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Blankenagel - Dix Family Ancestors
Below is a reverse genealogical tree of my father's, mother's parents, Ludwig Walter Alexander and Berta Albertine Dix from their generation and back. This is a tree that can be verified with historical records. These include state birth, death and marriage records, official documents and local directories. I have also referred to published texts were cited. The main tree includes generations 1-6, where the numbers correspond to the number of "greats" of my great-grandparents. Generation 6 is numbered 6.01 through 6.64 and continued below the main tree in their respective sections.
REVERSE LIST (Generations 1 to 6):
1 Ludwig Walter Alexander "Alexander" Blankenagel
b. 5 Sep 1894 @ Höhe, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (from 1952 German Passport)
m. 30 Jul 1927 @ Gevelsberg, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
(from Deutsches Einheits-Familienstammbuch)
d. 30 Jan 1967 @ Brusebrinkstraße 20, Hagen, Germany
enlisted as a farrier in both WW1 and WW2
(of) Bredderbruch 90, Gevelsberg, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany in 1960
as a Hilfsarb. (unskilled laborer)
(of) Bredderbruchstraße 90, Gevelsberg, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany on 30 Jan 1967
170cm, gray eyes, scar on the left side of the face (from 1952 German Passport)
2 Wilhelm Ludwig Blankenagel; b. 9 Jun 1867
bap. 30 Jun 1867 @ Enneper Straße (Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
gummi schmied (rubber smith, from Deutsches Einheits-Familienstammbuch)
NOTE: birth/baptism/parents assumed based on date/location/full name only
NOTE: other Wilhelm Blankenagels were born in Westfalen in 1854, 1866 and 1868 without "Ludwig"
children: Erna (unconfirmed), Else (unconfirmed), Lidia (unconfirmed), Toni (unconfirmed)
August (unconfirmed), Ludwig (unconfirmed), Ludwig Walter Alexander (1894-1967)
3 Wilhelm Ludwig Blankenagel; b. 18 Oct 1833 @ Hagen (StKr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
bap. 26 Oct 1833 @ Evangelisch, Hagen Hamm, Westfalen, Prussia
m. 26 Apr 1861 Evangelische Kirche Hagen, Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
or Evangelisch, Vorde, Westfalen, Prussia
children: August Ludwig (1861-1871), Louis Ewald (1862 - ?), Ida Emma (1865 - ?),
Wilhelm Ludwig (1867 - aft 1894)
4 Peter Casper Blankenagel; b. 5 Dec 1789; d. 3 Aug 1857 @ Tückinge, Germany
bur. 6 Aug 1857 @ Hagen, (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
m. 9 Dec 1813 @ Evangelisch, Hagen Hamm, Westfalen, Prussia
children: Caspar Friedrich (1815-1898), Caroline (1818 - aft 1838), Peter Caspar (1920 - aft 1849),
Carl Heinrich (1822 - aft 1847), Caspar Heinrich Friedrich (1824 - aft 1850),
(female) (1827 - 1827), Heinrich Wilhelm (1828-1892), Peter Gustav (1830 - ?),
Wilhelm Ludwig (1833 - aft 1867), Julius (1836 - ?), Catharina Elisabeth (? - ?)
5 Caspar Heinrich Blankenagel; b. abt 1765
bap. 9 Nov 1765 @ Hagen (StKr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
m. 21 Mar 1789 @ Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
6.01 Peter Heinrich Blankenagel
6.02 + Anna Margaretha Asbeck
5 + Anna Catharina Wortmann
m. 21 Mar 1789 @ Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
6.03 Johann Peter Wortmann
6.04 + ?
4 + Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Friederica Gutmann; b. 8 Apr 1791; d. 3 May 1862
bap. 14 Apr 1791 @ Evangelisch, Hagen Hamm, Westfalen, Prussia
bur. 6 May 1862 @ Hagen
m. 9 Dec 1813 @ Evangelisch, Hagen Hamm, Westfalen, Prussia
children: Caspar Friedrich (1815-1898), Caroline (1818 - aft 1838), Peter Caspar (1920 - aft 1849),
Carl Heinrich (1822 - aft 1847), Caspar Heinrich Friedrich (1824 - aft 1850),
(female) (1827 - 1827), Heinrich Wilhelm (1828-1892), Peter Gustav (1830 - ?),
Wilhelm Ludwig (1833 - aft 1867), Julius (1836 - ?), Catharina Elisabeth (? - ?)
