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- Johann Friedrich Flottmann was born 24 October 1763 at Borghoolzhausen which belongs to the Dissen Church parish, Westphalia, Prussia. He was the son of Heuerling. (day laborer or leaseholder; this is still not clear, but he was a freeman) J. Berend and Maria Ilsabein (nee Ostlindes) Flottmann.
J. Friedrich was baptized 28 October 1763 at the Dissen Evangelical-Lutheran Church. His sponsors were: Johann Friedrich Kirk; Johann Friedrich Wolméller; Anna Maria Petkers.
Before 1870, Westphalia was a Prussian country. In 1807 Prussia had to give up Westphalia. It became a kingdom with Jerome as king. Jerome was the youngest brother of Napoleon. After 1813, the country was once more part of Prussia, until 1945. Today (198O) it is in the state Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Borgholzhausen, Dissen, Berghausen are all villages in this state.
J. Friedrich spent his childhood in the village of his birth, where he attended school to about age 15. They worked from morning till evening in the fields. Since his father was a leaseholder, he too could be a lease holder. His certificate states he was born Johann Fried rich Flottmann, which is indeed the case. He was a Leibpachter (leaseholder) Hesemann of Cleve. So he must have leased the farm from a man named Hesemann and taken his name. In this area of Germany ; when a man moved into a different farm, of "Statte" (place, spot) as they were called. he assumed the last name of the original builder of that house. So he was indeed, born a Flottmann, but moved into the Hesemann home and took that name.
Flottmann Hesemann peasant is a freeman belonging to the third and lowest class of freeman as described by the law. Vollfrei (landed peasant) he is not, as he does not himself own the land he tills. The farm or clearing which he cultivates may be extensive, with small farmers or serfs resident on it, who are attached to the land. T his holding, together with its bondsmen, is the personal inherited property of the man Herr Hesemann. The peasant Flottmann Hesemann had no managerial duties toward Herr Hesemann -- that is, he does not act as superintendent and collector of peasant rentals -— but rents or leases the land from Herr Hesemann in his own right.
J. Friedrich had been a widower at least five years when he married Maria Ilsabein Kremmers.
His first wife was Cathrine Maria Breuer (?) who died 1749(?). His first wife could have been a widow from a man Hesemann" of Cleve, so that J. Friedrich took the name Hesemann from the first man of his first wife. A man lost his own name also, if he married a widow from a farm.
J. Friedrich and Maria., born Kraemers (Kremmers) were married 1 December 1810 at 10:00 o'clock in the morning by Jacob Stieffel of Borgholzhausen, Jacob was the clergyman and Civil official. J. Friedrich was 48 years of age and Maria Ilsabein was 25 years old. She was the daughter of Johann Heinrich Kraemer and Cathrine Margaretha, born Kickers. Maria Ilsabein was born 8 May 1785 at Bergnausen. She was christened 16 May 1785 according to the Churchbook at Borgholzhausen.
Her sponsors were: Margaretha Elisabeth Schoneweg; Johann Henrich Bolte, Catherine Elisabeth
Fuchtemeiers.
The relationship of godparent to godchild was highly esteemed, and was placed on a level with blood relationship. The belief that qualities - particularly moral characteristics - pass from godparent to his godchild. (I've even heard this belief today - 1980)
The women of the family were accustomed to hard work, such as flailing grain, swinging and beating flax, digging up beets and looking for the calves grazing in the brush.
Beds in the early days were usually prepared upon the floor, whether the bed upon the large tile stove was for a short rest before dinner or for the night as well, is not clear. Large tile stoves may still be found in peasant rooms of South Germany and Tyrol. The peasant who wishes to stretch out after his day's labor usually lies down on the stove bench, or sometimes on the board scaffolding built over the stove, which in Tyrol is called the Ofenbrugg, or aufm Ofen.
Borgholzhausen looks on the Teutoberger Forest in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The beauty of the surroundings and the terrain encouraged the people to settle. It is a beautiful area with many hills and villages. It is with this in mind the oldest home was built in 751 In the area.
Borgholzhausen is first mentioned in 1300. The old name Holthusen (1323) -- because of the nearness to the "Burg" (castles or fortress) Ravensberg — of late "Borg"holthausen. In year-1451, it became a city and received the rights of a free city. It is in the County Halle. South and East of the county is Bielefeld county, to the North and Northwest, the county of Osnabrueck. There are two rivers, Ems with its many tributaries and Hessel of which the Hessel is the greatest. There are many single farm houses with many acres for grazing. (In southern Germany, there are not many single farms, in fact, I don't remember seeing any - the farmer lived in the village).
The mansion of the Dukes of Ravensburg Calverlage lies in the center of the area and ruled over the area since the 13th century. In the year 1346, because there was no more Ravensberger, the House of the Dukes of Juelich took on the area. In 1647, the whole area came under Brandenburg Prussen. The Castle Ravensberg has been in ruin since 1733.
J. Friederich and Maria were members of the Evangelical Church. Known children born to them:
• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Hesemann, born 7 November 1811, Borgholzhausen;
married Maria Elisabeth Mollenbroek. J. Friedrich died 31 July 1871, Gasconade County,
Missouri, U.S.A.
• Johann Henrich Philip Hesemann,.born 14 March 1814, Borgholzhausen, Westphalia;
married twice, Anna Marie Charlotte Vahlkamp 19 April 1839 Dissen, Westphalia.
After her death, Philip married Anna Charlotte Niehaus. J. H. Philip died 25 August 1880,
Gasconade County, Missouri, U.S.A.
• Cathrine Elisabeth Hesemann, born 19 October 1818; baptized 29 October 1818; died
10 December 1821
• Franz Wilhelm Hesemann, bom 1821, Borgholzhausen, Westphalia; married Wiihelmina
Vedder. Franz Wilhelm died I876, Gasconade County, Missouri, U.S.A
• Anna Marie Catharine Hesemann, bora 24 November 1824, Borgholzhausen, Westphalia
There may have been others — stillbirths, which would have no record.
Just when J. Friedrich and Anna Maria Elisabeth (nee Kraemer) Hesemann died is not known at this time•
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1763 - Yes
