Marie's parents were John J. Bernens and Caroline Catherine Meyer
John J's parents were Joseph Bernens and Anna Marie Backus
Caroline's parents were Frank Meyer and Helina Clitte
BERNENS
The Bernens family lived in or near the villages of Erlte and Visbek in Oldenberg, Germany. The families in this region took the names of the farms they owned or lived on. As a consequence, individuals may be know by multiple names throughout their lives. The individuals in this record are shown in relation to Joseph Bernens and Anna Marie Neihaus who emigrated to Cincinnati on about 1840. The name found in this research was Berens and appears to have been changed to Bernens on emigration although this change is not well documented.
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Rolf Meyer called Brinckmann
Rudolf Meyer now Brinckmann fr Nefterholt, Emstek ~1712-
Rolf married Anna Gesine Brinckmann on 17 Nov 1733
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Anna Gesine Brinkmann
Anna Gesine Brinkmann ~1713- ,fr Schwichteler
Anna married Rolf Meyer on 17 Nov 1733
The Brinkamnn farm was in Schwichteler
They had one or more children
Rudolf Meyer now Brinckmann fr Nefterholt, Emstek ~1712-
Anna Gesine Brinkmann ~1713- ,fr Schwichteler
Joannes Henrich Brinkmann born 27 Nov 1737 in Schwichteler.
Joannes Henrich Brinkmann 1737 fr Schwichteler married Maria Elisabeth Kaiser (1736-1808), widow on 15 Nov 1768. They were the parents of Joseph Berens father
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Johan Keister or Kayszer called Thole
Johan or Joannes Kayzser, ~1700-
Johan married Anna Maria Thole on 16 Nov !723
witness Herman Henrich Kayser and Lorentz Vehemeyer
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Anna Maria Joans or Thole
Anna Maria Joans-Thole ~1700-
Anna married Johan Kayszer on 16 Nov 1723
godparents Joannes Henrich Joans and Maria Clara Groneveldt/Lamping
The mother listed on the birth record as Anna Elisabeth Joans, (possably a different family)
They had one or more children
Johan or Joannes Kayzser ~1700
Anna Maria Joans-Thole ~1700
Marie Elisabetha Kaiser born 3 Dec 1723
Marie Elisabetha Cordesmann nee Kaiser 1723-. married Joannes Heinrich Cordesman 1738-1768 who owned the Cordes farm in Landforden. After J.H. Cordesmann died, Marie Elisabeth Codes married Joanne Heinrich Brinckmann 1737- . Brinkmann took the name Cordes or Cordesmann and managed the Cordes farm. They had a son, Joannes Joseph Cordes or Coors, who was the father of Joseph Berens
Joannes Heinrich Cordesman
Joannes Heinrich Cordesman 1738-1768
Joannes Heinrich owned the Cordes farm in Langforden
Marie Elysabeth Keiser married Joannes Heinrich Cordesman on 18 Nov 1755
Johann Henrich Cordesmann died 1 May 1768, age 30 years.
The farm passed to his widow on his death
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Johann Heinrich Brinkmann called Cordesmann
Johann Heinrich Brinckmann 1737- fr Langforden
Joannes Henrich was born on 28 Nov 1737 in Scheichteler, father Rolf Meyer, now Brikmann
He married the widow Marie Elysabeth Cordesmann nee Keiser on 15 Nov 1768
witness Johann Joseph Brinckmann and Herman Henrich Kordesmann.
They had two or more children
J.H. Brinckmann could adopt the Cordes name only by marring into the Cordes farm.
The Cordes farm was in Langforden
Joannes Henrick Cordes, widower died on 4 Aug 1809 in Langforden
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Maria Elisabeth Kaiser Brinckmann
Marie Elisabeth Kaiser (1723-1808) fr Langforden
Marie Elysabeth Keiser married Joannes Heinrich Cordesman on18 Nov 1755
Johann Henrich Cordesmann died 1 May 1768, age 30 years.