5 Caspar Friederich Guthmann/Gütmann
m. 23 Nov 1790 @ Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
6.05 ? Caspar Friederich Guthmann
6.06 + ?
5 + Maria Elisabeth Asbeck
m. 23 Nov 1790 @ Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
6.07 Caspar Matthias Asbeck (abt 1724 - aft 1752)
(of) Halle, Germany in 1761
m. 1 Oct 1749 @ Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
6.08 + Anna Elisabeth Wortmann; b. abt 1730; d. 2 Apr 1761 @ Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
(of) Halle, Germany in 1761
m. 1 Oct 1749 @ Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
3 + Louise Lisette Helkenberg; b. 31 Mar 1838
bap. 11 Apr 1838 @ Evangelisch, Vorde, Westfalen, Prussia
m. 26 Apr 1861 Evangelische Kirche Hagen, Hagen (Stkr. Hagen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
children: August Ludwig (1861-1871), Louis Ewald (1862 - ?), Ida Emma (1865 - ?),
Wilhelm Ludwig (1867 - aft 1894)
4 Friedrich Helkenberg
m. 10 Jul 1835 @ Evangelisch, Vorde, Westfalen, Prussia
children: Friederich Wilhelm (1835-1839), Louise Lisette (1838 - aft 1867), Friederich Wilhelm (1840 - ?),
Carl Friederich (1843 - ?), Carl (1845 - ?), Amalie (1848-1863),
Emma (1851 - ?), August (1853 - 1863)
5 ? Helkenberg
6.09 ? Helkenberg
6.10 + ?
5 + ?
6.11 ?
6.12 + ?
4 + Elisabeth Lohmann
5 ? Lohmann
6.13 ? Lohmann
6.14 + ?
5 + ?
6.15 ?
6.16 + ?
2 + Lydia Heese; b. 13 Oct 1870
bap. 5 Nov 1870 @ Evangelisch, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
NOTE: birth/baptism/parents assumed based on date/location only
children: Erna (unconfirmed), Else (unconfirmed), Lidia (unconfirmed), Toni (unconfirmed)
August (unconfirmed), Ludwig (unconfirmed), Ludwig Walter Alexander (1894-1967)
3 Daniel Heese; b. 18 Oct 1832
bap. 2 Nov 1832 @ Evangelisch, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
m. 8 May 1863 @ Evangelisch, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Children: Daniel (1863 - 1869), Hermann (1866 - aft 1891), Mathilde Alwine (1868 - aft 1889)
Lydia (1870 - aft 1894), Daniel Alfred (1873 - ?)
4 Daniel Heese
m. 3 Apr 1829 @ Evangelisch, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
children: Friederich Wilhelm (1829 - aft 1871), Daniel (1832 - aft 1873), Sara (1836 - aft 1865)
5 ? Heese
6.17 ? Heese
6.18 + ?
5 + ?
6.19 ?
6.20 + ?
4 + Marie/Maria Katharine/Catharina Schmidt
m. 3 Apr 1829 @ Evangelisch, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
5 ? Schmidt
6.21 ? Schmidt
6.22 + ?
5 + ?
6.23 ?
6.24 + ?
3 + Alwine Huelsenbeck/Hülsenbeck; b. 20 Jan 1840
bap. 22 Feb 1840 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
m. 8 May 1863 @ Evangelisch, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Children: Daniel (1863 - 1869), Hermann (1866 - aft 1891), Mathilde Alwine (1868 - aft 1889)
Lydia (1870 - aft 1894), Daniel Alfred (1873 - ?)
4 Carl Theodore Huelsenbeck/Hülsenbeck; b. 24 Oct 1804
bap. 1 Nov 1804 @ Schwelm, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
m. 30 May 1834 @ Evangelisch, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
children: Julius (1835 - ?), August (1837 - aft 1869), Alwine (1840 - aft 1873),
Mathilde (1842 - aft 1873), Emma (1845-1846), Emma (1847 - aft 1871),
Sophie (1849 - 1886), Carl Theodor (1852 - ?), Carolina (1855 - ?)
