Hi,

Is anyone researching families with the names HOFMANN or ZUHLKEN who came from the Otterstedt/Ottersburg regions of what is now Lower Saxony in Germany. The area is about 15 miles from Bremen. I was kindly sent details from church records after 1823 but wonder is anyone has earlier records or can add to what I already know about my German ancestry

HOFMANN / ZUHLKEN FAMILY
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Records from the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Otterstedt

Albert ZUHLKEN married Anna SCHNAKENBERG (date not known)

Known children

Maria Christine ZUHLKEN born 8th February 1816.
Albert ZUHLKEN born 1823
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*Johann HOFMANN (pottager and master potter), son of Johann HOFMANN (farmer), married Maria Christine ZUHLKEN on 5th May 1839

Known children,

#Johann Heinrich Albert HOFMANN born 28th March 1841. Baptized 12th April 1841
Maria Barbara HOFMANN born 5th March 1843 died 7th March 1843 ) Twins
Anna Dorothea HOFMANN born 5th March 1843 died 21st March 1843 )
Anna HOFMANN born 3rd December 1846. Baptized 26th December 1846
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Maria Christine HOFMANN nee ZUHLKEN died 3rd July 1849. Buried 7th July 1849
Aged 33 years 4 months and 24 days.
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*Johann HOFMANN remarried Anna Lucia EHSMANN, (daughter of Abraham EHSMANN) on 6th October 1849.
Johann HOFMANN still alive in 1865 when son #Johann married Hannah DAY in England (occupation - farmer)

Known child to Johann and Anna

Johann HOFMANN born 31st August 1850, baptized 8th September 1850
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I believe son #Johann (my great grandfather) came to England in the early 1860's. He worked in the sugar refineries of the St George-in-the-East area of the East End of London.

Any information much appreciated.

Rose