Hi All, My great-grandparents Johan Heinrich Bock / Böck and Christina Catherine Greve (which seems to be pronounced Gravie) married at Gettorf, Holstein in 1860. After the birth of a son in late 1861 or early 1862 they migrated to Queensland, Australia, arriving at Moreton Bay aboard the La Rochelle in 30 July 1862. Their son died on the voyage. They had ten known children, who were born in the two Australian States of Queensland and South Australia. Johan, or John as he was known, & Christina, moved a final time to the State of New South Wales, where they remained until their deaths. I have not been able to link them with any of the other Bock families who came to Australia, and their marriage certificate lists both Johan's (Marcus Heinrich Bock and Dorothea Voss) and Christina's (Johann Heinrich Greve and Catharina Elsabe Strey) parents were deceased at the time of their marriage. I have rejoined this list with the slim hope I may make contact with a fellow researcher who is researching the above persons. Happy Hunting to you all Doreen

Hi Doreen, I am doing research on the Greve/Grave/Graf/Grafe/Graaf family in Schleswig-Holstein. The name has changed over time and according to who was doing the writing/spelling on documents. My sister and I (who are living in USA) , along with a cousin who is living in Germany have traced our direct lines to very far back. This was done by writing to Church archives and by way of a private researcher. I am sure there is a cousin connection between our family and your Christina Catherine and Johann Heinrich Greve but at this time I cannot put it together. I will keep your email and let you know if I come across them at some time in the future. You should check on Ancestry and Family Search for family trees if you have not yet done that. If the marriage license you have gives the town of birth for Christina you could find the church archive online and write to them. I could help you find the archive if needed. They can research the birth register and that would probably give you the town the parents are from. Or you could ask for a marriage document of the parents which would probably have that info on it and their parents names. So you can keep going back doing that. You do need to write your email in both English and German but you can Google a translation and most archives will charge for their time and copies. It is all well worth it to get the information. Good luck to you Irene Vogel -----Original Message----- From: Doreen Powell Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 10:48 PM To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Bock / Böck - Greve Hi All, My great-grandparents Johan Heinrich Bock / Böck and Christina Catherine Greve (which seems to be pronounced Gravie) married at Gettorf, Holstein in 1860. After the birth of a son in late 1861 or early 1862 they migrated to Queensland, Australia, arriving at Moreton Bay aboard the La Rochelle in 30 July 1862. Their son died on the voyage. They had ten known children, who were born in the two Australian States of Queensland and South Australia. Johan, or John as he was known, & Christina, moved a final time to the State of New South Wales, where they remained until their deaths. I have not been able to link them with any of the other Bock families who came to Australia, and their marriage certificate lists both Johan's (Marcus Heinrich Bock and Dorothea Voss) and Christina's (Johann Heinrich Greve and Catharina Elsabe Strey) parents were deceased at the time of their marriage. I have rejoined this list with the slim hope I may make contact with a fellow researcher who is researching the above persons. Happy Hunting to you all Doreen ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

G'day Doreen and Irene, I too have a Greve on the main trunk of my family tree: She is Catharina Elisabetha GREVE, b abt 1743 in Groden, near Cuxhaven. I was very lucky and found several families of GREVES in Groden and nearby towns in FHL films; if you are interested, I can send you details.   Catharina married Johann MOELLER, a ships captain of Altona, in about 1771, but I have not been able to find exactly when and where They had a daughter, Anna Magdalena, b abt 1773, but again I have not been able to find exactly when or where (Anna gave her birthplace as Hamburg in the 1835 and 1845 censuses, in Wesselburen, S-H ).   So far, I have not been able to find anything about Johann MOELLER; I searched the FHL films for areas near Cuxhaven, but without success (although there are many MOELLERs ).   Most of the info above came from the marriage registration of Anna Magdalena MOELLER and Johann David DIEBEL on 27 Oct 1800 in Windbergen, S-H, and registered at Meldorf. It also stated that at the time, both of Anna's parents had died .(Found for me by Klaus STRUVE ).   I would appreciate any suggestions you might have for finding further info about (i) the marriage of Johann MOELLER and Catharina Elisabeth GREVE, about 1771, possibly in or near Altona (ii) where and when Anna Magadalena MOELLERN was born (about 1773 )  and (iii) any info about Johann MOELLER. David

Doreen,    I have someone similar in my tree.  Christina Grewe, born 24 Sept 1763 in Alt Bennebek, Schleswig-Holstein , the daughter of Claus Grewe and Wiebke Kocken, who  married Hencke (Henning) Jöns in Alt Bennebek 29 Oct 1779.  Among 7 children was a daughter Christina Jöns, christened 5 Oct 1788.   This was from a microfilm of the Parish Record that I ordered from Salt Lake City.  When I was reading this film I remember that there were LOTS of Bocks's on that film. JUDITH