Joseph Jansen Genealogy Notes

from Oldenburger Münsterland

Prepared by J. Bradley Jansen

All research here thanks to Josef

Mählmann of Tenstedt via the
Oldenburg Society for Family Re-
search. Josef is the researcher
for Cappeln parish records.

Anyone who would like to contrib-

ute financially to continue Josefʼs
research, please contact me at
lbrty4all [at] gmail [dot] com.

Johann “Joseph” Jansen (1845-

1913) was the immigrant ancestor to the Cincinnati, Ohio Jansen family. He married
Mary Macke from Oldenburg, Indiana. Joseph was from the village of Diekhaus, part of
the Emstek parish, near the town of Cloppenburg, in the county of Cloppenburg (Amt.
Cloppenburg) which became part of the (Lutheran) Grand Duchy of Oldenburg from
1803 and previously was part of the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Münster. All records
here are from Roman Catholic Cappln parish records except for the birth record of Jo-
hann Joseph Jansen which was from the neighboring Emstek parish. These Catholic
regions added to the grand duchy are known as Oldenburger Münsterland to reflect this
history. Regarding occupation, Heuermann was a type of farmer.

Birth record of Johann Joseph Jansen

Born 11 August 1845, baptized 13. Aug. 1845, Johann Joseph

Parents: Johann Joseph Jansen dictus (sive) Bohmann and Maria Anna Stratmann
Eigner zu Diekhus

Witnesses: Johann Henrich Kühter aus Bösel und Maria Agnes Jansen nata Claus aus
Büschel. Recorded in Emstek parish.)
Parents: Johann Joseph Jansen (sive = called) Bohman and Maria Anna Stratmann.
[Eigner refers to being a (small) house or landowner. It is a little bit more than a
Heuermann, the last is not owner, but leassee of land often from his oldest brother, who
is mostly the owner of the farm.] “Zu” or from the village of Diekus (now called Diek-
haus).

Witnesses: Johann Henrich Kühter from Bösel (a village north of Cloppenburg) and
Maria Agnes Jansen whose father was Claus from Büschel (a village near Dinklage).
The document was recorded in Emstek parish.

Marriage record of Joseph Jansen and Maria Anna Straatmann

copuliert 1839 29 Sept. Joseph Jansen sive Bohmann, Heuermann aus Tenstette und
Maria Anna Straatmann vom Diekhause, diszensiert zu Vechta in secundo gradu et
mixto tertio lin inaequal. 1839 Aug 19; parentes sponsi: weil. Diek Jansen s. Bohmann
und Anna Maria Habe, Zeller; parentes sponsae: Henrich Straatmann und Anna Maria
Jansen, Heuerleute beide verstorben proclamiert 15. 22. 24. 9, die Zeugen: Johann
Straatmann Franz Hasenkamp

Joseph Jansen (sive Bohmann or “called” Bohman), occupation Heuermann (farmer),

was from Tenstette, on 29 SEP 1839, married Maria Anna Straatmann (pronounced like
Stroatmann) of Diekhause. In Vechta on 19 AUG 1839, they got a special dispensation
to marry because they were cousins (Second and third degree 2. degree mixed inae-
quqlis means not direct, maybe via brother in law which could be explored and ex-
plained when we have the full lines of ancestors.) Joseph's parents (who had already
died) were Diek (= Dirk or Theodor) Jansen sive Bohmann and Anna Maria Habe, Zel-
ler. [Zeller means he is the full farmer and owner (the oldest brother mostly or when a
man is married in a farm f.e. there are only a daughter, so the man took over the
daughters name).] The numbers refer to the compliance with the Roman Catholic
Churchʼs law that he marriage must be announced or proclaimed three times “die
Zeugen” or before witnesses. The witnesses to the marriage were Johann Straatmann
and Franz Hasenkamp. Recorded in the Cappeln parish church.

Marriage record of Joann Henrich Strattmann and Anna Maria Jansen

Copulati 1804 14 Aug. Joann Henrich Strattmann et Anna Maria Jansen exTenstedte, in
Tertio Cansanguinitatis Gradu dispensati, testes: Wilhelm Backhues Herm Kuper

Maria Anna Strattmann's parents were married on 14 AUG 1804 and were Joann Hen-
rich Strattmann (John Henry Strattmann) and Anna Maria Jansen from Tenstedte, the
next phrase explains that they had a blood relationship in the third degree (possibly first
or second cousins perhaps). The witnesses were Wilhelm Backhues and Herm Kuper.
Recorded in the Cappeln parish church.

Birth and baptism record of Henrich Joseph Bohman

natus/a : 11 Julii et ii 12 ejusdem baptiz. 1793

BAPTIZ: Henrich Joseph ex Tenstette

PAR:Dirk Bohman Anna Maria Haben

PATR:Henrich Bohman Maria Anna Kuper

Joseph Henrich Bohman from Tenstette was born 11 JUL 1793 and baptized 12 JUL
1793; his parents were Dirk [Jansen sive] Bohman and Anna Maria Haben; and the wit-
nesses were Henrich Bohman and Maria Anna Kuper. Recorded in the Cappeln parish
church.

