Hello Alan und Renate Thank you very much for the history of the Meier zu Oestringen farm. It is very interesting reading and, IF, there were additional family names given would extend my family record back to 1223. As it is, from the information in my files, from research done in Osnabrück, I would say that the people listed as "registered in 1601" could be my 6th great grandparents, who are listed in my research report as, Hermann Grothaus 1679-1756 and his 1st wife, Anna Maria Meyer zu Oestringen 1675-1716. The parents of Anna Maria Meyer are listed as Georg Laurenz Meyer zu Oestringen and Caroline Margaretha de Schorlemmer, no dates are listed for these two. Again thank you for your time and effort in compiling this data; I and the other researchers of the Dittman/Dütmann and Hengelsberg families in Osnabrück area appreciate it. Jerry Dittman Boonsboro, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan und Renate Dry" <alan-renatedry@osnanet.de> To: <NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [NIEDERSACHSEN] MEYER, PIEPENSCHNEIDER > Hello Jerry > The farm Meier zu Oestringen was mentioned in 1223 "villicus in > Osteringen". > I found a brief history of this farm (which still stands today) in a book > about Haste. > In 1240 Meier zu Oestringen belonged to the Bishop of Osnabrück. In 1240 > the farmer had to pay the following to the bishop: > 6 pigs > 4 Malter (old measurement) barley > 1 load of dry wood > 2 Malter rye > 1 Urne (old measurement) butter > 10 hens > 3 "maldra" cheese > for Easter > 100 eggs > 100 "seutelas" > 2 geese > 10 Denare (currency) > In the 14th century the convent in Enger received income from Meier zu > Oestringen. > The following people registred on the farm in 1540: > the farmer Meier zu Oestringen > his wife > 2 farmhands > 2 farm lasses > The following people were registred in 1601: > Meiger to Oestringen > with his wife Anna > the farmhand Dirk > the shepherd Hans > the miller Joest > and Hüsselte Hille (Hüsselte were people of lower status who found a place > to live on a farm) > in the Leibzucht (a smaller house on the farm usually used for the old > farmer and his wife when the farm was taken over by the heir) Lüdeke with > his wife and sister Lise. > Livestock in 1557: > 8 cows > 9 cattle > 30 sheep > 16 pigs > 5 horses > The following open fields belonged to the farm in 1723: > die Lienwiese > Meyers Esche > Der Rübengarten > Auf dem Oesteresch > Das Kirchenstück > Der große und kleine Berg > Die Hove > Die Holle > In der Stegde > Der Fischteich > Der große und kleine Sunderkathen > Der Mühlenhof > Der Cleeberg > In 1677 the bishop gave the farm including the mill to the Earl of Platen. > After > that the Court Marshal von Moltke und then Itel Stael were in possession > of > the farm. > In 1730 the farm was bought by the convent Gertrudenberg > There is still an inscription at the main building: > Burned down in 1780, rebuilt a lot bigger in the same year by Mother > Superior Walburger von Sarau. Reerected the 27th of June. > At the beginning of the 19th century the Meierhof consisted of the main > building, about 15 Scheffel (old measurement) arable land, the right to > fish > the river Nette within their land and the mill that belonged to the farm. > It isn't known when this mill was built. The mill was pulled down in > 1888/89. At the beginning of the 17th century a so called copper hammer > belonged to the farm. > In 1772 the convent let the farm to Johann Bernd Gerdinck from Malgarten > whose family worked the farm for more than 200 years. The Gerding family > left the farm in 1984 and the arable land was sold to another farmer > (Hanesch) in Haste. The building is now used for living purposes only. > > Well, I hope the above is of some interest to you. There is also a > Grothaus > farm in Haste but I can't see a connection to the Grothaus in Harderberg. > > Kind regards > Renate DRY > in Germany