5 Henrich Caspar Huelsenbeck/Hülsenbeck; b. 29 Mar 1780 @ Schwelm, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
bap. 6 Apr 1780 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
m. 31 Aug 1804 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
6.25 Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Huelsenbeck/Hülsenbeck
m. 28 Aug 1762 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
6.26 + Catharina Margaretha Meininghaus
m. 28 Aug 1762 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
5 + Catharina Susanna Pickert; b. 1 Jan 1777
bap. 7 Jan 1777 @ Evangelisch, Vorde, Westfalen, Prussia
m. 31 Aug 1804 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
6.27 Johann Engelbert Pickert; b. 18 Nov 1753 @ Schwelm, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
m. 28 Oc 1774 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
6.28 + Catharina Elisabeth Kohlstadt
m. 28 Oc 1774 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
4 + Anna Catharina Caroline/Carolina Bräkelsberg
b. 28 Sep 1813 @ Rüggeberg (Schweflinghausen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
bap. 8 Oct 1813 @ Evangelisch, Rüggeberg (Schweflinghausen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
m. 30 May 1834 @ Evangelisch, Voerde, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
children: Julius (1835 - ?), August (1837 - aft 1869), Alwine (1840 - aft 1873),
Mathilde (1842 - aft 1873), Emma (1845-1846), Emma (1847 - aft 1871),
Sophie (1849 - 1886), Carl Theodor (1852 - ?), Carolina (1855 - ?)
5 Caspar David Bräkelsberg
m. 6 Jul 1798 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
6.29 ? Bräkelsberg
6.30 + ?
5 + Catharina Elisabeth Krüner; b. 1772; d. 23 May 1832 @ Rüggeberg (Schweflinghausen), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
m. 6 Jul 1798 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
bur. 25 May 1832
6.31 ?
6.32 + ?
1 + Berta Albertine Dix
b. 6 Apr 1890 @ Gröbenzin Bütow, Pomerania, Germany now Rabacino, Pomorskie, Poland (from 1952 German Passport)
bap. 1890 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Ząbinowice - USC)
d. 12 Oct 1963 @ Gevelsberg, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
160cm, gray eyes (from 1952 German Passport)
prev. m. Reinhold Lorenz (1890 - WWI)
2 Johann Friedrich Dix
b. 6 Nov 1839 @ Jerskewitz, Stolp, Pomerania, Germany (now Jerzkowice, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland)
(of) Reckow (Rekow), Bütow, Pomerania, Germany (now Rekowo, Pomorskie, Poland) in 1879
Taglöhner (Day Laborer in 1927, from Deutsches Einheits-Familienstammbuch)
NOTE: records below from (parish / registry office http://www.ptg.gda.pl)
m. 12 Dec 1879 @ Kathkow, Bütow, Pomerania, Poland
(recorded at Recorded at Chotkowo - USC parish / registry office)
children: Hulda Emilie Dix; b. 10 Jul 1882 @ Tągowie, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland
m. August Gustav Lorenz in 1905 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland
(Recorded at Niezabyszewo - USC)
Heinrich Adolf Dix; b. 6 Jan 1885 @ Ugoszcz, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland
d. 25 May 1915 @ Hamburg, Germany
bap. 1885 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Ząbinowice - USC)
m. Bertha Pauline Margareta Steen on 8 Apr 1911 @ Hamburg, Germany
Auguste Johanne Dix; b. 27 Oct 1886 @ Gröbenzin, Bütow, Pomerania, Poland
bap. 1886 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Ząbinowice - USC)
m. Franz Friedrich Paul Breitenbach on 6 Nov 1906 @ Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Berta Albertine (Bertha) Dix (1890 - 1963, see above)
Friedrich Gustav Dix; b. 16 Sep 1893 @ Ugoszcz, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland
bap. 1893 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Niezabyszewo - USC)
d. 1893 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Niezabyszewo - USC)
Louise Amande Dix; b. 4 Mar 1897 @ Ugoszcz, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland
bap. 1897 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Niezabyszewo - USC)
3 Johann Dix
4 ? Dix
5 ? Dix
6.33 ? Dix
6.34 + ?
5 + ?
6.35 ?
6.36 + ?
4 + ?
5 ?
6.37 ?
6.38 + ?
5 + ?
6.39 ?
6.40 + ?
3 + Dorothea Steinhard
4 ? Steinhard
5 ? Steinhard
6.41 ? Steinhard
6.42 + ?
5 + ?
6.43 ?
6.44 + ?
4 + ?
5 ?
6.45 + ?
6.46 ?
5 + ?
6.47 + ?
6.48 ?
