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Johann HOPKEN was born on 12 Aug 1826.² He married Katharine Margarete HELLMERS on 16 Apr 1852.² He died on 8 Apr 1873.²

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Katharine Margarete HELLMERS, daughter of Christian Friedrich HELLMERS and Almuth Margret SCHWANEWEDEL, was born on 10 Apr 1823 in Steinhausen.^{2 1} She and Johann HOPKEN had the following children:

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Christian Friedrich HELLMERS, son of Christian Friedrich HELLMERS and Almut BRUNKEN, was born on 21 Feb 1759 in Steinhausen, Bockhorn Municipality, Germany.² He married Sophia Elisabeth JURGENS on 2 Feb 1784 in Germany.^{2 1} He died on 25 Nov 1834 in Steinhausen, Bockhorn Municipality, Germany.²

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Sophia Elisabeth JURGENS was born on 5 Jun 1756.² She died on 26 Jun 1829 in Steinhausen.² She and Christian Friedrich HELLMERS had the following children:

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Gerd SCHWANEWEDEL, son of Johann SCHWANEWEDEL, was born on 17 Jun 1747 in Steinhausen, Gemeinde Bockhorn.^{2 9} He was a Brinksitzer in Bockhorn (cottager).⁹ He married Almuth LUBBERS on 27 Oct 1785.²

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Almuth LUBBERS was born on 3 Mar 1766.² She died on 4 Jun 1847.² She and Gerd SCHWANEWEDEL had the following children:

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Christian Friedrich HELLMERS, son of UNNAMED, was born c. 1712 in Dotlingen/Oldenburg , Lower Saxony.^{2 10} He married Almut BRUNKEN on 29 Oct 1750 in Steinhausen.² He died on 4 Jan 1763 in Steinhausen, Bockhorn, Oldenburg, Germany.^{2 1 1} Drowning.

An extensive history of the Hellmers family can be found in Grant Franklyn-Smith's research document PDF "Descendants of Christian Von Hellmers".

The oldest "Hellmers" research has found, done by Mrs Helga Sieghold (nee Hellmers), was Christian Hellmers who came from the town Dotlingen, near the city of Oldenburg. He came to Steinhausen and married into the Brunken Family Estate, the family living on the farm at the time had no male heirs, and since that time it has belonged to the Hellmers Family.

Except for more recent times all first borne males bore the christian names of Christian Friedrich. Christian Hellmers who was born in Dotlingen, in the Duchy of Oldenburg, south of the city of Oldenburg, he came to Steinhausen area or Bockhorn, and is known as a 'Prince ' and noted as Graf von Hellmers, or Count Christian Von Hellmers, Graf in German is Count, it is not certain yet how he obtained the title, but it was a title he could not hand down to his wife and children, he worked the land and reclaimed a large amount from the coast, by bagging and making dykes of sorts, for farming, he was about 51 when tides broke the dykes and he died drowning while trying to save his land, in 1763.

Helga pointed out that we have written down that the Hellmers were in Scwislwig-Holstein, this is incorrect , Steinhausen is in the municipality of Bockhorn, Lower Saxony, or Niedersachsen, , this area was a Duchy of Oldenburg, and for over two hundred years or so it was ruled by the Danes, princes of Denmark who later became kings of Denmark, so this would possibly mean Christian was made a count by the Danish rulers of the time.

"He was known as a Prince [of sorts] a Land Graf - Christian, Graf Von Hellmers, or Count Von Hellmers, this title was bestowed upon him by unknown means, and is still to be researched.

This title not being a hereditary title, could not be passed down to his children and grandchildren.

Christian came to the area, and reclaimed the flat area between Bockhorn and the bay of Jadebusen, part of the North Sea, by creating dykes to keep the water retained, unfortunately he later died by drowning while defending his land when large tides surfaced over the dykes, he was only 51 years old, the tides abated and the lands became farming areas they are today."

History of the Area of Oldenburg, where Steinhausen is located.

County of Oldenburg from the 1100's - 1777.

Duchy of Oldenburg 1777 - 1815.

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1815 - 1918.

In 1918 all three enclaves of the former Grand Duchy became a Free State of the Weimar Republic. The Nazi Party took power in the Free State in the 1932 elections. In 1937, Lubeck and Birkenfeld passed to Prussia. In 1946, Oldenburg was incorporated into Lower Saxony [Niedersachsen].

A more extensive history of GRAND DUCHY OF OLDENBURG is located in source 423, "Descendants of Christian Von Hellmers".^1,4,10

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Almut BRUNKEN was born on 22 Sep 1727 in Steinhausen, Bockhorn Municipality, Germany.² She died on 20 May 1818 in Steinhausen.² She and Christian Friedrich HELLMERS had the following children:

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Johann SCHWANEWEDEL² has few details recorded about him.

Johann SCHWANEWEDEL had the following children:

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UNNAMED has few details recorded about her.

UNNAMED had the following children: