John Gerhard Nieland (1840-1919)
Generation 8

The first child of John Henry Nieland and Anna Maria Elisabeth Osterholt (John Henry, John Henry, Joannes Daniel, Joannes Bernardus, Johann Daniel Nieland, Berndt Nilandt, Earliest Nieland)

John Gerhard Nieland was baptized on 15 April 1840 at Südlohn, Westphalia, Prussia. He married Maria Christina Nienhues on 13 November 1866 at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Prussia. Following the death of his first wife, he married Johanna Aloysia Holtwick on 4 October 1881, also at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Germany. He was known as Gerhard.

He died on 31 October 1919 at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Germany, at age 79.

Maria Christina Nienhues (Nieland) (1842-1881)
Generation 8

The first wife of John Gerhard Nieland (1840-1919)

Maria Christina Nienhues, daughter of Bernard Nienhues and Margaretha Heming, was baptized on 8 April 1842 at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Prussia. Godparents were Maria Agnes Tobber Nieland and Joseph Heming.

The children of John Gerhard Nieland and Maria Christina Nienhues all baptized at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Prussia were the following:
1) Elisabeth, baptized 18 August 1867. Godparents were Elisabeth Osterholte Nieland and Bd. [?Bernard] Neinhues.
2) Heinrich Josef (Henry Joseph), baptized 14 April 1871 Godparents were Henr. Nieland and Josephine Nienhaus.
3) Bernard Christopher, baptized 19 November 1874
4) Anton, baptized 11 January 1878.

Maria Christina Nienhues died on 9 February 1881 at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Germany, at age 38.

Johanna Aloysia Holtwick (Nieland) (1846-1895)
Generation 8

The second wife of John Gerhard Nieland (1840-1919)

Johanna Aloysia Holtwick, daughter of Bernard Henrich Holtwick and Maria Bernadina Marks, was born on 25 February 1846 at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Prussia.

The children of John Gerhard Nieland and Johanna Aloysia Holtwick all born at Ramsdorf, Westphalia Germany were the following:
5) Franz Josef, baptized 19 June 1882
6) Herman Franz, baptized 22 February 1885
7) Maria Bernadine, baptized 8 December 1888

Johanna Aloysia Holtwick died on 26 February 1895 at Ramsdorf, Westphalia, Germany, at age 49.

Updated 20 September 2005
Rev 5a