Gerhard & Anna Nieland family

The caption on this page says: "Nun ade du mein lieb Elternhaus. "Lieb Elternhaus, ade'." Translation: Good-bye to my dear parents' house. 'Dear parents' house, adieu'." This photo was taken in front of the house on Gerhard Nieland's farm near Ramsdorf.

If we have not correctly identified the people in this photo or the place it was taken, please contact us.

1.   Agnes Gertrude Nieland, second child of Gerhard and Anna (Roßkamp) Nieland
2.   Josefa Katherine Nieland (1907-1982), fourth child of Anton and Bernardine (Deelmann) Nieland
3.   Bernard Christopher Nieland (1874-1965), third child of John Gerhard Nieland (1840-1919) and Maria Christina Nienhues. Visiting from Minnesota, USA.
4.   Franziska (Heisterkamp) Nieland (1913-1983), wife of Heinrich Nieland
5.   Herman Franz Nieland (1885-1958), second child of John Gerhard Nieland (1840-1919) and Johanna Aloysia Holtwick. Visiting from Iowa, USA.
6.   Auguste (Schafeld) Nieland (1908-1994), wife of Franz Anton Urban Nieland
7.   Paula Elizabeth Nieland (1904-1991), second child of Anton and Bernardine (Deelmann) Nieland
8.   Bernhardine Elizabeth Nieland (1941-1993), first child of Gerhard and Anna (Roßkamp) Nieland
9.   Anton Aloys Nieland, third child of Gerhard and Anna (Roßkamp) Nieland
10. Heinrich Bernard Nieland (1914-1986), eigth child of Anton and Bernardine (Deelmann) Nieland
11. Anna (Roßkamp) Nieland (1912-1969), wife of Gerhard Nieland
12. Gerhard Anton Nieland (1902-1970), first child of Anton and Bernardine (Deelmann) Nieland
13. Herman Franz Nieland, second child of Franz and Auguste (Schafeld) Nieland
14. Hildegunde Nieland, second child of Heinrich and Franziska (Heisterkamp) Nieland
15. Bernadette Maria Nieland, third child of Franz and Auguste (Schafeld) Nieland
16. Josef Bernhard Nieland, first child of Heinrich and Franziska (Heisterkamp) Nieland
17. Maria Franziska Nieland (1948-1988), fourth child of Gerhard and Anna (Roßkamp) Nieland
18. Ludger Heinrich Nieland, fifth child of Gerhard and Anna (Roßkamp) Nieland
19. Elizabeth Cicilia Nieland, sixth child of Gerhard and Anna (Roßkamp) Nieland

Many thanks to the following members of our extended family in Germany who have helped us identify the people in this photograph: Josef Nieland and daughter, Verena Nieland; Ludger Nieland and his daughters, Verena and Nadine Nieland; and Elizabeth (Nieland) Upgang.