First Generation

1. Rev. Johann Heinrich Christoph "Johannes" LILJE was born on 13 September 1833 in Gerdau, Hannover, GER. He was baptized on Sept 15 in Gerdau. He died on 23 September 1920 at the age of 87 in Ehlanzeni Mission, Natal, SAF. He was buried on Sept 25 in Hermannsburg, SAF. He attended the Hermannsburg Mission Society seminary as part of class 5, was ordained upon graduation, and traveled aboard the Candice to South Africa to take up his missionary assignment in 1867-8. For details of his missionary career, see the Research Report "Two Brothers ... Two Pastors ... Two Worlds" and the SpotLite presentation: "The Two Worlds of the Lilje Brothers" both on this website.

Rev. Johann Heinrich Christoph "Johannes" LILJE and Anna Caroline BECKRÖGE were married on 25 September 1871 in Marburg, Natal, SAF. The detailed information about this couple and their descendants is based upon "Lilje - 150 Years in South Africa" by Rev. Dieter R. Lilje. Anna Caroline BECKRÖGE, daughter of Hermann Ditmer BECKRÖGE and Anna Margaretha Elisabeth RÖNITZ, was born on 9 June 1847 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER. She was baptized on June 16. She died on 10 September 1935 at the age of 88 in Natal, SAF. She has reference number BR-056.

Rev. Johann Heinrich Christoph "Johannes" LILJE and Anna Caroline BECKRÖGE had the following children:

2	i.	Johannes Peter LILJE was born on 10 July 1872 in Ebenezer, Natal, SAF. He died on 18 April 1923 at the age of 50. He never married.
+3	ii.	Christoph Hermann August LILJE.
+4	iii.	Anna Maria Catharina LILJE.
+5	iv.	Heinrich Karl "Karl" LILJE.
+6	v.	Marie Wilhelmine Margaretha LILJE.
+7	vi.	Berthold Carl Wilhelm "Wilhelm" LILJE.
+8	vii.	Heinrich Wilhelm LILJE.
+9	viii.	Auguste Marie Magdalena LILJE.
+10	ix.	Emma Dorothea Barbara LILJE.
+11	x.	Maria Louise "Louise" LILJE.