Strate, Heinrich Friedrich

Heinrich married Unverzagt, Louise Christine Elisabeth 15 Nov 1868, Sonneborn, Germany. Louise (daughter of Unverzagt, Johann Friedrich and Starkebaum, Anna Maria Elisabeth) was born 31 Oct 1836, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe; died 10 Sep 1883, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Almost three years to the day after the death of her first husband, Louise remarried, to her first husband's brother.

Johann married Starkebaum, Anna Maria Christine 19 Oct 1823, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe. Anna (daughter of Starkebaum, Johann Bernhard and Strate oder Fischer, Christine Elisabeth) was born 14 Apr 1797, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe; died 2 Apr 1875, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe. [Group Sheet]

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• Confirmation: 1811, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe

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Birth:
In the record of her birth, Anna's parents were identified as Johann Berend Starkebaum and Christine Elisabeth Strate oder Fischer.

Confirmation:
In the confirmation record, her surname is given as Starkebaum.

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Married:
At the time of her marriage, Anna Maria Christine used the Strate surname. Her husband, Johann Heinrich Budde, and their children also used the Strate surname.

     It was not an uncommon practice in parts of northwestern Germany for a husband to assume his wife's family name upon marriage if she inherited the property rights of the family farm. The children born to this couple also often took on the mother's family name. Evidence of this practice will often appear in church records when a person will be identified with two surnames joined by the word oder (=or) or by the word genannt (=named).
     Occasionally this practice will be less readily evident. Instead of the use of both surnames at once, one or the other of the names may also be used interchangeably during the course of the family's life, with no apparent consistency. At the births of their children, parents may sometimes be identified with both surnames together or with only one or the other of their family names. Later on, the children themselves may be recorded with one surname at their confirmation and perhaps another at the time of their own marriage.
     One generation earlier, when Anna Maria Christine's father, Johann Bernhard Starkebaum married and took over farm number 86 in Sonneborn, he was also known by his father-in-law's surname, Strate. His wife, Christine Elisabeth Strate oder Fischer, appears to have grown up under similar circumstances.

Johann married Starkebaum, Anna Maria Elisabeth 24 Jun 1831, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe. Anna (daughter of Starkebaum, Konrad Johann Ludolph and Meßmacher, Elisabeth) was born 27 Mar 1793, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe; died 9 May 1858, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
Pastor Hein reports this birth as occurring in February; the Meier family gives the month as March.

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Birth:
In the record of his birth, his name was recorded as Johann Berend Starkebaum. Berend is a short form of the name Bernhard.

Johann married Strate oder Fischer, Christine Elisabeth 26 Apr 1795, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe. Christine died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
The exact date and place of Christine Elisabeth's birth is not yet known, which makes it difficult to provide specific details about the circumstances of the use of the Strate and Fischer surnames.

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Married:
In the record of this marriage at the church in Sonneborn, the names were recorded as Johann Berend Starkebaum and Christine Elisabeth Strate.

     It was not an uncommon practice in parts of northwestern Germany for a husband to assume his wife's family name upon marriage if she inherited the property rights of the family farm. The children born to this couple also often took on the mother's family name. Evidence of this practice will often appear in church records when a person will be identified with two surnames joined by the word oder (=or) or by the word genannt (=named). This has clearly already happened in the family of "Christine Elisabeth Strate oder Fisher."
     Occasionally this practice will be less readily evident. Instead of the use of both surnames at once, one or the other of the names may also be used interchangeably during the course of the family's life, with no apparent consistency. At the births of their children, parents may sometimes be identified with both surnames together or with only one or the other of their family names. Later on, the children themselves may be recorded with one surname at their confirmation and perhaps another at the time of their own marriage.
     This mixed practice can be found in the records of this family. When Johann Bernhard Starkebaum married and took over farm number 86 in Sonneborn, he was also known by his father-in-law's surname, Strate. His children also appear to have been known by either family name, but adopted Strate when they married.

Konrad married Meßmacher, Elisabeth 15 Apr 1792, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe. Elisabeth (daughter of Mestmaker, Franz Henrich and Albrinck, Maria Lisabeth) was born 16 Feb 1755, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe; died 7 Apr 1827, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe. [Group Sheet]

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Marriage Contract:


In the Principality of Lippe until about 1870, it was customary for engaged couples to register their intended marriage with the nearest office of the Lower Court (German = Amt). This registration, or Eheprotokoll, typically recorded the couple's names and intended place of residence after marriage, the names of their parents, and most importantly, the dowry and any other financial arrangements connected with the marriage. By registering these details with the judicial court, the Eheprotokoll served as a marriage contract. In the 1870s, as license bureaus were established and civil marriages became more common, the use of Eheprotokoll began to died out.