JOAN'S ANCESTOR AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
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Joan's great-great-grandfather, Jacob Rotermund, was born in Eickedorf in 1791. He served with the Duke of Wellington's army
which defeated Napoleon at Waterloo on June 18, 1815. He was a private soldier in the Verden Landwehr Battalion,
part of the army of Hannover ... remember that Great Britain and Hannover had a common ruler at that time.
Joan's great-grandmother, Meta Wiechmann, recalled her father-in-law saying that he was one of only three soldiers from his
unit to return home alive. We are very pleased to still possess the medal he was awarded for participation in that battle.
It pictures Prince Regent George IV of Great Britain and Hannover and is personally engraved around its edge with the words
"Soldat Jacob Rotermund Landwehr Bat Verden." The reverse proclaims "Hannoverian Gallantry -- Waterloo -- Jun XVIII."
For further information concerning the battle and Jacob Rotermund's participation in it, read, save,
or print the Research Report:
Jacob Rotermund's Waterloo Medal | |
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A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOAN'S PARENTS
Over the years, there were many marriages between Joan's paternal Lührs and Gerken ancestors who all
lived in the Verden area, and likewise between her maternal Brüning and Rotermund ancestors who all
lived on the moor northeast of Bremen. But, we never anticipated finding a link between the paternal
and maternal sides of her family ... but, a few years ago, we found such a connection. We thank a
distant Beckröge cousin for making the detailed facts available to us.
Buried deep in the recesses of her Gerken ancestors are a set of 6xGreat-Grandparents named Johann
Dieterich Beckröge and Maria Bischoff (born: Bassen 1716) living in Walle. Deep in the recesses of
her Rotermund ancestors are her 5xGreat-Grandparents Arend Mindermann and Marie Bischoff (born:
Bassen 1742) living in Dannenberg on the moor. It turns out that Marie is the niece of Maria. Their
grandparents/parents are the same couple: Lüder Bischoff (1667-1733) and Maria Block (1679-1750) of
Bassen (near Achim). This means that Joan's parents were sixth cousins -- unfortunately, they
never knew it because we learned of this only after both of their deaths.
The relationship between Joan's parents is brought together clearly in the Descendants List
and Modified Register of Lüsse Bischoff (born c1630). Click below to view, print, or save these files:
including Mindermann, Rotermund, Brüning, Koster,
Beckröge, Gerken, Lilje, Rencken, Lührs, etc.
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