Gustav Christian Knaack & Friederike Dorothea Sund of Millienhagen Germany
Several Knaacks in this forum believe that Gustav and Friederike were their ancestor. Please contact me if you are one of them.Besides my gg grandfather, Johann Joachim Theador Knaack (who chose John Everett for his American name), I don't know what other sons or daughters Gustav had.Because they all had a string of names that were similar, it's hard to know which ones are really ours.I do know that Johann Joachim Theador is from Gustav's line, because I saw the records with my own eyes.I knew to look in Reichtenberg, because my ggrandfather, Earnst August Christian Knaack sent there for his birth records when he discovered he hadn't become a citizen when he came to America at 12 years of age.I traveled to Germany and visited the church at Richtenburg, where I viewed his christening record, which listed his parents.Then I viewed his parents' marriage record.Johann married Maria Dorothea Friederike Lange on 12 Jun 1863.I know they are my people, because our American Friederike was 12 years older than John, and so were the people on this marriage record.The marriage record listed the parents as Gustav Christian of Millienhagen and Friederike Dorthea Sund as parents of the groom.They listed Daniel Gottlieb Lange and Margartha Maria Witt as parents of the bride.If you have ties and other records of Gustav of Millienhagen, please get in touch with me.
Dianne Knaack Watts