Brief Life History of Hans Hinrich
When Hans Hinrich Hennings was born on 2 January 1853, in Wennbüttel, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, his father, Henning Hennings, was 48 and his mother, Anna Margreta Glusing, was 40. He married Christine Phoebe Maassen on 12 March 1879, in Clinton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in LaMoure, North Dakota, United States in 1925 and Grand Rapids Township, LaMoure, North Dakota, United States in 1940. He died on 7 April 1948, in Grand Rapids, LaMoure, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Grand Rapids, LaMoure, North Dakota, United States.
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- Hans H Hennings, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hans Hinrich Hennings - Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth: 2 January 1853; Wennbuettel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Hans H. Hennings, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1864
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
1873
Historical Boundaries: 1873: LaMoure, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: LaMoure, North Dakota, United States
1880
Historical Boundaries 1880: LaMoure, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: LaMoure, North Dakota, United States
Name Meaning
North German and Danish: patronymic from Henning 1.
English: in southern England, a variant of Henning with a plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. In northern England, however, the name is often a variant of Hanning with a plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: in the East Midlands, a habitational name from Heynings (Lincolnshire), from the plural form of Middle English heyning (Old Norse hegning) ‘enclosed land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Hans H. Hennings Bio
Hans was a very pleasant wheat rancher who was born in Wennbuttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 1953. This is an area that fluctuated between Denmark and Germany, depending on who won which war. Whe …
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