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The Sander family

This page brings together the people recorded with the Sander 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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Hermann Sander, called Kröger

The OGF database identifies Hermann Sander, called Kröger, and Catharina Spille as Marie Catharina Sander’s parents. It records their marriage at Dötlingen on April 14, 1796. A transcription of Marie’s 1832 marriage entry separately identifies her father as the deceased Herrmann Sander of Dötlingen.

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Johann Hinrich Sander

The Oldenburg Genealogical Society’s compiled entry records Johann Hinrich Sander as born November 19, 1796 in Dötlingen, Oldenburg, Germany. It identifies Hermann Sander gnt. Kröger and Catharina Spille as the parents.

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Maria Catharina Sander

The family tree records Maria Catharina Sander as born in the Dötlingen area in 1806 and as having died in Blaine County, Nebraska, in 1899. It identifies Menke von Seggern as her husband and Heinrich Bernhard as their son.

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People and their family connections

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Connected family histories

These families are connected by the relationships currently recorded in the archive. Each profile provides its supporting evidence.

What the sources can tell us

Original records, family accounts, and compiled genealogy have different evidential value. Unverified connections remain marked in the person profiles. A missing marriage, sibling, child, or date means it is not yet established here.

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  1. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Hermann Sander, called Kröger Open external record Compiled genealogy Baptism reference Döt.1770/032; death/burial reference Döt.1829/025; marriage: Döt. KB03, H.1796/11, page string23602, position008. The 1832 marriage transcription is Kht.1832/16 on Marie and Menke’s entries. Compiled database entry; the original register image has not been inspected.
  2. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Johann Hinrich Sander Open external record Compiled genealogy OGF person I11989. Personal reference Döt.1796/043; S13148: no source title displayed; S19768: (Döt. KB 03, #H.1796/11., H.1796/11., pp.23602, pos008).. This compiled entry and its family links have been read; underlying original record images remain unchecked.
  3. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Johann Berend Sander Open external record Compiled genealogy OGF person I11990. Personal reference Döt.1798/050; S13149: no source title displayed; S19768: (Döt. KB 03, #H.1796/11., H.1796/11., pp.23602, pos008).. This compiled entry and its family links have been read; underlying original record images remain unchecked.
  4. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Catharina Elisabeth Sander Open external record Compiled genealogy OGF person I11991. Personal reference Döt.1801/009; S13150: no source title displayed; S13151: (#B.1858/009, B.1858/009, pp.276).; S19768: (Döt. KB 03, #H.1796/11., H.1796/11., pp.23602, pos008).. This compiled entry and its family links have been read; underlying original record images remain unchecked.
  5. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Hermann Sander Open external record Compiled genealogy OGF person I11992. Personal reference Döt.1803/036; S13152: (#T.1803/036, T.1803/036, pp.054).; S19768: (Döt. KB 03, #H.1796/11., H.1796/11., pp.23602, pos008).. This compiled entry and its family links have been read; underlying original record images remain unchecked.
  6. Family-maintained Ancestry tree · Maria Catharina Sander · reviewed 10/28/26 Family-tree entry Observed in the authenticated family tree. Tree information is distinguished from independently checked original records.
  7. Oldenburg emigrant database · Heinrich Bernhard von Seggern · I5398 Open external record Compiled genealogy Specialist compilation citing church and migration records. The underlying German registers have not yet been inspected.
  8. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Maria Catharina Sander Open external record Compiled genealogy The person entry and cited parish references were checked; the original register images remain to be inspected.
  9. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Anna Adelheid Sander Open external record Compiled genealogy OGF person I11993. Personal reference Döt.1809/034; S13153: (#T.1809/034, T.1809/034, pp.111).; S19768: (Döt. KB 03, #H.1796/11., H.1796/11., pp.23602, pos008).. This compiled entry and its family links have been read; underlying original record images remain unchecked.
  10. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Gesche Maria Sander Open external record Compiled genealogy OGF person I11095. Personal reference Döt.1812/044; S11720: no source title displayed; S11721: (Grk. KB 13, #B.1868/033, B.1868/033, pp.289, pos1).; S19768: (Döt. KB 03, #H.1796/11., H.1796/11., pp.23602, pos008).. This compiled entry and its family links have been read; underlying original record images remain unchecked.
  11. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Unnamed Sander daughter (buried 1815) Open external record Compiled genealogy OGF person I11994. Personal reference Döt.1815/054; S19768: (Döt. KB 03, #H.1796/11., H.1796/11., pp.23602, pos008).. This compiled entry and its family links have been read; underlying original record images remain unchecked.
  12. Oldenburg Genealogical Society · Catharina Margaretha Sander Open external record Compiled genealogy OGF person I11995. Personal reference Döt.1821/006; S13156: (#T.1821/006, T.1821/006, pp.238).; S1474: KB Dötlingen - Beerdigungen 1871-1915, 1887/022.; S19768: (Döt. KB 03, #H.1796/11., H.1796/11., pp.23602, pos008).. This compiled entry and its family links have been read; underlying original record images remain unchecked.
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