Fenker Ancstors in Brockum

The chart below displays most of the known ancestors of Herman Hinrich, who founded the Brockum No. 100 farm about 1800. His paternal ancestors, in the upper part of the chart, are his "Fenker" ancestors from the Brockum No. 58 farm and their spouses. His maternal ancestors, in the lower part of the chart, are his "Fenker" ancestors from the Brockum No. 83 farm and their spouses.

The "Fenker" lines from the two farms are marked on the chart with these background colors:

Note that "Fenker" surname does not appear along the male lines as we would expect today, because during this period surnames as we know them were not generally used. Rather, the name of the farm on which one lived was used as we would use surnames. The farms were generally inherited by a son of the prior holder, but in some cases they were inherited by a daughter, and her husband and their children then took on the name of her farm. The chart includes a number of examples of this.

The names in color in the chart are links to the narratives of that person. We did not have enough information about those whose names are in black to merit narratives for them.