She then married Johann Heinrich Brinckmann on 15 Nov 1768, who thereafter was called Cordesmann or Coors
An Elisabeth Cordes died 20 Oct 1808, age 72 on the island Nordstad
They had one or more children and were Joseph Beren’s fraternal grandparents
Johann Heinrich Brinckmann 1737- fr Langforden
Marie Elisabeth Kaiser 1723-1808 fr Langforden
Joannes Joseph Kordesmann (Coors) 13 Sep 1779 in Langforden
Joannes Joseph Coors 1779 married Anna Catherina Knagge, the daughter of Johann Theodor Knagge and the widow Anna Gertrude Tasche nee Grave after her first husband Casper Tasche died.
Casper Tasche
Casper Tasche from Visbek
Caspar Tasche owned the Tasche farm in Visbek.
He was the first husband of Anna Gertrude Grave
Casper Tasche from Visbek married Anna Gertrude Grave fr Rechterfield on 24 Apr 1770
He died before 1773 and the farm passed to his widow
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Johann Theodor (Dirk) Knagge
Joanne Theodor Knagge called Tasche 1775- ,fr Emstek
(Joannes Theodor Tasche-Knagge, Theodor Taske-Knagge, Joannes Diedrich Kangge)
He was the second husband of Anna Gertrude Tasche nee Grave
Gertrud Tasche nee Grave, widow fr Visbek , married Johann Theodor Knagge from Emstek on 7 Jan 1773
They lived on the Tasche/Taske farm in Visbek, Johann Theodor Knagge took the name Tasche
They had seven children
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Anna Gertrude Grave Tasche Kangge
Anna Gertrude Grave Tasche fr Rechterfeld
(Anna Gertrudis Grave)
In her first marriage, Anna Gertrude Grave fr Rechterfield married Casper Tasche from Visbek on 24 Apr 1770.
Rechterfeld is 4.5 mi east of Erlte
They had one child
Casper Tasche from Visbek
Anna Gertrude Grave fr Rechterfeld
Johann Gerard Tasche 28 Mar 1771
After his death (unrecorded), Gertrud Tasche nee Grave, widow fr Visbek married Johann Theodor Knagge from Emstek on 7 Jan 1773
They had seven children
Joanne Theodor Knagge called Tasche 1775- ,fr Emstek
Anna Gertrude Grave Tasche fr Rechterfeld widow
Joanne Henrich 4 Dec 1773
Joanne Theodor Knagge 14 Oct 1775
Anna Catharina Taske (Knagge) 4 Dec 1777
Joannes Casparus Tasche/Knagge 25 Nov 1780 in Visbek
Margaret Maria Taske-Knagge 6 Jan 1783
Maria Elisabeth Knagge 25 May 1785
Anna Catherina Taske-Knagge 1777 married Heinrick Berens 1770-1804. fr Erlte. On his death, she married Joanne Joseph Coors 1776-.
Ironically, the Bernens (Berens) family are not ancestors of Heinrich Berens, but of Joanne Joseph Coors pr Cordes, whose father was named Brinckmann and grandfather was named Meyer..
Herman Henrich Berens
Herman Henrich Bernens 1770-1804 fr Erlte
(Herman Henrich, Johann Heneric)
first husband of Anna Catherine Knagge
Herman Heinrich Berens inherited the farm from his father Johann Berend and was the owner of Grosse Pubeke as of 1798
They had two children.
Henrich Berens died 6 Jan 1804, age 34
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Joannes Joseph Coors called Berens
J. Joseph Coors or Cordes 1776-1829, fr Langforden
( J. Joseph Coors, Johann Joseph Berens-Cordes, Joseph Berens-Coors, Joseph Berens nee Coors, Joseph Bernes)
Joannes Joseph Coors was Anna Catherina Berens nee Knagge’s second husband and Joseph Berens father
Joannes Joseph was born 13 Sep 1774 in Langforden (four miles south of Erlte)
Joseph Coors married A. Catherina Knagge fr Erlte on 8 Aug 1804, her second marrage
He took ownership of the Gosse Pubeke farm when he married Anna Catherina Knagge-Berens, widow
He ran the Gosse Pubeke farm until the heir was 24 or 30 years old
Johann Joseph Berens called Grosse Pubke, nee Cohorsmann died 1 Feb 1829, age 53, was , farmer fr Erlte.
