Gerhard Christoph Heinrich Fennker1,2,3

ID# 14488, (1820 - 1857)
FatherFredrich Hinrich Fenncker4,5,6 (29 Jun 1798 - 23 Apr 1868)
MotherMarie Margarethe Koop7,5,6 (9 Nov 1794 - 12 May 1864)

Key Events:

Birth: 20 Jun 1820, Drohne, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia8,9
Marriage: 22 Oct 1852, Evangelische Lutherische Kirche, Brockum, Kingdom of Hanover, Marie Margarethe Charlotte Thölke (8 Nov 1829 - )5
Death: 26 Sep 1857, Brockum, Kingdom of Hanover4,6,10
Burial: 30 Sep 1857, Evangelische Lutherische Kirche, Brockum, Kingdom of Hanover6
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker
AncestryThe Fenker Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Gerhard Christoph Heinrich Fennker was born on 20 Jun 1820 in Drohne, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia.8,9
     He was baptized on 2 Jul 1820 in the Dielingen, Province of Westphalia.8
     He was confirmed in the Evangelische Lutherische Kirche, Brockum, Kingdom of Hanover, in 1835, ranking second in his class.4
     Gerhard married Marie Margarethe Charlotte Thölke, daughter of Friedrich Heinrich Thölke and Marie Elisabeth Schniers, on 22 Oct 1852 in Evangelische Lutherische Kirche, Brockum, Kingdom of Hanover.5
     He was maker of raw wooden products (Verfertiger grober Holzwaren) in Brockum.6
     At his death he was shown as a "Häusling," a landless crofter, living in a rented house of one of the farmers, for whom he had to work based on a contract.6
     Gerhard died on 26 Sep 1857 in Brockum, Kingdom of Hanover, at age 37.4,6,10 He was buried on 30 Sep 1857 in Evangelische Lutherische Kirche, Brockum, Kingdom of Hanover.6

Children:
     Child with Marie Margarethe Charlotte Thölke:

  • Charlotte Sophie Wilhelmine Fenker11 (27 Oct 1853 - )

Citations

  1. [S589] Konfirmationsregister (Confirmation Register), Kurfürstentum Hannover, 1835 no. 2, Johann Friedrich Fenncker, shows name as Johann Friedrich, but a note at the end of 1835 confrimations says "The name of the boy listed under No. 2 above is according to his birth certificate, which had been issued on December 1833 no. 14 Gerhard Christoph Heinrich Fennker."
  2. [S590] Heiratsregister (Marriage Register), Königreich Hannover, 1852 no. 14, Fenker - Thölke, shows name as Gerhard Christoph Heinrich Fenker.
  3. [S592] Trauregister (Burial Register), Kurfürstentum Hannover, 1857 no. 21, Gerhard Christoph Heinrich Fenker, shows name and (former Fennker).
  4. [S589] Konfirmationsregister (Confirmation Register), Kurfürstentum Hannover, 1835 no. 2, Johann Friedrich Fenncker.
  5. [S590] Heiratsregister (Marriage Register), Königreich Hannover, 1852 no. 14, Fenker - Thölke.
  6. [S592] Trauregister (Burial Register), Kurfürstentum Hannover, 1857 no. 21, Gerhard Christoph Heinrich Fenker.
  7. [S589] Konfirmationsregister (Confirmation Register), Kurfürstentum Hannover, 1835 no. 2, Johann Friedrich Fenncker, a note at the end of 1835 confrimations says "The name of the boy listed under No. 2 above ...Father: the local(Brockum) Dammhirte Friedrich Heinrich Fennker, Mother: Catharine Margarethe, nee Koop."
  8. [S589] Konfirmationsregister (Confirmation Register), Kurfürstentum Hannover, 1835 no. 2, Johann Friedrich Fenncker, shows name as Johann Friedrich, but a note at the end of 1835 confrimations says "The name of the boy listed under No. 2 above is according to his birth certificate, which had been issued on December 1833 no. 14 Gerhard Christoph Heinrich Fennker. He was born in Drohne on June 1820 no. 20 and had been baptized in Dielingen on July 2 the same year."
  9. [S590] Heiratsregister (Marriage Register), Königreich Hannover, 1852 no. 14, Fenker - Thölke, shows date and town.
  10. [S10726] Jackson, "Family Group Sheet", family of Friedrich Heinrich Fenker and Marie Margarethe Koop, shows date and town.
  11. [S591] Müller-Koppe, "Fenker Research Report", citing Brockum Baptismal register, 13, 1868.