(7908) VIETS, Meinke + GERKEN, Margretha – Parents of VIETS, Hans (7830)
When Meinke Viets was born in 1629, his father, Gefert, was 30 and his mother, (Daughter, was 25. He married Margretha Gerken and they had one son together. He then married Gießel Wichern and they had five children together. He died on August 28, 1715, having lived a long life of 86 years.
Margretha Gerken was born in 1630. She married Meinke Viets on November 4, 1655, in Scheeßel, Lower Saxony, Germany. They had one child during their marriage. She died in 1667 at the age of 37, and was buried in Scheeßel, Lower Saxony, Germany.
The Gen_Pluswin OFB Sittensen Database has the following entry:
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7908 VIETS, Meinke (Lutheran) – Parents:. V., Gefert and BÖSCHEN, (daughter) (7829.1)
Born calculated1629 in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened calculated 1629 in Scheeßel. Occupation: Halbhöfner in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Farm name / number :: Böschen, No. 4 Stemmen. Died in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Buried on 28.08.1715 in Scheeßel.
I. Church Marriage on 4 Nov 1655 in Scheeßel.
with GERKEN, Margretha (Lutheran) Born in 1630 (estimated) in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened 1630 (estimated) in Scheeßel. Died in 1667 (estimated) in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Buried in 1667 (estimated) in Scheeßel.
Child:
1. Hans (Lutheran) Born in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened on 20 Apr 1657 in Scheeßel. Occupation: Vollhöfner in Helvesiek. Farm name / number :: Diers, No. 17 Helvesiek. Died in Helvesiek. Buried on 9 Oct 1717 in Scheeßel. Marrying Catharine BRASE (7830)
II. Church Marriageon 19 Nov 1667 in Scheeßel.
with WICHERN, Giessel (Lutheran) – Parents:. W., Claus and NoName, Metta (8083.2)
Born in 1645 (calculated) in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened in 1645 (calculated) in Scheeßel. Died in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). ((KB 1708: 63 years old)). Buried on 18 Jun 1708 in Scheeßel.
Children:
1. Claus (Lutheran) Born in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened on 9 Oct 1668 in Scheeßel. Occupation: Halbhöfner in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Farm name / number :: Böschen, No. 4 Stemmen. Died on 30 Jul 1740 in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Buried on 1 Aug 1740 in Scheeßel. Marriage with Anna BEHRENS (7812)
2. Maria (Lutheran) Born in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened on 18 Dec 1670 in Scheeßel.
3. Jochim (Lutheran) Born in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened on 8 Jun 1673 in Scheeßel. Occupation: 1725-1737 Halbhöfner in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Farm name / number :: Hoops, No. 13 Stemmen. Died in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Buried on 25 Nov 1758 in Scheeßel. Church Marriageon 5 Nov 1706 in Scheeßel with Gesche WICHERN (7862)
4. Johann (Lutheran) Born in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened on 2 Dec 1677 in Scheeßel.
5. Hinrich (Lutheran) Born in Stemmen (KSPL Scheeßel). Christened on 1 May 1684 in Scheeßel.