They had eight children
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Anna Catherina Taske, called Knagge
Catharina Knagge 1778-1844, fr Visbek
(Anna Catharina, Catrine, Marie Catrine, Cathrine)
Joseph Bernens mother
Anna Catharina’s first marriage was to Heinrick Berens fr Erlte on 24 Jul 1798
witnessed by Johann Berens, Alard Grave
They had two children
Herman Henrich Bernens 1770-1804 fr Erlte
Catharina Knagge Berens 1778-1844, fr Visbek
Johann Heinrich Berens b 26 Apr 1800,
Anna Maria Berens b 5 Aug 1802
After Heinrich died, Anna Catherina married Joanne Joseph Coors 1776- on 8 Aug 1804
He took over the Grosse Pubeke farm after this marriage. The farm was later called Berens and Joanne Joseph Coors took the name Berens
They had eight children.
J. Joseph Coors or Cordes 1776-1829, fr Langforden
Anna Catherina Taske, called Knagge 1778 fr Visbek
Joannes Berens-Cordes 14 Nov 1805
Johann Bernard Berens-Coors 9 Dec 1807
Johann Alard Berens-Coors 9 Dec 1807, died 25 Apr 1819, age 10
Catharina Elizabeth Berens-Coors 3 Apr 1810
Johann Joseph Berens 18 Oct 1812
Johann Gerd Berens 15 Dec 1814, died 1 Jan 1815, age 16 days
Johann Dirk (Theodor) Berens 21 Nov 1815, died 30 Nov 1815, age 8 days
Anna Catrine Berens-Cohorsmann 15 Mar 1817
Anna Catherine Berens nee Knagge died 26 Jul 1844, age 66, widow of Johann Joseph Berens, nee Koorsmann farmer from Erlte
Berens family members (not ancestors)
Johann Berend Berens
Johann Berend Berens
(Johann Berend Berens, Joes. Dernardus Berens, J. Bernd Berns, J. Berendt Berenss)
Father of Herman Heinrich Berens 1770-1804
In 1752 J. Berend was registered as owner of the large farm known as Grosse Pubeke, now Berens, one of fourteen large farms in the Elrte area.
The farm was located just west of the town center of Erlte, Oldenberg. He adopted the Berens name.
Johann Barend married Maria Velthuss (Felthaus) on 23 Nov 1751
witness Johann Knagge, Henerich Coors
They had five children
Johann Heinrich Behrens
Johann Heinrich Behrens 1800-
(Johann Berens-Cordes)
oldest son of Herman Henrich Berens and Anna Catherine Knagge, half brother to Joseph Berens
Johann Heinrich married Anna Catharine Muting fr Spreada, Langforden (born 27 Jun 1800) on 4 Jun 1844
Johann Heinrich a the eldest son of the first marriage inherited Grosse Pubeke, now Berens, in 1846
Other members of the Berens to own the farm
1798 Hermann Heinrich Berens
1846 J. H. Berens and wife, Katherine Muting
1900 Heinrich Berens, unmarried
after Heinrich died, the farm passed into the Feldhaus family
Anna Maria Berens
Anna Maria Bernes 1802- , fr Erlte
half sister to Joseph Berens
godparents J Caspar Berens and Cath. Knagge
Anna Maria Berens (sive grosse Pubke) married Franz Joseph Scheper on 22 Aug 1830, son of Johann Henrich Scheper, a small farmer in Astrup, and Anna Marie Feldhaus.
They lived on a small farm in Astrup parish and had two children Catharina Marie Elisabeth 13 Jul 1831 and Maria Anna.
Heinrich Berens ( -1923)
possible son or grandson of Johann Heinrich Berens and Anna Catherine Muting
in 1900, unmarried Heinrich built a new house and farm buildings on the Berens farm
Heinrich died childless and the farm passed to the Felthaus family
Maria Velthuss (Felthaus)
Maria Velthuss (Felthaus)
Maria Velthuss married Johann Berend on 23 Nov 1751
They had five children
Anna Maria Berens 5 Oct 1759-
Herman Alred Berns 13 Jul 1763
Anna Marie Berenss 4 Jul 1767
probable father of Herman Heinrich Berend, but no birth record was found for HH in 1770
Johann Casparus Berns13 Jul 1772
(spelling of the last name is that shon for their father)
Prior owners of the farm known as Grosse Pubeke (there was a kleine Pubeke)
1545 Johann Pupeke
1568 Wobbeke Pubeke
1590 Wilke Pubbeke
1626 Berend Pubeke and wife Phenneke Deeke
In 1841, the farm was appox 116 acers
Joannes Berens-Cordes
Joannes Berens-Codes 1805- ,fr Erlte
Older brother to Joseph Berens
As the son of the second marriage, Joannes would not receive any part of the Grosse Pubeke farm.
