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Apelern

including the villages of
Hegesdorf, Lyhren, Reinsdorf, Soldorf, Wiersen
Amt. Rodenberg, Landkreis Schaumburg
Curly

Church established about 1603.

Apuldrun (866) Apeldern (14th century)... from Old Saxonian "apuldra". Old High German "aphul" = Apfel = apple and the Gotic "triu". Old Saxonian "trio" = tree... so Apelern is "apple tree". (Information courtesy of Kurt Riebe).

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1927

1902

Gross Hegesdorf and Klein Hegesdorf
The village of Hegesdorf (or Hittingesdorfe in the 9th century, Hiddekestorpe in 1375 and Hegestorff in 1609) may have come from the name "Hiddiko" which is derived from "Hild-" and the old High German word "hiltia" or Kampf (fight). Gross (Gr.) means great and Klein (Kl.) means little.

Soldorf
The village of Soldorf was once called Saltorf (1150) and Soltorpe (1416). The word comes from the Middle Lower German word solt or salt village. It is named after a brine source and salt works operation.

Lyhren
Litheren (1182) Lyderen (1413), Lyrem (1617)
The village of Lyhren was named perhaps from Old Saxonian hlith or Abhang which means a slope or an incline.

(Information thanks to Kurt Riebe.)

(Photos courtesy of Muriel Most.)

(Photo courtesy of Denise Fasse.)

(Cemetery photos courtesy of Denise Fasse.)

(Photo courtesy of Kurt Riebe.)

Apelern 1770 Village Map
Paul Brettner, Friedrich Judas:
"Apelern. Ein Dorf macht Geschichte"
Stadthagen, Berhardt-PStzoldt, 1992, ISBN 3-89109-034-X

Early Apelern Church Records (Late 1600's)
Surnames:
Buesing, Efferding (Everding), Evers, Hupe, Wehmhoyer

Early Families in Apelern (1700's)
Map General Area
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FAMILIES This list may not be updated. Please refer to my Families Page.

Bahe , Johann Friedrich (1846-1913) to Ohiowa, Fillmore Co., NE.
Battermann , Engel Maria Biesterfeld (1829-1903) to Crete, Will Co., IL.
Biesterfeld , Friedrich Heinrich (1840-1917) to Crete, Will Co., IL.
Boedecker , Caroline Louise Oltogge (1837-1920) to Maxfield, Bremer Co., IA
Buchmeier , Heinrich (1833-1872) to Monee, Will Co., IL.
Clausing , Johann Friedrich (1834-1910) to Bremer Co., IA.
Fasse , Heinrich Friedrich (1808-1907) to Denver, Bremer Co., IA.
Freise , Johann Friedrich (1783-1843) children to Bremer Co., IA.
Freyse , Engel Maria Eleonore Pfingsten-Lichthardt (1779-1864) families to Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL.
Fromme , Sophia Dorothea Wilhelmine Bolsewig (1812-1873) to Rice Co., MN.
Gieseke , Friedrich Carl (1827-1901) to Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL.
Hecht , Engel Elisabeth Oltrogge (ABT 1680-1736) descendants to America (Ancestor of Karen Rowe).
Holste - Holsen , Dorothea Tegtmeier (1830-1895) to Denver, Bremer Co., IA.
Katze , Heinrich Friedrich Christian (1824-1869) to Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL.
Kehe , Friedrich Christoph (1830-1889) to Sarahs Grove, Cook Co., IL.
Knief , George Wilhelm (1791-1864) to Maxfield, Bremer Co., IA
Koelling , Conrad Anthon (1776) children to Rice Co., MN and Arlington Hghts./Schaumburg, IL.
Lages , Thrine Engel Richers (1787-1852) children to Beecher, Will Co., IL
Lichthardt , Ernst Christian Ludwig (1813-1852) to Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL
Meyer , Engel Maria Freise (1786-1826) children to Chicago, Cook Co., IL
Meyer , Sophie Sell (1850-1941) to Dayton Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Milius , August Friedrich Eleonore Piepho (1843-1925) to Sumner, Bremer Co., IA
Moehling , Joh. Justus Ludwig Moehling (1764-1826) of Apelern #22. Children to Schaumburg, IL/Fairbury, NE.
Moeller , Engel Maria Dorothea Wehmhoefer (1815-AFT 1858) children to Denver, Bremer Co., IA.
Nerge , Engel Maria Sophia Louise Bartels (1847-1898) to Fayette Co., IA
Nerge , Hanna Sophia Charlotte Katze (1820-1905) to Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL.
Niemeyer , Heinrich Christian (1816-1882) to Arlington Heights, IL
Nolting , Maria Sophia Wilhelmine Dressler (1835) stepchildren to Arlington Heights, IL
Oltrogge , Friedrich Christian (1822-1903) to Maxfield, Bremer Co., IA
Pfingsten , Johann Hermann (1769-1812) children to Schaumburg, IL.
Platte , Conrad August Gottlieb (1809-1899) to Warren Twp., Bremer Co., IA
Roehler , Dorothea Charlotte Engelking (1782-1846) children to Schaumburg, IL and Hamilton Co., IA
Rohlwing , Heinrich Christoph (1798-1872) families to Rice Co., MN, Schaumburg, IL and Bremer Co., IA
Schuette , Hans Heinrich Christoph (1794-1859) children to Schaumburg, IL.
Stolte , Engel Maria Sophia Charlotte Bahe (1841-1928) to Ohiowa, Fillmore Co., NE
Thies , Hans Heinrich (1797-1874) to Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL
Wackerhahn , family of Gr. Hegesdorf House Nr. 3
Wehmhoefer , Friedrich Christian (1804-AFT 1858) children to Denver, Bremer Co., IA.

Messenkamp looking to Apelern and Soldorf

Looking from Altenhagen and Messenkamp
to Apelern and Soldorf.
Photo courtesy of Reinhard Seegers - von Bargen.