Fourth Generation
8. Johann Hinrich LÜERS was born on 19 February 1771 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.21 He was baptized on February 22 at the Verden Dom. He died on 7 April 1839 at the age of 68 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.22 He was identified as an elderly widower and burger (citizen) of Langwedel. He fell into a millpond while walking in the dark between 10 and 11 on the evening of April 7 and was found drowned the next morning. He died at age 69, and was buried with a funeral oration on April 11. He was a Bürger at house #16 in Langwedel. Anna Mette OELKERS and Johann Hinrich LÜERS were married on 30 October 1800 in Daverden, Hannover, GER.23 9. Anna Mette OELKERS was born on 4 April 1784 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.24 She was baptized on April 6. Her godfather was Johann Christoph Stegen. She died on 31 January 1825 at the age of 40 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.25 She died during childbirth at age 40 years and 10 months, and was buried on February 2 with her stillborn son. Children were: | i. | Johann LÜHRS was born on 1 July 1804 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.26 He was baptized on July 8. His father was identified as a Bürger of Langwedel, and his godfather was Harm Oelkers. He died on 10 May 1867 at the age of 62 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER. He was the person called "the old Lührs" in 1863 letter from US relatives. | 4 | ii. | Harm Hinrich LÜHRS. | | iii. | Catherine Mette LÜHRS was born on 7 October 1809 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.27 She was the daughter of Johann Hinrich Lührs (1771-1839) and Anna Mette Oelkers (1784-1825) of Langwedel. She was baptized on Oct 9 in Daverden. Catherine was the first of the Lührs clan to emigrate to America. She died in July 1849 at the age of 39 in Springfield, OH. She died of cholera, as did her youngest child. In the Spring of 1849 the family set off with some of their neighbors for Illinois. They went via Cincinnati which was in the midst of a cholera epidemic, and were taken ill. They died in Springfield, while returning to Lancaster. | | iv. | Hermann LÜHRS was born on 19 February 1812 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.28 He was baptized on Feb 23. Godfathers were Hermann Hinrich Oelkers and Hermann Hinrich Prüser. He died on 25 July 1812 at the age of 0 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.29 He died at age 5 months and was buried on July 29. | | v. | Johanne Margret LÜHRS was born on 1 August 1813 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.30 She was baptized on Aug 4. She died in Selsingen, GER.31 In 1831, she served as a godmother for her niece Anna Metta Stumpf. | | vi. | Anna Gesche LÜHRS was born on 5 September 1816 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.32 She was baptized on Sept 8. Godmothers were Anna Oelkers, Anna Trine Prüser, and Anna Gesche Beckmann. She died on 24 July 1849 at the age of 32 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.33 She was identified as the wife of Johann Carl Rohde. She died at age 32 years, 10 months, and 19 days and was buried on July 27. She was known as Gesche. | | vii. | Harm Hinrich Hermann LÜHRS was born on 23 August 1819 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.34 He was baptized on Aug 29. Godfathers were Harm Hinrich Willenbrock and Johann Hinrich Prüser. He was known as Hermann, and possibly went to the U.S. | | viii. | Christoph Wilhelm LÜHRS35 was born on 30 January 1822 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.36 He was baptized on Feb 4; godfathers were Borchert Lührs and Christian Oelkers. He died after 1867 at the age of 45 in USA. While he probably died in Iowa, the 1867 letter to relatives in Germany indicates that he was distraught over not hearing from his sons, and was considering going to California to search for them. In April 1849, he emigrated to America. Here's what we know so far about the rather large emigration from Daverden and Langwedel to the U.S. in 1849. In April, Chris Lüers and his cousin Chris Oelkers (born 1820) went to America as a "scouting party" for the families that planned to emigrate. They apparently decided to settle in the Cincinnati area, since -- according to the Daverden emigrants list compiled by the local pastor -- the rest of the party left for that city on September 8. These later emigrants included: the family of Johann Christof Oelkers (born 1788, the father of Chris) who left with his wife Mette Bannehr and their five other living children; Jürgen Hinrich Wilkens (born 1807), his wife Metta Brandt and their five living children; Claus Hinrich Prüser (born 1824); and Mette Margarethe Gütersloh (born 1821) and her 6-year-old illegitimate son. In all there were 19 people in this party of emigrants to Ohio. It is important to note that Chris Lüers' sister Catherine Mette and her family had lived in Ohio for many years by this time, and in 1849 were in the process of moving west to Illinois. An 1867 letter indicates that Chris Lüers and his wife Margarethe Oelkers were farming in Iowa, and were concerned about their two sons who had gone to California in search of gold. | | ix. | [Child] LÜHRS was born on 31 January 1825 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER. This stillborn child was buried with its mother, who died in childbirth. He died on 31 January 1825 at the age of 0 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.31 The child was buried with his mother on February 2. |
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