Third Generation

4. Harm Hinrich LÜHRS was born on 21 January 1807 in Langwedel bei Daverden, Hannover, GER.⁴ He was baptized on Jan 23. He died on 27 November 1853 at the age of 46 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER. In 1844, upon his marriage, he took over Walle #19 -- the local tavern called Zum Alte Krug -- which had been owned by his new wife's first husband and for generations by Schloo family ancestors. Margarethe Dorothea Sophia "Dora" GROBE and Harm Hinrich LÜHRS were married on 16 February 1844 in Verden an der Aller, Hannover, GER.^5,6 The marriage record reads: "Lührs Hermann Hinrich, Köthner of Walle son of the late Hermann Hinrich Lührs, halbmeier of the same place (daselbst), and Sophia Dorothea Schloo born Grobe, widow of the late Hermann Hinrich Schloo of Walle, at home." This record presents one major and one minor problem: who is the father of the groom and what is the name of the bride.

According to Mr. R. Masemann, the pre-eminent genealogist of the area, there is no question that the father of the groom was Johann Hinrich Lührs of Langwedel, not Hermann Hinrich Lührs of Walle. He feels the scribe who prepared the marriage register at the Verden Dom mistook the groom for his cousin of the same name born in 1809. Regarding the name of the bride, all four of the Grobe girls had several given names, including Margarethe ... their mother's name. The bride, in both her 1835 and 1844 marriage was identified as Sofia Dorothea. Her name was actually Margarethe Dorothea Sofia, and she normally went by Dora.

5. Margarethe Dorothea Sophia "Dora" GROBE was born on 1 March 1812 in Ubbendorf bei Wechold, Hannover, GER.⁷ She died on 15 October 1861 at the age of 49 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER. She was known as "Sack Liechen" (bag lady) because after her first husband's death, surreptitiously at night, she brought Schloo family valuables to her sister Sophie in a bag.

Children were:

2	i.	Hermann Hinrich LÜHRS.
	ii.	Cord Hinrich LÜHRS was born on 7 August 1846 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.⁸ He was baptized on August 16, the day of his death, by his father. He died on 16 August 1846 at the age of 0 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.⁹ He was buried on August 18.
	iii.	Cathrin Margarethe LÜHRS was born on 12 June 1848 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.^10,11 She was baptized on June 24 at the Verden Dom. She died on 15 February 1849 at the age of 0 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.¹² She was buried on February 17.
	iv.	Johann Hinrich LÜHRS was born on 18 August 1849 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.¹³ He was baptized on September 2. He died on 30 March 1850 at the age of 0 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.¹⁴ He was buried on April 2.
	v.	Elisabeth LÜHRS was born on 10 October 1850 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.^5,15 She was baptized on November 3 at the Verden Dom. She died on 4 July 1920 at the age of 69 in Daverden, Hannover, GER.¹⁰ She was well-known in the area for cooking at weddings.
	vi.	Johann Hinrich LÜHRS was born on 5 September 1852 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.¹⁶ He was baptized on the day of his death. He died on 13 September 1852 at the age of 0 in Walle bei Verden, Hannover, GER.¹⁷ He was buried on October 16.

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