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| Image taken from the wedding certificate of John Blanck and Alice Azarian, 1941 |
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| Heinrich (Henry) Blanck, shoemaker, born in Lehe, Germany, the son of Heinrich Christopher Blanck and Dorethea Wenzel, immigrated to Hoboken, New Jersey, circa 1870 where he married Melusine Erxmeyer in 1874. They were the parents of six children. For more information on Henry Blanck, click on the picture of the shoemakers. | 
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| Henry Blanck went to sea with the North German Lloyd Line between 1868 and 1871. For more inforamtion on and images of Henry Blanck's time at sea go to Henry Blanck At Sea | |
| Blanck Family in Frankenthal, Palatinate, Germany, and Montgomery County, PA | |
| The Blank Legacy Gaylon A. Blank Web Site | |
Distribution of the Name Blanck in Germany
Blanck (Familienname)
suggests that the highest consentration on the name with the spelling BLANCK is in Northern Germany.
My thanks to Peter Schulz, January 2011 for making me aware of this web page. Peter also says:
The word Blank appears in Germanic language (Middle-High-German or Old-High- German) before the 10th century and seems it meant something like: white, pale, bright.Henry Blanck and his descendents used both the spelling BLANK & BLANCK. See henry Blanck | |
| Notes on the Lehe Records | |
| Erxmeyer | |
| Melusine Erxmeyer immigrated to Hoboken, N, J. in 1872. Melusine's family , including her mother, Dorethe Hogrefe Erxmeyer, two brothers, Fred and Henry Erxmeyer, and three sisters, Julia Erxmeyer Lehman, Berthe Erxmeyer Bremer and Mary Erxmeyer Rosenthal also immigrated to Hoboken. Melusine married Henry Blanck in 1874. For more information on Melusine Erxmeyer click on the flower. | 
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| Erxmeyer from Meinerdingen(Vorbruck/Walsrode, Germany), Maspe (Reelkirke, Lippe Dortmont, Germany) and Bokendorf (Bellerson, Lippe Dortmont, Germany) | |
| Adolf Erxmeyer and his father, Jurgen Erxmeyer | |
| Adolph Erxmeyer married Henriette Ehlert of Belle in Wöbbel, Germany in 1812 | |
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| Johann Jurgen Erxmeyer married Anne Marie Ilsabe Berkmeyer of Oberschönhagen in Reelkirken Germany in 1778. | |
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| Other Related Families in Lippe | |
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| Villages in Lippe Germany — Images | |
| WALSRODE Germany — Images | |
| Ketelaar (Kettler) from Friesland | |
| Fritz Kettler, longshoreman, son of Christian and Gertrude Kettler, born in Freisland circa 1862. He immigrated to the United States circa 1883 where he married Johanna Peter. The Kettlers lived both in Brooklyn, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey. For more information on Fritz Kettler and his family, click on the image of the docks. | 
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| Children of Fritz Kettler and Johanna Peters/Petersen | |
| Gertrude Kettler Blanck | |
| Peters/Petersen from Norway | |
| Hanna/Johanna Peters/Petersen , born circa 1860 in Norway, immigrated to America circa 1885 where she married Fritz Kettler. After the death of Fritz, she married Johannus Jensen. They lived in Hoboken, New Jersey. For more information on Hanna Peters/Petersen, click on the picture of Norway. | 
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Bremen Boys At Sea Many young men who lived near the major German sea port of Bremen when to sea. The Erxmeyer brothers, Friedrich (Fred) and Heinrich (Henry), their future brother-in-laws, Henry Blank and Johann Lehman, and J. Berend Petermann all served with the merchant ships out of Bremen. They all ended up living in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Hoboken Schuetzen
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| Current photos of the houses where the Blancks and Erxmeyers lived in Hoboken |
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| I also had ancestors who immigrated from Germany in the 1880s,
spent some time in Brooklyn, New York and then moved to Hoboken, New Jersey.
Did my ancestors know Tom's ancestors? Click on the photo of Tom and I for a discussion of this possibility. |
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| Information on the sources used to research the Blancks, Kettlers, and Erxmeyers |
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| Maps of Germany, Brooklyn and Hoboken |
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| General information on German immigration to America and the communities they established |
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| Pictures of Hoboken |
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Copies of some of the original documents, click on the 1907 marriage certificate of Louis Blanck and Gertrude Kettler |
| To see pictures of the ships on which the Blanck family immigrated, click on the photo of the Bremen. |
| To view photos, postcards and pictures relating to immigration into the United States, click on the post card of Ellis Island. |
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The Blancks were from Lehe near Bremen, to see pictures of Lehe/Bremen, click on the picture of city of Bremen |
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The Erxmeyers were from Walsrode, to see pictures of Walsrode, click on the picture of the Walsrode Zeitung building |
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The Blancks in Lehe Germany were linen weavers. For information and pictures, click on the picture of the linen loom. |
| Life in Germany Henry Blanck and the Erxmeyers were among the millions of German American immigrants. For images and information about the German people, customs, houses and more, click on the picture of the wooden shoes. |
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| Germans in America Henry Blanck and the Erxmeyers were among the millions of German American immigrants. For information on and images of the German American in United States click on the image of the German American Family. |
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| Occupations For early pictures representing occupations of the Blanck/Erxmeyer ancestors, click on the picture of the coaches in Central Park |
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| If you have any suggestions, corrections, information, copies of documents, or photos that you would like to share with this site, please contact me at maggie@maggieblanck.com | |
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