Hermann Diedrich KNAKE^[1]

1828 - Aft 1875  (> 48 years)

• Name	Hermann Diedrich KNAKE
  Birth	17 Apr 1828	Ördinghausen, Vilsen, Hannover, Germany   [2, 3]
  Christening	23 Apr 1828	Vilsen, Hannover, Germany   [4]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	L4WG-9Z4
  Death	Aft 1875
  Notes	according to letter from Virginia de Gervais, he was a minister in Germany but the history notes of Elso Stammler says he owned a big tobacco factory in Lehe - birth and marriage records say he was a merchant he had a bother who ran a German school in New York where two oldeer daughters were sent to live in about 1868 - she also said that there was a wife before Fitter (this seems not to be the case) on marriage record to 2nd wife family named spelled Knoche on marriage record to 3rd wife family named spelled Knoche
  Person ID	I309	Main
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2002

  
  

  Father	Hermann Rudolph KNAKE,   b. 30 May 1795, Engeln, Vilsen, Hannover, Germany d. 29 Jul 1863, Ördinghausen, Vilsen, Hannover, Germany (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anna Gesche Margaretha FINKE,   b. 13 Sep 1798, Uenzen, Hannover, Germany d. Aft 1852 (Age > 55 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1820	Vilsen, Hannover, Germany   [5]
  Notes	today the town is called Bruchhausen-Vilsen
  Family ID	F141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Johanna FITTER,   b. 26 May 1831, Sievern, Hannover, Germany d. 19 May 1861, Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1854	Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany   [1, 6]
  Children	1. Hermine Johanne Louise Anna Margarethe KNOCHE,   b. 3 Aug 1855, Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany d. 31 Jan 1951, Madison, Morris, New Jersey, United States (Age 95 years)   2. Maria KNAKE,   b. 29 Aug 1860, Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany d. 9 Sep 1929, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Maria Sophia Dorothea Henrietta ZWINGMANN,   b. 3 Aug 1832, Liehbenau, Hannover, Germany d. 19 Feb 1870, Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1863	Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany   [7]
  Notes	mairried in Pfarrhause (parson's house)
  Children	1. Josephine Henriette KNOCHE,   b. 9 Jun 1863, Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany d. 1905, New York City, New York (Age 41 years)   2. Henriette KNOCHE,   b. 13 Apr 1865, Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany d. 1905, New York City, New York (Age 39 years)   3. Johanne Christiane KNOCHE,   b. 12 Jul 1867, Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany   4. Martha KNOCHE,   b. Cal 23 Nov 1869, Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany d. 30 Jun 1870, Geestendorf (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Friederike Dorothea THÖLKE,   b. 1 Nov 1845, Schwanewede, Hannover, Germany
  Marriage	6 Jan 1871	Lehe, Bremerhaven, Hannover, Germany   [8]
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Kling, Etta, Letter - Kling, Etta to Dorothea Quinn - 17 March 1974, (dated March 17, 1974). [S13] Gesvbd LeheKirchenb 1853 - 1860, Marriage Record - Lehe. [S14] Birth record of Vilsen, (Kirchenb.Vilsen 1795), 1828, No. 69, page 75. birth record of Herman Diedrich Knake [S14] Birth record of Vilsen, (Kirchenb.Vilsen 1795), 1828, No. 69 ,page 75. birth record of Herman Knake [S44] Marriage Record of Vilsen, (ev.-luth. Kirchenbuch Vilsen 1820 Trauungen No. 15), 1820, No. 15. marriage record of Herman Knacke and Geshe Finke [S13] Gesvbd LeheKirchenb 1853 - 1860, Marriage Record - Lehe. record of Herman Knake and Johanna Fitter [S13] Gesvbd LeheKirchenb 1853 - 1860, Marriage Record - Lehe. record of Herman Knoche and Maria zwingmann [S13] Gesvbd LeheKirchenb 1853 - 1860, Marriage Record - Lehe. record of Herman Knoche and Friederike Thoelke