Emigrated to the US in 1832, first in the family to emigrate and one of the first from Visbek
Others who emigrated in 1832, Johann Gerd Berens and Joseph Cordes fr Langeforden
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Joseph Bernens
Joseph Bernens 1813 –
Johann Joseph Berens was born on 18 Oct 1812 in Erlte.
Joseph was born in Germany, possibly Oldenburg. Both of his parents were born in Germany.
Joseph Bernens married Mary Gertrude Backus fr Oldenberg.
They may have been married in Germany or in Cincinnati.
By 1846, they lived in Cincinnati and had their first of ten children, all born in OH
There was no record of Joseph and Mary (Anna Maria) Bernens found in the 1850 census.
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Mary Gertrude Backus
Mary Gertrude Backus 1826
Joseph Bernens married Mary Gertrude Backus fr Oldenberg. Both parents were born in Germany.
They may have been married in Germany or in Cincinnati.
By 1846, they lived in Cincinnati and had their first of ten children, all born in OH
Joseph Bernens 1813/1823 Old
Mary Gertrude Backus 1826 Old
Louisa 1846 Oh
Philomena 1848 Oh
John J 1851 Oh
Mary (Anna) 1853 Oh
Louis 1858 Oh
Henry 1860 Oh
Rose 1863 Oh
Joseph 1866 Oh
Emma 1868 Oh
August 1870 Oh
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Frank Meyer
Frank Meyer was born in Germany and immigrated to the US
(see 1870 census)
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Hellena Clittle
Hellena Clitte was born in Germany.
See married Frank Meyer and had one or more children
Frank Meyer
Hellena Clittle Meyer
Caroline Catherine Meyer 1853
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John J. Bernens
John J. Bernems 1851 - 16 Dec 1940
John was born in Cincinnati. He married Caroline Meyer in about 1875. His occupation: was a “clerk in store” in 1843 and a book keeper. In 1890 he was a “clerk clothing store” at southeast Corner 5th and Plum and at 108 Barr. They lived at 1125 Seton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio and had three children
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Caroline Catherine Meyer Bernens
Caroline Catherine Meyer 1853 – 1910
Caroline, called Carrie, was born in Ohio. She married John J. Bernens in about 1875 and had three children born in Ohio.
John J Bernens 1851 Oh sales, clothing
Caroline Meyer 1853 Oh
Clare B 1877 Oh
John A 1879 Oh
Marie L. 1887 Oh
Louis H. Bernens (John’s brother)
In 1890, Louis worked at B. Bros 537 W. Court, Cincinnati OH
Louisa Bernens (John’s sister)
Louisa Bernens married August Janszen, they had a son Joseph A Janszen
There is no information on other Bernens children
John A Bernens (Marie’s brother)
John A Bernens may have moved to Maricopa AZ by 1920
Louis H. Bernens (John’s brother)
In 1890,Louis worked at B. Bros 537 W. Court, Cincinnati State: OH
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Marie L. Bernens
Marie L. Bernens 1887 – 1959
Marie was the youngest child of John and Caroline Bernens. She was born and raised in Cincinnati. She married Bernard Weinkam in 1887 and had five children. She was buried Old St Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati. She was a nice lady.
Bernard C Weinkam 1886
Marie Bernens 1887
Helen M 1913
Robert C 1914
Walter J 1916
James J 1917
Jule C 1919
Marie L. Bernens Weinkam 1954
Clara B Bernens (Marie’s sister)
Clara married Joseph Vonderahe 1868 – 1870
Jospeh Vonderahe’s father was B. Vonderahe from Hanover Ger., a shoemaker. His mother was from Oldenburg, Ger.
