at Oiste. She died on 26 September 1867 at the age of 59 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER. She was buried from the Verden Dom.

Children were:

	i.	Johann Dietrich GERKEN was born in 1835 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER. He inherited house #31 .
	ii.	Gerd Carsten GERKEN was born in 1839 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER. He died in Verden an der Aller, Hannover, GER.
2	iii.	Cord-Johann GERKEN.
	iv.	Hermann Hinrich GERKEN was born on 4 October 1845 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.¹ He was baptized at the Verden Dom on 12 October. He died in Bremen, FH Bremen, GER.
	v.	Cord Hinrich GERKEN was born on 12 June 1850 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.¹ He was baptized at the Verden Dom on 23 June. He died in Bremen, FH Bremen, GER. He was also known as Hinrich. John Luhrs said he helped a lot in Walle house #32 during WWI, when JL's father was in the Army.

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