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 Thürkow is a small town of
around 350 people which is located about 8 miles north of
Groß Wokern, the home of
August Heiden and
Heinrich Rambow.
In the early 19th century, it was the home of several of the
ancestors and relatives of August's "alleged" father,
Johann Cansier. Johann lived in
Groß Wokern at the time of
August's birth.
Of course, we do not know the
actual circumstances of the birth of August. The German term
"angeblich" was used to describe his father in the church
records. That word as mentioned above translates into "alleged
to be" so August was born out of wedlock.
Johann's name was spelled
Kannseyer in the records that showed his death but all of
his relatives were in the books as Kannsehr so we assumed
that this was a misspelling. Most of these people were
illiterate so it was up to the parish pastor to figure out
how to spell the names that were simply spoken to them in
most cases. See below for more
detail.
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- Johanna Carolina Sophia Grube died March 10, 1828
- Johann Carl Ernst Kanseyer or Cansier died February 26, 1853
married to Johanna Carolina Sophia Grube on May 2, 1806 and
married Hanna Sophia Schlee on February 27, 1829
- Daniel Christian Friedrich Kannsehr born October 22,
1811
- Elisabeth Maria Catharina Kannsehr born February 25,
1832
- Frederica Maria Carolina Kannsehr born January 15, 1830
died January 24, 1835
- Hanna Friedericka Carolina Kannsehr born January 22,
1836 died February 3, 1836
- Louisa Friederica Carolina Kannsehr born March 14, 1845
- Sophia Charlotta Kannsehr born May 24, 1819
- Sophia Friedericka Kannsehr born May 22, 1809 died March
19, 1818
- Stillborn Boy Kannsehr born and died November 16, 1837
- Stillborn Kansehr born and died June 9, 1834
- Stillborn Kansehr born and died November 16,1837
- Stillborn Kansehr born and died July 24, 1816
- Wilhelm Heinrich Ernst Kannsehr born December 29, 1813
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 The spelling of this family's name seems to have
varied over the years.
Most of the people were illiterate and relied on the pastor to write
their names into the church record books. Often, the pastor simply spelled a
name phonetically to the best of his ability or just spelled it
without reference to earlier entries by another cleric.
The birth, baptism, confirmation and parent records for what we
will call the Kanseyer line all match in terms of dates, locations and
relationships. The exact spelling of the surname, however, did not stay
consistent over the decades.
The first
generation we found listed the father's name as
Jacob Canseyer. His first
child is named Anna Ilsabe Canseyer but the second child is listed as
Hinrich Kanseyer. All of Hinrich's children
in the next generation are recorded as Kanseyer.
The
children of his son, Christoph Friedrich Wilhelm Kanseyer
continued that spelling except for one child whose name was spelled
Kanseier and a son,
Johann Carl
Ernst who was listed as "Kansehr" in his chruch's records.
The next change may have come about because Christoph's church was in the
village of Alt Sϋhrkow. His son, Johann, lived in the village of
Thϋrkow and the church records there also even misspelled his village of birth
as Alt Sϋrkow.
In the records report we received from East Germany in
1973, the man listed as the "alleged" father of
August Friedrich
Anton Theodor Heiden was Johann Cansier of
Gross Wokern. So,
this was yet another clergyman spelling the name of a man who was most
likely not personally involved in the process of recording his
illegitimate child's birth.
Since that largest number of records spelled the name Kanseyer, that is
the one we will use unless or until we find other evidence. Comments?
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