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Welcome to the Jonas Family

The Genealogy of the Jonas family

On this pages you will find the research on my family tree including the main lines JONAS, DIETRICH and ULRICH. The Jonas line came from the 'Altes Land' (engl. "old land"), a region in the west of Hamburg. As far as I know most of them were farmers. Nowadays more then 4000 'Jonas' can be found in the German phone books. The geographical distribution figures out that the Jonas' appear mainly in the western part of Germany, specially in the regions of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Cologne.

My ancestors with the surname Dietrich (Dieterich) came from Wörlitz and Oranienbaum in Saxony-Anhalt. All of them were craftsmen, mostly potters and clothmakers. The Ulrich's were living in Dahlenburg, a small town near Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. Because in the past this town in German was called 'Schusterburg' (engl. "shoemakers castle") it is understandable that these ancestors of course were - shoemakers.

The complete surname list and names list of my family history contains more than 750 people, who all were living at locations in North and East Germany. From a collection of still existing old photos I have compiled some of them into my little "gallery".

The Genealogy of the Wüpper family

Like the Jonas family the Wüpper family came from the Altes Land also, specially from Neuenfelde and Estebrügge. Although they are not directly related to the Jonas relatives, there are some common surnames in both family trees leading to the assumption that somehow there might be connections. The only known relation is that the sister of my grandmother Johanna Jonas, Marie Jonas, married Heinrich Wüpper. The surname list and the names list only show parts of the Wüpper family tree which was researched by a distant Wüpper descendant many years ago. Interesting and confusing is that the different Wüpper families had often used the same given names.

The Genealogy of the Bühnemann family

The Bühnemann family was living in the region of Helmstedt in eastern Lower Saxony. The list of the surnames and names contains about 100 persons from the 17th to 19th century.

Dahlenburg

Dahlenburg is situated in eastern Lower Saxony, about 25 km (14 miles) east of the district town of Lüneburg.

The chronicle of Dahlenburg
Online version of the book 'Dahlenburg-Streifzüge durch die Geschichte' (in German)
The author, Charlotte Wodaege, tells among other things about the life of craftsmen, doctors, schoolmasters and pastors in recent centuries on the basis of many years of archival research. Genealogists will find many family names in this book, some of which can still be found in Dahlenburg and the surrounding area.