Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Margaretha Wessels (1679-????)

Personal data Margaretha Wessels 

  • She was born in the year 1679.Source 1
  • Resident: Ahmsen.
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2025.

Household of Margaretha Wessels

She is married to Gerhard Menke.

They got married on December 8, 1706 at Holte, Lähden, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, she was 27 years old.Source 2


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaretha Wessels

Margaretha Wessels
1679-????

1706

Gerhard Menke
1679-????

Hermann Heinrich - Joan Herm - Herman Menke
1710-1790

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Sources

  1. https://fjmblom.home.xs4all.nl/collectie_broer_berens/collectie_broer_berens122.html Norbert Tandecki & Reinhard Cloppenburg: Status Animarum 1749 Bearbeitung
    70 in 1749, Pauline Berens: Genealogienetwerk zus Greetje Berens voorheen EemslandBoekweitBoerenImmigratie
    https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-dutch-connection/I37103.php


    https://fjmblom.home.xs4all.nl/collectie_broer_berens/collectie_broer_berens122.html Norbert Tandecki & Reinhard Cloppenburg: Status Animarum 1749 Bearbeitung
    Ahmsen
    fam. Herm. Mencken 41
    uxor Illuminata Brincker 32
    pater familias senior Gerhardt Mencken 70
    uxor Margaretha Wessels 70
    filius Gerhard 5
    filia Walburgis 2
  2. Heinz Menke
    https://fjmblom.home.xs4all.nl/collectie_broer_berens/collectie_broer_berens238.html

Historical events

Day of marriage December 8, 1706

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1706: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 3 » During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
    • May 23 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
    • July 22 » The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries' Parliaments, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    • September 7 » War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.

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