This is to the Marquardts in Franklin County - I think they are connected Hi everybody! I am looking for more information on the family of my great-great grandmother, Margaretha Marquardt, born August 8, 1845 in Uetersen, which I understand was traditionally Denmark but was switched back and forth between Germany and Denmark several times. Here is the information below that I have on her, her parents and grandparents. I would love to be able to find anything more about any of the individuals below as well as other branches, siblings or ancestors or descendants of anybody below: Descendants of Jakob Marquardt Generation No. 1 1. JAKOB1 MARQUARDT He married KATHARINA LÜDERS. More About JAKOB MARQUARDT: Residence/Wohnort: December 1830, Esingen, Kirchspiel Rellingen, Germany Child of JAKOB MARQUARDT and KATHARINA LÜDERS is: 2. i. HANS HINRICH2 MARQUARDT, b. Esingen, Germany. Generation No. 2 2. HANS HINRICH2 MARQUARDT (JAKOB1) was born in Esingen, Germany. He married (1) UNKNOWN Bef. 1830. She died Bef. December 1830. He married (2) METTA GLASHOFF December 29, 1830 in Evangelische Kirche-Am Kloster, Uetersen, Germany, daughter of JOHANN GLASHOFF and ILSABE HAUSCHILDT. Notes for HANS HINRICH MARQUARDT: It has been passed down that he was a Danish whaling captain. Eheschließung der Eltern von Margaretha Marquardt: Buch 137 Nr. 2 Kirchenjahr 1831 (beginnt mit dem 1. Advent im Jahre 1830) 29. 12. 1830 Der Wittwer Hans Hinrich Marquardt, Einwohner auf dem Heidgraben, des Jakob Marquardt, jetzt in Esingen, Kirchspiel Rellingen, und der Katharina geb. Lüders ehelicher Sohn mit der Jungfrau Metta Glashoff, des Johann Hinrich Glashoff in Haslau und der Ilsabe geb. Hauschildt eheliche Tochter nach dreimaligen Aufgebot hier und in Haselau. More About HANS HINRICH MARQUARDT: Occupation/Beruf: Heuerling Residence/Wohnort: 1845, Auf dem Heidgraben (close to Uetersen), Germany More About HANS MARQUARDT and UNKNOWN: Marriage: Bef. 1830 More About HANS MARQUARDT and METTA GLASHOFF: Marriage: December 29, 1830, Evangelische Kirche-Am Kloster, Uetersen, Germany Child of HANS MARQUARDT and METTA GLASHOFF is: 3. i. MARGARETHA3 MARQUARDT, b. August 08, 1845, Denmark (was under German rule at the time according to family history); d. December 24, 1922, Pittsburgh, PA (cemetary in or near Alison Park). Generation No. 3 3. MARGARETHA3 MARQUARDT (HANS HINRICH2, JAKOB1) (Source: Her name was spelled this way on her son's birth certificate from Germany.) was born August 08, 1845 in Denmark (was under German rule at the time according to family history) (Source: Death certificate - file number 109098.), and died December 24, 1922 in Pittsburgh, PA (cemetary in or near Alison Park) (Source: Death certificate - file number 109098.). She married FRIEDRICH WILHELM CARL (FRITZ) NEUMANN (Source: His son Friederich's birth certificate.) May 18, 1869 in Evangelische Kirche-Am Kloster, Uetersen, Germany, son of CARL NEUMANN and CHRISTINA LANGE. He was born June 10, 1837 in Mecklenburg, Germany (Source: Death certificate - file number 8279, his marriage record, and birth records from his children at Uetersen church.), and died January 19, 1914 in Pittsburgh, PA (cemetary in or near Alison Park) (Source: Death certificate - file number 8279.). Notes for MARGARETHA MARQUARDT: It was passed down in the family history that she was from Denmark and that her father was a Danish whaling captain. After receiving records that place both Margaretha and her parents in the Uetersen area from the times of their birth and after having done some historical research, I now know that Schleswig-Holstein, the area where Uetersen is located, belonged to Denmark at one time and then to Germany. The Germans even fought a war with the Danes, because there was the Eider Danish movement that wanted Schleswig-Holstein all the way down to the Eider River to be part of Denmark. Ironically, she thought of herself as Danish and her children, born in the same spot, thought of themselves as Germans. I guess that is what a generation can do to you. On her death certificate, she was listed as 77 years, 4 months, and 16 days old at death. The informant for the death certificate was listed as Mrs. G. W. Wolfe (her daughter Anna). Anna lived at 321 Winders Street at the time, and that is where Margaretha is listed as having died. The following is from the keeper of archives for the Protestant Church of Uetersen - Am Kloster, Richard Plath: Buch 130 Seite 24 Nr. 112 Geburt 08.08. 1845 Taufe 24.08. 1845 Margaretha, des aus Esingen gebürtigen Heuerlings auf dem Heidgraben Hans Hinrich Marquardt und dessen Ehefrau Metta geb. Glashoff eheliche Tochter Eheschließung der Margaretha Marquardt: Buch 138 1869 Nr. 32 18.05.1869 der Junggeselle Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Neumann in der Mühlenstrasse, geboren 1837, ein ehelicher Sohn des Carl Daniel Friedrich Neumann zu Rühn, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, und der Christina Marie Louise geb. Lange mit Jungfer Margaretha Marquardt in Loh (geb. 1845), eine eheliche Tochter des Hans Hinrich Marquardt auf Heidgraben und der Metta geb. Glashoff. Emigrated in 1900 according to 1920 census. More About MARGARETHA MARQUARDT: Baptism: August 24, 1845, Uetersen, Germany Birthplace: Denmark Burial: December 26, 1922, Oakland Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Source: Death certificate - file number 109098.) Occupation: Housewife Residence before marriage: 1869, Loh, Germany Hope to hear from somebody! Sincerely, Russell Lentz Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A. Ich kann auch Deutsch, falls jemand lieber auf deutsch schreiben möchte.