Biography   

Joannes Bernardus Nieland (1713-?)
Generation 4

The son of Johann Daniel Nieland (1680), grandson of Berndt Nilandt (c. 1845), great grandson of the Earliest Nieland

Joannes Bernardus Nieland was baptized 8 March 1713, in Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia. He married Maria Gesina von der Beck on 1 August 1737 in Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia. Witnesses to the marriage were Joannes Henricus Hehsinek and Hermanus Menninck. Gesina is listed as Joanna Gesina von der Beck in this record. His death date has not yet been found.

 


Maria Gesina von der Beck (Nieland) (1712-1776)
Generation 4

The wife of Joannes Bernardus Nieland (1713-?)

Maria Gesina von der Beck, daughter of Gerhardus von der Beck and Joanna Bruhns, was baptized 14 February 1712, in Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia. Godparents were Henricus Lensick and Adelheidis Brehoors. In Das Bürgerbuch von Bemen 1693-1818, a book which transcribes early records from Gemen, Gerhardus von der Beck is listed as "Bürgermeister" or mayor in 1724 and 1729.

The children of John Bernard Nieland and Maria Gesina von der Beck, all baptized in Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia, are the following:

1) Joanna Margaretha, baptized 10 April 1738, godparents were Adolphus von der Beck and Joanna Nieland,
2) Joannes Daniel, baptized 21 September 1740, godparents were Joannes Danielis Nieland and Magdalena von der Beck,
3) Gerhardus Henricus, baptized 17 May 1744, godparents were Henricus Heslinck and Eva Nieland Hummers.

Maria Gesina von der Beck died 22 March 1776 at Gemen (Kreis-Borken), Westphalia. She is listed as Joanna Gesina von der Beck Nieland, 60 years old in the burial records, although she was really 64 years old.

 

Bio updated 05 November 2006
Rev9a