Birth record of Maria Anna Straatmann

Geburt/Taufe.: 23 Aug 24, 1815

KIND:CHILD: Maria Anna Straatmann ORT: Tenstedt

ELTERN:PARENTS:Henrich Wessel Straatmann Inquilinus Anna Maria Jansen

GEVATTERN:WITNESS:Bernadina Schlotmann Otto Joseph Jansen

Maria Anna Straatmann was born 23 Aug 24, 1815, from Tenstedt; her parents were
Henrich Wessel Straatmann and Inquilinus (Heurermann in Latin) Anna Maria Jansen;
and the witnesses were Bernadina Schlotmann and Otto Joseph Jansen. Recorded in
the Cappeln parish church.

Geography and surname notes

Tenstette is now called Tenstedt and is in the parish Cappeln.

The current name Diekhaus (formerly called Diekhause, Diekhus or Dickhus) means a
house near a dyke (near a pond) and in the Middle Ages referred to a small castle.
Diekhaus is a small village that belongs to the parish Emstek but is only 2 km from
Tenstedt (formerly called Tenstette) also in the Amt. Cloppenurg (Aemter means admin-
istrative county or department).
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=http://gov.genealogy.net/kml/TENEDT_W4591.km
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Both Tenstette (Tenstedt) and Diekhause are in the Amt. (county) of Cloppenburg which
is part of the Oldenburger Münsterland. This is the southern region of the now former
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Napoleon incorporated it for a time for France.

Explains Josef, “In the region very often the name Strothman Strotman Stratman
Straatman, Strattman Strootman, is mixed by the priest because in our dialect the name
is always pronounced like ʻStroatmannʼ.” NB: I have used the names as written in
documents and adjusted the name of Maryʼs father to incorporate and reconcile the dif-
ferent names on her birth record and her parents marriage record.

Jansen sive Bohman: the Jansen family owned the Bohman farm for two generations
and would have also used that surname during that time.
http://www.familie-bloemer.de/gene/ It used to be the custom that a man would take the
name of the farm into which he married. (In other words he would have married the
heiress, either daughter or widow of a deceased farmer.) It is because of this custom
that we find that farm names hardly ever changed even while the owners did. In more
recent times the newly married couple would keep the name of the husband and the
original farm name eventually is forgotten. This change of custom saddens all friends of
history. Many of the most ancient farm names and therefore quite a bit of history are
thus lost to the future. This change in custom, coupled with the inexact time of what may
have happened, make the exact identification of a farm's heritage a rather difficult job.
Note from the researcher
Dear Bradley,

We are a small group of searchers (we share each other), and it is usually to pay 5 Euro
per founded person, so you can decide how many we shall find, for example only the
direct line or also with all sisters and brothers and or without there descendants.

Normally its between 100-200 person, so between 500 and 1000 Euro, the maximum
was to now (in our group) 1000 founded person (=5000 €).

You know, itʼs not for the invested hours (that would be ten times more), its only for our
costs.

Sometimes a little bit additional for the Archives (library)-fees etc.

Therefore we want also to look in your American results, that we know where are the
descendants today, profession, locations etc.

Best regards,

Josef

Dr. Josef Mählmann

Fachzahnarzt für Oralchirurgie, Implantologie

Bgm. Heukampstr.19

49661 Cloppenburg

044714433

Mobil: 01701881900
Cascading Pedigree Chart #1
8
b.
bp.
m.
4 Dirk (Diek/Theodor) JANSEN SIVE BOHMANN mp.
b. bef 1778 d.
bp. dp.
m.
mp.
d. bef 29 Sep 1839
dp.
b.
bp.
2 Johann Heinrich Joseph JANSEN SIVE BOHMANN d.
b. 11 Jul 1793 9 dp.
bp. Tenstette (Now Tenstedt), Amt. Cloppenburg,
m. 29 Sep 1839
Oldenburger Münsterland (Now Germany)
mp. Cappln Parish, Amt. Cloppenburg, Oldenburger 10
d. aft 13 Aug (Now
Münsterland 1845 Germany)
b.
dp.
bp.
m.
mp.
5 Anna Maria HABE/HABEN d.
b. bef 1778 dp.
bp.
d. bef 29 Sep 1839
dp.

b.
1 Johann Joseph JANSEN bp.
d.
b. 12 Aug 1845
bp. Diekhaus, Amt. Cloppenburg, Oldenburger 11 dp.
m. 13 Sep 1870
Münsterland (Now Germany)
mp. Oldenburg, IN
d. 27 Mar 1912 12
dp. Cincinnati, OH
b.
bp.
m.
6 Johann Henrich Wessel STRATMANN mp.
b. bef 1800 d.
bp. dp.
m. 14 Aug 1804
mp. Tenstette (Now Tenstedt), Amt. Cloppenburg,
d. aft 23 Aug Münsterland
Oldenburger 1815 (Now Germany)
dp.
b.
bp.
d.
3 Maria Anna STRATMANN 13 dp.
b. 23 Aug 1815
bp. Diekhaus, Amt. Cloppenburg, Oldenburger
d. aft 13 Aug (Now
Münsterland 1845 Germany) 14
dp.
b.
bp.
m.
mp.
7 Anna Maria JANSEN d.
b. bef 1800 dp.
bp. Tenstette (Now Tenstedt), Amt. Cloppenburg,
d. aft 23 Aug Münsterland
Oldenburger 1815 (Now Germany)
dp.

b.
J. Bradley Jansen bp.
PO Box 2658 d.
Washington, DC 20013 15 dp.
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