Merging the Two Krückeberg Lines
From Johann Heinrich Krueckeberg’s Immanuel Lutheran biography, we are given the names of his parents, who immigrated to Union, Adams CO IN in 1849, and we are provided the information of all church ceremonies involving him, his wife and his children. We are also provided the name of the parish, Petzen.
We likewise know the same information about Carl Friedrichm Krückeberg from the "family record of the emigrant Carl Friedrich Krückeberg". We also have the Immanuel Lutheran biography of his son, Carl Heinrich Wilhelm, who was 15 when he arrived in the U.S.
Using these document we can construct the family of origin of both Johann Heinrich and Carl Friedrich Krückebergusing the Petzen church records.
No. 10 Berenbusch Home of Johann Heinrich Krückeberg
No. 10 Berenbusch is where the Jobst Heinrich Krückeberg family resided as shown by the numerous Petzen church register records of his family members, all exclusively listing no. 10 Berenbusch as place where they live.
TODO: list all of the village/ort references here: Wohnorot, Dortschaften.
We know from case file NLA BU, K 2, A Nr. 689 denotated "200 Reichtsthaler.. " No. 10 Be
It is also where the Colon Krückeberg lived who petitioned the Rentkammer to accept the sell his holding at no. 10 Berenbusch explaining
Ich bin willens, meine Kolonie zu verkaufen und nach Amerika auszuwandern…
I have decided to sell my farmstead and to emigrate to America…
Although his given names are not mentioned, and he is only identified as "Colon Krückeberg" on the case file cover and throughout its documents, we know this is Johann Heinrich because it was he and his family who emigrated from Berenbusch in the fall of 1849 and settle in Union township, Adams CO, Indiana.
TODO: Is this redundant? Should it be mentioned—or was it already—above? The Immanuel Lutheran biography gives his correct birth date, parents and baptismal sponsors. The Petzen church registers confirm this. Thus Johann Heinrich was the Colon at no. 10 Berenbusch in 1849.
TODO: Johann Heinrich is described as a Neubauer at no. 18 Berenbusch…See nla:146:index.adoc.
TODO: quote information for the other 139 documents that add more details that also help to confirm the identity of Johann Heinrich like the petition of his mother, the widow of Jobst Heinrich, as well as add other important details.
TODO: We know his full name is not given in case file 689, but his late father is described as owning money to Hempel and Sons, a leather goods store….
How no. 18 Berenbusch Connects Johann Heinrich and Carl Friedrich
The father of Johann Heinrich Krückeberg, Jobst Heinrich, petitioned the Schauburg-Lippe Rentkammer in September of 1808 to be granted a new holding in Berenbusch. They granted his request and created the new holding no. 18 at Berenbusch.
This information comes document #6 from the case file NLA BU K 2 B Nr. 146 located in the Bückeburg department of the Niedersächishces Landesarchiv and denotated Die Stätte Nr. 18 zu Berenbusch (the Holding no. 18 at Berenbusch).
From this case file and from the case file NLA BU, L 120a, D Nr. 188 denotated Verkauf der Krückebergschen Stätte Nr. 18 in Berenbusch an den Schuster Wilhelm Meyer zu Röcke (Sale of the Krückeberg holding no. 18 Berenbusch to shoemaker Wilhelm Meyer of Röcke), we know that Carl Friedrich Krückeberg came to own no. 18 Berenbusch. We know this because in 1850 he petitioned the Rentkammer to accept its sale to the buyer he had found, Wilhelm Meyer. See these documents:
Furthermore, in these documents Carl Friedrich the reason for the sale: he wants to emigrated in order to join "his relatives who are doing well":
Da ich beabsichtige, mit meiner ganzen Familie nach Amerika auszuwandern, woselbst sich schon mehre Anverwandte von mir befinden, denen es recht gut geht, so habe ich meine kleine Neubauer-Colonie No. 18 in Berenbusch an den Schuhmacher Wilhelm Meier, gebürtig aus Evesen, derzeitß in Röcke verkauft.
Since I intend to emigrate with my entire family to America, where several relatives of mine are already living and are doing quite well, I have therefore sold my small Neubauer holding, No. 18 in Berenbusch, to the shoemaker Wilhelm Meier, a native of Evesen, presently residing in Röcke
We know now for certain the Johann Heinrich and Carl Friedrich, who are only a year apart in age, share a common ancestor because they are related.