2.

M S, son of Erich SIEGHOLD and H G H, was born in 1950. He married B D in 1973.

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B D was born in 1955. She and M S had the following children:

4.

Erich SIEGHOLD was born on 13 Jan 1927 in Steinhausen.¹ He married H G H in 1950.² He died on 30 Jun 1969 in Steinhausen.^{1 2}

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H G H, daughter of Christian Friedrich HELLMERS and Minna Johanne WESSELS, was born in 1931.² She and Erich SIEGHOLD had the following children:

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Christian Friedrich HELLMERS, son of Friedrich Georg HELLMERS and Katharine Gesine HIBBELER, was born on 26 Apr 1896.¹ He married Minna Johanne WESSELS on 1 Nov 1930.¹ He died on 28 Aug 1972.¹

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Minna Johanne WESSELS was born on 7 Nov 1905.¹ She died on 28 May 1985.¹ She and Christian Friedrich HELLMERS had the following children:

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Friedrich Georg HELLMERS, son of Christian Friedrich HELLMERS and Henriette Elisabeth WILKEN, was born on 28 Mar 1866.¹ He married Katharine Gesine HIBBELER on 26 May 1893 in Bockhorn.^{1 2} He died on 13 Jan 1947.¹

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Katharine Gesine HIBBELER was born on 27 Apr 1868.¹ She died on 12 Sep 1908.¹ She and Friedrich Georg HELLMERS had the following children:

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Christian Friedrich HELLMERS, son of Christian Friedrich HELLMERS and Catharine Elisabeth HILMERS, was born on 21 Mar 1836.¹ He married Henriette Elisabeth WILKEN on 16 May 1862 in Bockhorn.^{1 2} He died on 2 Mar 1906.¹

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Henriette Elisabeth WILKEN, daughter of Johann Hinrich WILKEN and Anne Elizabeth CARSTENGERDES, was born on 16 Sep 1837.¹ She died on 19 Feb 1913 in Steinhausen.^{1 2} She and Christian Friedrich HELLMERS had the following children:

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Christian Friedrich HELLMERS, son of Christian Friedrich HELLMERS and Almuth Margret SCHWANEWEDEL, was born on 25 Dec 1808.¹ He married Catharine Elisabeth HILMERS on 13 Jun 1835.¹ He died on 8 Oct 1889.¹

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Catharine Elisabeth HILMERS was born on 9 Jun 1808.¹ She died on 18 Sep 1863 in Steinhausen.^{1 2} She and Christian Friedrich HELLMERS had the following children:

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Johann Hinrich WILKEN² married Anne Elizabeth CARSTENGERDES.

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Anne Elizabeth CARSTENGERDES² has few details recorded about her. She and Johann Hinrich WILKEN 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.¹ He married Sophia Elisabeth JURGENS on 2 Feb 1784 in Germany.^{1 2} He died on 25 Nov 1834 in Steinhausen, Bockhorn Municipality, Germany.¹

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Sophia Elisabeth JURGENS was born on 5 Jun 1756.¹ She died on 26 Jun 1829 in Steinhausen.¹ 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.^{1 9} He was a Brinksitzer in Bockhorn (cottager).⁹ He married Almuth LUBBERS on 27 Oct 1785.¹

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Almuth LUBBERS was born on 3 Mar 1766.¹ She died on 4 Jun 1847.¹ 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.^{1 10} He married Almut BRUNKEN on 29 Oct 1750 in Steinhausen.¹ He died on 4 Jan 1763 in Steinhausen, Bockhorn, Oldenburg, Germany.^{1 2 2} 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".^2,4,10

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Almut BRUNKEN was born on 22 Sep 1727 in Steinhausen, Bockhorn Municipality, Germany.¹ She died on 20 May 1818 in Steinhausen.¹ She and Christian Friedrich HELLMERS had the following children:

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Johann SCHWANEWEDEL¹ 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: