July 12, 1871 Carsten and Catharina lived in a region called "Altes Land" not far from Hamburg. Both Carsten's and Catharina's parents were farmers. The region is still known for their many beautiful fruit trees.
Carsten was born in Ostmoorende. He was first married with Elisabeth Harms and took over her family farm in Rübke. With her he had two sons, Carsten and Hinrich. When Elisabeth died and left Carsten with two little boys he soon got married again.
Catharina Meyer was born in Francop.
With Catharina Carsten had five kids, Diedrich, Metta, Johann Jakob, Johannes and Wilhelm.
But Catharina also passed away early. Now his first two sons had grown up however and could help on the farm.
Later my grandmother Anita, her sister Martha, their cousin Willy and other relatives would inherit the farm which they then sold to Johannes Heitmann (uncle Hannes and aunt Lene) who had already looked after the farm before.
Carsten's second son Hinrich was a beekeeper. He was married with Catharina Köpke and had with her one daughter, Anni Tina Gesine Busch who was born on July 22, 1905.
Diedrich was a farmer and married Metta Maria nee Diercks. They had 3 children, Willi Karl Hinrich (born August 30, 1907), Gerhard Diedrich (born June 29, 1909) and Diedrich Amandus Johannes (born January 20, 1911). Amandus, the youngest son of Diedried died in world war 2 on July 25, 1943.
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