Biography   

Joanna Maria Gesina Nieland (Brökers) (1731-1771)
Generation 4

The daughter of of Johann Daniel Nieland (1680), granddaughter of Berndt Nilandt (c. 1645), great granddaughter of the Earliest Nieland

Joanna Maria Gesina Nieland was baptized 26 October 1731, in Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia. She married Joannes Antonius Brökers on 11 January 1756 in Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia. The date is not clear but is likely the 11th. Witnesses were Anton Büninck and Adeld. Ossinck. She died on 29 May 1771 at Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia, at age 39.

 


Joannes Antonius Brökers (1725-?)
Generation 4

The husband of Joanna Maria Gesina Nieland (1731-1771)

Joannes Antonius Brökers, son of Bernardus Brökers and Anna Maria Being, was baptized 19 February 1725 at Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia. Godparents were Joannes Brökers and Margaretha Beyering.

The children of Joanna Maria Gesina Nieland and Joannes Antonius Brökers, all born at Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia, were the following:

1) Johanna Maria, baptized 7 May 1757, godparents were Joanna Nieland and Jacobis Conradus Brökers.
2) Joannes Bernardus Ernestus, baptized on 31 December 1758, godparents were Otto Ernestus Brökers and Eva Nieland.
3) Maria Adelheid, baptized on 6 February 1760, godparents were Joannes Humbers and Adelheide Brökers. She died 13 July 1760, listed as an infant in the death record.
4) Joes. Bernard, baptized on 15 June 1761, godparents were Joannes Gerhard Brökers and Gertrudis Büning Brökers.
5) Joanna Margarethe, baptized on 29 October 1763. This month may not be correct, very unclear. Godparents were Joanna Margaretha Nieland Brökers and Joann. Wilhelm Brökers. Died: 3 November 1763 at Gemen, (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia.
6) Joanna Maria Catherina, baptized on 26 June 1765, godparents were Joanna Maria Brökers and Daniel Nieland.
7) Anna Mechtildis, baptized on 12 February 1767, godparents were Adelheidis Oofsing and Joannes Gerhard Brökers. She died on 16 July 1767 at Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia.
8) Maria Anna, baptized on 28 May 1768, godparents were Joanna Maria Brökers and Joes. Bernardus Hummers.

The death date for Joannes Antonius Brökers has not yet been found.

 

Bio updated 05 November 2006
Rev 9a