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The latest edition of the Story of Schnake is available, most recent update February 2007. The illustration above is of the cover insert that is on the front of the notebook.
I can also offer the full version on CD It will be in three formats: .pdf to be read with Adobe Acrobat; Microsoft Word (versions 2000-2007 will read it and maybe even Word 97); .xps, which is a new (as of February 2007) Adobe-like format being offered by Microsoft in an attempt to challenge Adobe Acrobat.
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Above is the cover insert for Story of Schnake by Roy Johnson. The pictures
are (top) the church the Schnakes attended at Bergkirchen (Left) the village
of Bergkirchen (Right) the Schnake house at #19 Unterluebbe, built in 1848,
demolished some time after 1958. (Bottom) The Bremen ship Ocean.
Minnie Schnake, brother to Karl Ludwig Hermann Schnake, came to America
on this ship. This insert will be placed in the plastic insert slot in the
cover of the loose leaf notebook that I am purchasing and including (unless
you want to buy your own--see prices below)
These and many more pictures are included and explained in the book.)
About 150 pages with many black and white and color pictures; 21 of the picture pages are in color. Photocopied on acid-free paper. (I have an inkjet printer but inkjet ink is very acidic and fades quickly. Photocopy toner is more durable and although color copying is expensive (about $1.00 per page), it is well worth the extra expense.) There will also be a color cover, as shown above. I will also provide acid free inserts for the notebook, but you can do the inserting.
The book centers on the Schnake family of Karl Ludwig Hermann Schnake and the branch of the Schnakes who came from the village of Unterluebbe, particularly farmstead no. 19. However, it also contains much information on other Schnake lines and the pictures and general history would be of interest to all Schnakes and perhaps even other families of this area.
The Schnake book will also be on line (eventually) on SchnakeNet, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com. You will be able to find it by scrolling the main page. For those who do not wish a version to pass on to descendents (possibly because this is not your line), this online version should be adequate.
CD ROM version--Contains Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) version, Microsoft Word version ,-- $6.00 shipping/handling 2.00.
Text version
$65.00 for everything including binder, pages printed on acid free archival paper, acid free clear plastic notebook inserts
Contact: Roy W. Johnson, 463 Dickens Ave., Kirkwood, MO 63122-3810 314821-0924
Questions? e-,mail royjNOSPAM@webster.edu
Table Of Contents: Page
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................1
Chapter I-The Name Schnake .......................................................................................................2
Chapter II-Sources Of Information ................................................................................................6
Chapter III: The Home Of The Schnakes: Land And People .......................................................8
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The Land ................................................................................................................................8
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The People ..............................................................................................................................9
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The Language .........................................................................................................................9
Chapter IV: The History Of The Schnakes: Background .............................................................11
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Religious History I: The Coming of Christianity. ................................................................11
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Religious History II: The Schnakes Become Protestant ...................................................13
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Social Conditions ..................................................................................................................13
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Political Changes ...................................................................................................................18
Chapter V: The Earliest Schnakes ..................................................................................................21
Chapter VI: The Schnakes Of No. 19 Unterluebbe 1572-1870 ......................................................24
Chapter VII -- Other Schnake Lines ..................................................................................................29
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The "Brink-Stumpelmeyer" Schnakes: ...................................................................................29
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The Unterlübbe No. 33 Schnakes: ...........................................................................................30
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The Schnathorst #4 Schnakes ...................................................................................................35
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The "Kleine Bode" Schnakes ..................................................................................................36
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Schnakes in Chile ......................................................................................................................37
Chapter VIII: From Germany to America .........................................................................................40
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Why They Came ........................................................................................................................40
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How They Came ........................................................................................................................42
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The Atlantic Voyage ...................................................................................................................44
Chapter IX: Family Memories Of The Journey And Experiences In The New Land ......................47
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Karl Ludwig Hermann Schnake (AKA Herman) .......................................................................47
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Caroline Wilhelmine Schnake (AKA Minnie) ...........................................................................47
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Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Schnake (AKA William) ................................................................51
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Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Brink ....................................................................................................53
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CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................56
Appendices ...............................................................................................................................................57
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Appendix I: Historical Events Timeline ......................................................................................57
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Appendix II: Some Old Schnake Dowries and Marriage Customs .............................................60
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Appendix III: Bergkirchen Church History ..................................................................................65
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Appendix IV: Ancestors and Descendents of Karl Ludwig Hermann Schnake...........................69
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List of Ancestors and Descendents of Karl Ludwig Hermann Schnake ............................69
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Appendix V: Pictures of the Karl Ludwig Hermann Schnake family ............................................85
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Appendix VII: Documentary Records ............................................................................................93
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Appendix VIII: A Pictorial Essay of the Schnakes in Germany ...................................................105
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Schnake towns: Hilverdingsen/Unterlübbe, Bergkirchen, Schnathorst ..............................105
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Hilverdingsen and the Marsh: The Oldest Schnake Residence ...............................107
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The "Church of the Mountain" - Bergkirchen ..attended by all Unterlübbe Schnakes......110
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Views of the church ......................................................................................................111
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Where the Schnakes sat (area where a pew was assigned to Schnakes in 1600).....113
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The Schnake house at No. 19 Unterluebbe ...........................................................................114
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Some neighbors of the Schnakes in Unterluebbe (pictures of nearby houses).....................121
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Old time peasant costumes ......................................................................................................123
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Pictures of how they lived and farmed: ...................................................................................124
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Coming to America (pictures of the port at Bremerhaven, etc...............................................125
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Painting of the Bremen Ship Ocean (On which Minnie Schnake sailed to America) ............128
(there have been additions since this was generated, now going to 150 pages.
Afterword .............................................................................................................................................129
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