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The Blankemeyer family

This page brings together the people recorded with the Blankemeyer surname in the current collection. Their biographies and family connections below are drawn from the sources attached to each profile. The history will grow as additional records are checked.

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Mette Margarete Blankemeyer

The OGF compiled entry records Mette Margarete Blankemeyer’s birth in Grüppenbühren on November 14, 1809 and baptism at Ganderkesee on November 22. It records her marriage to Johann Berend Fortmann on November 29, 1831 and identifies Adelheid Gesine as their daughter.

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  1. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Mette Margarete Blankemeyer Open external record Compiled genealogy Baptism Gks. KB 07, T.1809/136, p.573, entry 136 (S15696); marriage Gks. KB 13, H.1831/38, p.26, entry 38 (S20252); burial Gks. KB 19, B.1863/079, p.574, entry 79 (S15697). Her daughter’s 1869 marriage transcription uses Margarethe. This is a compiled genealogy with parish references; the original German register image has not been inspected.
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