2 + Albertina Caroline Kühl; b. 2 Mar 1855 @ Tangen, Bütow, Pomerania, Germany (now Tagowie, Pomorskie, Poland)
(of) Tangen, Bütow, Pomerania, Germany (now Tagowie, Pomorskie, Poland) in 1879
NOTE: records below from (parish / registry office http://www.ptg.gda.pl)
m. 12 Dec 1879 @ Kathkow, Bütow, Pomerania, Poland
(recorded at Recorded at Chotkowo - USC parish / registry office)
children: Hulda Emilie Dix; b. 10 Jul 1882 @ Tągowie, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland
m. August Gustav Lorenz in 1905 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland
(Recorded at Niezabyszewo - USC)
Heinrich Adolf Dix; b. 6 Jan 1885 @ Ugoszcz, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland
bap. 1885 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Ząbinowice - USC)
Auguste Johanne Dix; b. abt 1886 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland
bap. 1886 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Ząbinowice - USC)
Berta Albertine (Bertha) Dix (1890 - 1963, see above)
Friedrich Gustav Dix; b. 16 Sep 1893 @ Ugoszcz, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland
bap. 1893 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Niezabyszewo - USC)
d. 1893 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Niezabyszewo - USC)
Louise Amande Dix; b. 4 Mar 1897 @ Ugoszcz, Bytów, Pomerania, Poland
bap. 1897 @ Bütow, Pomerania, Poland (Recorded at Niezabyszewo - USC)
3 Gottlieb Kühl
(of) Tangen, Bütow, Pomerania, Germany (now Tagowie, Pomorskie, Poland) in 1879
4 ? Kühl
5 ? Kühl
6.49 ? Kühl
6.50 + ?
5 + ?
6.51 ?
6.52 + ?
4 + ?
5 ?
6.53 ?
6.54 + ?
5 + ?
6.55 ?
6.56 + ?
3 + Wilhelmine Loll
(of) Tangen, Bütow, Pomerania, Germany (now Tagowie, Pomorskie, Poland) in 1879
4 ? Loll
5 ? Loll
6.57 ? Loll
6.58 + ?
5 + ?
6.59 ?
6.60 + ?
4 + ?
5 ?
6.61 ?
6.62 + ?
5 + ?
6.63 ?
6.64 + ?
REVERSE LIST (generations 6 and back):
6.01 Peter Heinrich Blankenagel
6.02 + Anna Margaretha Asbeck
6.03 Johann Peter Wortmann
6.04 + ?
6.05 ? Gutmann/Guthmann/Gütmann
6.06 + ?
6.07 Caspar Matthias Asbeck (abt 1724 - aft 1752)
7 Caspar Asbeck
7 + ?
6.08 + Anna Elisabeth Wortmann (abt 1729 - 1761)
7 Caspar Wortmann
7 +
6.09 ? Helkenberg
6.10 + ?
6.11 ?
6.12 + ?
6.13 ? Lohmann
6.14 + ?
6.15 ?
6.16 + ?
6.17 ? Heese
6.18 + ?
6.19 ?
6.20 + ?
6.21 ? Schmidt
6.22 + ?
6.23 ?
6.24 + ?
6.25 Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Huelsenbeck/Hülsenbeck
7 Henrich Wilhelm Huelsenbeck
7 + ?
6.26 + Catharina Margaretha Meininghaus
7 Hans Peter Meininghaus
7 + ?
6.27 ? Johannes Engelbertus Pickert (1753 - ?)
7 Johann Engelbertus Pickert
m. 16 Oct 1753 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
8 Johan Peter Pickert
8 + ?
7 + Maria Elisabeth Hasenclever
m. 16 Oct 1753 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
8 Johan Peter Hasencklever
8 + ?
6.28 + Catharina Elisabeth Kohlstadt
7 Johann Caspar Kohlstadt
m. 8 Nov 1742 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
8 Evert Kohlstadt
8 + ?
7 + Louisa Catharina Suerbroeck
m. 8 Nov 1742 @ Evangelisch, Schwelm, Westfalen, Prussia
8 Melchior Suerbroeck
8 + ?
6.29 ? Bräkelsberg
6.30 + ?
6.31 ?
6.32 + ?
6.33 ? Dix
6.34 + ?
6.35 ?
6.36 + ?
6.37 ?
6.38 + ?
6.39 ?
6.40 + ?
6.41 ? Steinhard
6.42 + ?
6.43 ?
6.44 + ?
6.45 ?
6.46 + ?
6.47 ?
6.48 + ?
6.49 ? Kühl
6.50 + ?
6.51 ?
6.52 + ?
6.53 ?
6.54 + ?
6.55 ?
6.56 + ?
6.57 ? Loll
6.58 + ?
6.59 ?
6.60 + ?
6.61 ?
6.62 + ?
6.63 ?
6.64 + ?