GREEF FAMILY

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Generation 1

Gerhard Graefen zu GRAEFENHAUS, b. 1704, d. 1742

Generation 2

Johann GRAEFENHAUS, Day labourer , + Anna Katherine SCH�RKEN

Generation 3

Johann Adolph GREEF (GRAEVENHAUS) (Tailor), b. 24 September 1775 Velburt, bap. 29 September 1775, d. 26 May 1812 Kettwig, + 2 October 1803 Kettwig, Anna Katharina STEINES, b. 6 July 1778, d. 5 December 1819, d/o Johann Wilhelm STEINES (Cobbler) & Anna Katharina WILDENBURG

Johann Adolf GREEF was married as GRAEVENHAUS but had his son as GREEF

Generation 4

Child of Johann Adolf GREEF & Anna Katharina STEINES:

� Wilhelm GREEF, b. 18 October 1809 Kettwig, Ruhr, bap. 23 October 1809, d. 12 September 1875 M�rs, (Composer, author, teacher, organist in M�rs), + 31 October 1834 in M�rs, Katharina Julia HOLDINGHAUSEN, b. 13 April 1812, bap. 19 April 1812, d. 1855, d/o Isaac Heinrich HOLDINGHAUSEN & Katherine Wilhelmina DORN
Link to pictures of Wilhelm GREEF's memorial

Generation 5

Children of Wilhelm GREEF & Katharina HOLDINGHAUSEN:

� Ferdinand Adolf Ludwig GREEF, b. 10 June 1845, Rhein, bap. 20 July 1845, d. 9 July 1910 G�ttingen (Professor Dr of Classics, G�ttingen; Teacher, Organist), + 21 December 1883 in Darrigsdorf, Ida Julia Helene SCHULTZ, b. 10 August 1862 Darrigsdorf, bap. 24 September 1862, d. 26 May 1932 G�ttingen

� Wilhelm GREEF � Issue: 2 children, Amalie GREEF (Pianist), Wilhelm GREEF, d. at 9

Generation 6

Children of Adolf GREEF & Helene SCHULTZ:

� Hermann August Walther GREEF, (Doctor of Medicine), b. 24 January 1890 G�ttingen, bap. 23 May 1890, d. 5 February 1940 Hamburg (from lung cancer), + 16 November 1915 in Duisberg, Else Lina Therese BECKER, b. 23 January 1893 Duisburg, d. ____1979. Lived in Stade.

� Wilhelm GREEF, (Doctor of Medicine), b. 1885, d. 1947 Himmelpforten, + Fernande GRONAU. Issue: 2 daughters

Generation 7

Children of Walther GREEF & Else BECKER:

� Hildegard GREEF, b. 7 August 1916 K�nigsh�tte, d. 13 December 1916 (Diphtheria)

� Irene (Reni) GREEF, b. 13 December 1917, d. January 2003 MTA Stade, + 1943 Dr. phil. Werner DIECKMANN, b. 15 August 1910, d. 14 October 1988

� Stillborn son, b & d. 18 January 1919

� Felix GREEF, Jurist, b. 12 August 1921 Beuthen, d. 1994, Bad Bevensen, + Inge CRUSIUS

� Christian GREEF, (Gynaecologist), b. 12 April 1926, d. 18 March 1977 Bremen, + (1) Margret MUELLER (divorced), + (2) Brigitte DEDE

� Otto Rudolf Hermann GREEF, (School principal), b. 26 October 1928, Hamburg-Altona, d. 11 August 2003, + (1) August 1954 Kiel, Gertrude Julia Hanne MAHNKE, (Botanist/Teacher), b. 25 February 1927 Techentien, d. 21 December 1983, + (2) Regina ZIELINSKI, b. 2 November 1948, d. 10 December 2001

Generation 8

Children of Hermann GREEF & Hanne MAHNKE:

� Christoph GREEF, living, + Elizabeth Ann MARTIN, living

� Thomas GREEF, living, + Marina MICHALEK, living (divorced)

� J�rg-Michael GREEF, living, + Kathrin-Franka SCHINKELBEIN, living

� Friederike Dorothea GREEF, living, + Herbert BETTNER, living

Children of Irene GREEF & Werner DIECKMANN:

Children of Christian GREEF & Margret M�LLER:

Children of Felix GREEF & Inge CRUSIUS:

Generation 9

Children of Christoph GREEF & Elizabeth Ann MARTIN:

� Daniel Christoph Martin GREEF, living

� Katherine Emma GREEF, living

� Mereki Julia GREEF, living

Child of Thomas GREEF & Marina MICHALEK:

� J�rn GREEF, living

Children of J�rg-Michael GREEF & Kathrin-Franka SCHINKELBEIN:

� Bastian GREEF, living

� Jonas GREEF, living

� Jorina GREEF, living

� Damaris GREEF, living

Children of Friederike GREEF & Herbert BETTNER:

� Henrike BETTNER, living

� Leif BETTNER, living

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