Franz Josef Nieland (1882-?)
Generation 9

The son of John Gerhard Nieland and Johanna Aloysia Holtwick (John Gerhard, John Henry, John Henry, Joannes Daniel, Joannes Bernardus, Johann Daniel Nieland, Berndt Nilandt, Earliest Nieland)

Franz Joseph Nieland was born on 19 June 1882 at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Germany. He married Antonette Rommerswinkel, on 26 October 1908, in Kirchhellen, Germany.

Franz Josef Nieland died 25 October 1972 in Osterfeld, Germany.

Antonette Rommeswinkel (Nieland) (1888-1945)
Generation 9

The wife of Franz Joseph Nieland (1882-1972)

Antonette Rommerswinkel, daughter of Bernard Rommeswinkel and Elisabeth Janinhoff, was born on 5 September 1888 at Kirchhellen, Germany.

The children of Franz Joseph Nieland and Antonette Rommerswinkel, most born at Osterfeld, were the following:

1) Elizabeth was born 4 August 1909 in Bottrop, Germany. She died on 24 December 2003 in Bottrop, Germany, at age 94.
2) Bernard was born on 30 March 1911 in Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Germany. He died on 19 March 2001 at Osterfeld, Germany, at age 89.
3) Maria was born on 19 August 1912 in Osterfeld, Germany. She died on 26 January 2003 in Germany at age 90. She was buried in St. Johannes-Kirche, Borken, Westphalia, Germany.
4) Gerhard Johannes William
5) Luise
6) Antonie. She also went by the name Toni. She married Wilhelm Dorsthorst.
7) Agnes
8) Joseph
9) Heldergard
10) Paula
11) Gesela was born 14 July 1926 in Osterfeld, Germany. She married Heinrich Greimann. She died 25 May 1994 in Oberhausen-Osterfeld, Germany.
12) Walburga
13) Gertrude
14) Margarete was born 23 July 1931 at Osterfeld, Germany. She married Werner Fronczek. She died 2 July 1964 at Duisburg-Wanheim, Germany , at age 32.
15) Mathilde. She also went by the name Tilla.

Antonette died on 18 April 1945 at age 56. She was killed in an accident in Dorsten, Germany, on her way home to her loved ones.

Updated 20 September 2005
Rev 5a