Names of the Bergtheil Settler Families

AHMANNS (or AMANS)

Catherine Elisabeth married Friedrich W KÖNIGKRAMER at New Germany 18 Dec 1856

AULFES

Friedrich Heinrich, clothmaker of Bramsche, and wife Johanna Adelheid LOND


BÖHMER

Bernhard Heinrich, clothmaker born Rheine, Hanover, and wife Katharine Margarete SCHWEGMANN from Bramsche

BROCKMANN

Rudolph

BIERBAUM

Friedrich Wilhelm, carpenter of Westerkappeln, and wife Catherine Margarete BARLAG. Married 2nd Catherine Wilhelmine NASEKE at New Germany 12 Aug 1856.

BOSSE

Bernhard Heinrich and wife Catherine Engel BUNTE

BOSSE

Gerhard and wife Elisabeth SCHALLENBERG

BOSSE

Johann Heinrich and wife Margarethe Mathilde Charlotte BEYER married at Pietermaritzburg 30 January 1866

BOSSE

Johannes Friederich married Karoline Johanna Catharine WEHAUS 25 April 1872

BÜHRMANN

Johann Christian married Maria DUNKELMANN (or DINKELMANN) at New Germany 17 January 1856

DINKELMANN

Franz Heinrich and wife Anna Maria ENGEL

DINKELMANN

Gerhard Friedrich (senior) married Catharine Wilhelmine BIERBAUM at New Germany 3 March 1870

DRIEMEYER

Rudolf Friedrich and wife Elise BOSSE

ERFMANN

Johannes Heinrich and wife Maria SCHRODER

FORTMANN

Heinrich Ernst Wilhelm married Anna Maria Amalia MEYER at New Germany, 10 December 1849

FREESE

Friederich Wilhelm and wife Sophie Lisette KÖNIGKRAMER

FREESE

Jörg

FREESE

Catharine Elsabein, serving maid

HANDELMANN

Catherina Maria of Westerkappeln married Friedrich Adolf WESTERMEYER at New Germany on 5 May 1848

HILMER

Friedrich Wilhelm and wife Louise Dorothea FRANKE

KLÜSENER

Heinrich Wilhelm, clothmaker, and wife Elise BOSSE

KLÜSENER

Louise, serving maid

KÖNIGKRAMER

Friedrich Wilhelm and 2nd wife Elisabeth SCHEMME

LAATZ

Hermann Heinrich and wife Catharine Margarethe LADBERG, both of Westerkappeln

LAATZ

Friedrich Wilhelm of Westerkappeln

LANGE

Hermann Heinrich and wife Catharine Wilhelmine MEYER

MEYER

Nicolaus and wife Anna Maria EGGERMANN

NIPPER

Franz, labourer, and wife Anna Karoline RETHMANN

OBERREUTER

Andreas, gardener, and wife Anna HÖSCH

OELLERMANN

Christian Friedrich and wife Regina Maria STERTEFELT

OELLERMANN

Rudolf Franz and wife Carolina Amalia AULFES. 2nd wife Augusta Schroon AULFES.
ORTMANN

Friedrich and wife Katherine FREESE

PAUL

Johann Heinrich, cobbler, and wife Louise Charlotte

PIENEMANN

No further details


RABE

Johann Heinrich married Anna Karoline SCHWEGMANN at New Germany 4 May 1849

RACHMANN

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm married Dorothea Adelheid AULFES at New Germany 12 August 1854

RETHMANN

Georg Friedrich, blacksmith, and wife Johanna Caroline W. Married 2nd wife Barbara FIELD at New Germany on 13 March 1851.

RETHMANN

Rudolph Heinrich, carpenter, and wife Anna Caroline

SANDER

Friedrich Wilhelm and wife Dorothea Louise SANDROCK

SCHÄFER

Friedrich Rudolph married Bernhardina Sophie KÖNIGKRAMER at New Germany, 10 January 1850

SCHAFER

Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm married Dorothea EVERS at New Germany on 30 May 1848.

SCHEFERMANN

Hermann Heinrich and wife Anna Regina KELLNERS

SIEKSMEYER

Johann Heinrich and wife Margarethe MULLER
SCHALLENBERG

Jörgen Heinrich and wife Anna Catharine FREESE

SCHWEGMANN

Hermann Diedrich, labourer, and wife Katharine

SCHWEGMANN

Christian Rudolf and wife Anna Maria Elise PIENEMANN

SCHMIDT

Johann Christian and wife Wilhelmine ERDMUTE

TORLAGE

Hermann Heinrich and wife Catharina Maria Elisabeth KETH

THÖLE

Ernst Heinrich and wife Catharine Elise TORLAGE married at New Germany 15 August 1858. Married 2nd Margaretha Maria WEHAUS at New Germany 14 March 1859.

WEHAUS

Bernhard Heinrich, weaver of Bramsche, and wife Josephine Katharine.

WEHRMANN

Heinrich of Westerkappeln.

WINTER

Johann Ernst Friedrich and wife Christine

WESTERMEYER

Friedrich married Catharine Maria HANDELMANN at New Germany 4 May 1849

WIEMANN

Johann Heinrich Georg, clothmaker of Bramsche.



FURTHER READING:
 
The definitive work on the Bergtheil Settlers is Walter Volker's The Cotton Germans of Natal/Die Baumwolldeutschen von Natal:  From Bramsche to New Germany 1848-2006  ISBN 0 620 36298-7
(Just Done Productions-Publishing, Durban 2006). This monumental volume contains background information on the Bergtheil scheme as well as detailed genealogies of the settlers. A must read for any descendants.