Generation 6 - 1812~1843 Claus Hinrich Cyriacks
December 8, 1824 ~ 1885
& Metta Elisabeth Mehrtens
Kothner - Scharmbeck (mainTree)
August 11, 2008: Our common ancestry for this branch can be found
online at: www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de. [ The
original narrative of this page, originally create in 1998, has been left as
is for genealogical/historical reference. ]This branch history was discovered during Ben's 1972 trip to Germany. Although we've yet to find
their direct link to the main bloodline, there's little doubt they belong
there. (It's a pretty safe assumption that ALL OF
THE CYRIACKS in the Bremen area of Germany are related to each other
- probably going back to the initial immigration of an already
experienced Cyriacks conctruction/farming family into Baden just before the
census of 1625 - at the beginning of the 17th century. From whence
they came has yet to be discovered. Numerous other pre-17th century
references to the family name, or variations thereof, are in the Erfurt area, 188 miles [302 km]
southeast.)
My Grandmother's name was Adelaide Cyriack. She
was killed in 1921 on the Staten Island Ferry. The car that she and
my Grandfather, Richard Mangels, were in was the 1st car that would have
gotten off when they reached the other side. My Grandparents, my
Dad and his younger sister were in the car when a wave hit the ferry from
the back, the car slid forward and the car went off the ferry, drowning
my Grandmother, who was 8 months pregnant. Everyone got out except
my Grandmother, after the car reached the bottom of New York Bay.
She is buried in Brooklyn, in a church cemetary.
Ben's initial guess (proved wrong in August 2008) was
that the bloodline connection was closer to the Ohio branch and others
descending from Christopher
(1783~1862) and Helena Helmken. The biggest clue seems to have
been the mercantile nature of some members of the extended family - both
in Germany and in the United States of America. But,
revisiting all this again in March of 1999, it became self evident that
Claus was very closely related to Johann Cyriacs (1812 ~ 1899). (In fact,
we discovered in August 2008 that he's the younger brother 'by 12 years'
of Johann.) It's very noteworthy that they both had
children named JOHANN, BRUN & HINRICH (as had Johann's
father, Hinrich, born in 1779):
Johann (born 1812)Claus (born 1824)
1841 ~ 1931 Johann 1854 ~ 1932 Johann Philipp
1848 ~ 1910 Brüne** 1857 ~ 1964 Brüne
1844 ~ 1917 Beta 1865 ~ Meta Elizabeth
1846 ~ 1914 Hinrich 1852 ~ 1898 Hinrich
1850 ~ 1854 Christopher
1852 ~ Anna 1859 ~ Anna Catharina
1869 ~ Anna Margaretta
1855 ~ 1944 Friedrich 1862 ~ Christian Friedrich
1861 ~ unk Hermann (disappeared in the USA)
**Name sequenced; the first Brüne died as a baby in 1843.
March 24th, 1999: Going out on a limb, Ben says that the common
ancestor here is Brün 1737 ~
1808, Ben's great-great-great-great-grandfather. This means
that the missing link may be Claus Hinrich, born Dec. 7th, 1773, whose
godfather was Johann Hinrich Cyriaks, a single person
in Etelsen in 1773, who, himself, could be the Johann Hinrich born in 1749 to Alfke Cyriaks
1708 ~ 1783 and Marie Elisabeth Meyer. (2008: In fact,
the common link is Brün's son Hinrich born in 1779, making the
Wisconsin, Nebraska & Minnesota Ciriacks/Cyriacks 4th
cousins with the Scharmbeck descended New York Cyriacks.)
There are so many Johann
Hinrichs in the other two bloodlines emanating from the beginning of
the 18th century that anything's possible.
For one reason or another, Claus Hinrich (7.12.1773) didn't inherit the
family farm at the beginning of the 19th century. His younger
brother Hinrich (14.11.1779 ~ 14.3.1829) {aka Harm
Hinrich], Ben's great3 grandfather, presumably did. Or, the
farm could have been lost entirely for some other reason. Hinrich,
not in line to inherit anyway, could have married into another important
farming family threatened with its loss for not having sons to inherit
it. Research into his wife, Anne OELKERS' genealogy should clear
that question up quickly! In any case, Hinrich's son Johann not
only didn't inherit that farm in Etelsen, he settled less than a
mile/kilometer away in Baden to become a kothner.
Claus Hinrich, here, was also a Kothner but in Scharmbeck - 27 kilometers (17 miles) northwest on
the other side of Bremen!(He migrated there from his birth
place in Etelsen to marry.)
If an accurate suppposition (2008: NOT!), Claus Hinrich
(born 7.12.1773) was 51 years and one day old when his son Claus Hinrich,
here, was born on December 8th, 1824. It's also possible he
fathered a son named Johann Hinrich
who fathered the Claus Hinrich here - in the 7th generation instead of
the 6th where his date of birth placed him initially.
In either case, his New York branch bloodline, and not the Wisconsin
branch, would be the most senior in the USA family. (2008: This is also incorrect - our Wisconsin bloodline is still
the most senior of the Bremen descended Cyriacks/Cyriaks/Ciriacks still resident in the USA.)
1737 ~
1808, Ben's great-great-great-great-grandfather. This means
that the missing link may be Claus Hinrich, born Dec. 7th, 1773, whose
godfather was Johann Hinrich Cyriaks, a single person
in Etelsen in 1773, who, himself, could be the Johann Hinrich born in 1749 to Alfke Cyriaks
1708 ~ 1783 and Marie Elisabeth Meyer. (2008: In fact,
the common link is Brün's son Hinrich born in 1779, making the
Wisconsin, Nebraska & Minnesota Ciriacks/Cyriacks 4th
cousins with the Scharmbeck descended New York Cyriacks.)
There are so many Johann
Hinrichs in the other two bloodlines emanating from the beginning of
the 18th century that anything's possible.
