10-georg ferdinand braskamp

10-georg ferdinand braskamp Family tree of founder 10, Georg Ferdinand Braskamp.

Georg Ferdinand Braskamp was born in Lenzen on the river Elbe, Germany, 14 December 1812.
At the occasion of his registration as a conscript at Lünenburg Georg Ferdinand lived in Hannover and it is stated that his mother was called Anna Katharina Schilling. His father was "Brascamp französicher Offizier", a french officer called Brascamp. Untill now no further information has been found about this Brascamp, presumably member of the army of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Currently this branch of the family tree involves 24 individuals, distributed over 6 generations.

Georg Ferdinand Braskamp wurde in Lenzen auf dem Fluß Elbe, Dezember 14 1812 geboren.
Die Liste der Wehrpflichtigen der Stadt Lüneburg zeigt Georg Ferdinands Eltern: Seine Mutter Anna Katharina Schilling und sein Vater Brascamp, ein französicher Offizier. Georg Ferdinand wohnte dann in Hannover. Bisher keine weitere Auskünfte sind über dieses Brascamp, vermutlich ein Mitglied der Armee von Napoleon Bonaparte gefunden worden.
Zur Zeit bezieht diese Teil des Stammbaums 24 Einzelpersonen mit ein, verteilt über sechs Generationen.

There is a hypothesis for a founder of the German branch which links it to the Dutch branch of Engelbert Brascamp.
In line with that hypothesis Georg Ferdinand Braskamp belongs to generation VIII.

	generation VII
	Anna Katharina Schilling
	generation VIII
son of Anna Katharina Schilling her son was called Braskamp	Georg Ferdinand Braskamp	Lenzen 14-12-1812
	generation IX
children of Georg Ferdinand Braskamp Schneideramtsmeister Lüneburg 8-11-1840 Dorothea Wilhelmine Schimmelpfennig (2) 25-4-1847 Johanne Dorothea Hansen (4)	Carl Gottfried Theodor Josephine Sophie Adolphine Catharina Charlotte Christian Johannes Andreas Adolph Georg Ferdinand Marie Emma	Lüneburg 30-12-1841 Lüneburg 19-12-1843 Lüneburg 17- 8-1848 Lüneburg 4- 4-1851 Lüneburg 19- 2-1856 Lüneburg 4- 3-1860
	generation X
children of Carl Gottfried Theodor Braskamp Restaurateur Lüneburg 18-10-1867 Anna Sopia Lüdemann	Marie Dorothee Margarethe (Marie Margret) Peine Adolph Ludwig Philipp Dorothee Charlotte Sophie Albert Heinrich Franz Ludolf	Lüneburg 27-7-1868 Lüneburg 25-2-1870 Lüneburg 5-5-1872 Lüneburg1875 Lüneburg 15-8-1880
children of Adolph Georg Ferdinand Braskamp Oberwerkmeister 3-8-1880 Johanna Friederike Henriette Kahlke	Anna Johanna Flora Emma Louise Jacobine Minna Ferdinand Ernst Adolph Marie Sophie Friederike Wilhelmine	Hamburg 31-12-1880 Hamburg 31-12-1880 Hamburg 1883 Hamburg 18- 1-1886 Hamburg 1887 Hamburg 1- 8-1890
	generation XI
son of Heinrich Franz Ludolf (Franz) Braskamp Owner hotel Am Schiessgraben Lüneburg, now Bergström Lüneburg 5-12-1911 Martha Maria Margareta Schumann	Johannes Albert Karl	Lüneburg 12-1-1915
children of Ferdinand Ernst Adolph Braskamp Kaufmännischer Angestellter 14-4-1923 Johanne Emma Benseler	Herbert Marie-Sophie	Hamburg 24- 5-1925 Hamburg 19- 9-1936
	generation XII
Johannes Albert Karl (Hans) Braskamp Lived in Bonn Lüneburg 17-1-1942 Marta Wilhelmine (Helma) Eser
children of Herbert Braskamp Grosshandelskaufmann 16-12-1947 Inge Marie Hansi Rehsöft	Jürgen Axel Katrin	Hamburg 16- 4-1949 Hamburg 31- 8-1953 Hamburg 12- 1-1967
	generation XIII
child of Jürgen Braskamp Umwelt- und Freizeitpädagoge 30-7-1998 Susanna Malmsten	Sara	11-9-1998
children of Axel Braskamp Diplom-Geograph 27-1-1984 Katrin Lipp	Nora Enzo Lea	Hennstedt-Ulzburg 18-6-1982 Hamburg 18-12-1984 Hamburg 29- 9-1986
	generation XIV
son of Nora Braskamp partner of Michael Götz	Ben Mika	Tübingen 26-12-2009

Unknown Braskamps in and from Germany

Archiv für Sippenforschung/Namenverzeichnis 1944 shows on page 131 'Brascamp'. It may refer to a German Braskamp.

In 1905 Gottfried Braskamp, his wife Elisabeth and children Johanna and Elisabeth emigrated from Haltern to the US through Ellis Island. Johanna and Elisabeth are registered in Haltern as daughters of Gottfried Bröskamp and Elisabeth Bröskamp, as born 17-8-1903 and 15-11-1904, respectively. It is likely that Gottfried and Elisabeth are the couple which is registered in the 1930 US Federal Census as Fred Braskamp (born abt 1880 Germany) and Elizabeth (born about 1885 Germany) with children Beryamo (1909 North Dakota), Walter (1915 North Datkota) and Howard (1922 Minnesota), at South St Paul, Dakota, Minnesota.

Other Braskamps from German origin in the US Federal Census records are:
Henry Braskamp (though the written text clearly looks like Braukamp), born Germany 1856, married Lizzie, born Ohio 1859. The couple had three children, born in Ohio, Harry (1885), Walter (1892) and Elsie (1895). US Census 1900 - Cincinnati Ward 23, Hamilton, Ohio.

John T. Braskamp, born about 1881 Germany, married Marie, born about 1882, children John (1913) en Hilda M (1916).
1930 St Louis, St Louis (Independent City) Missouri.
Inspecting the written text it happens to be John T. Boskamp.

Garritt Braskamp, born about 1874 Germany.
1920 East Jordan, Charlevoix, Michigan. The written text looks more like Boarkamp.

Teresa Brascamp (or Broscamp?), white, 58 years old, born Germany, living county Eau Clair, Eau Clair Wisconsin 615.
Census Wisconsin 1920

According to a paper on the history of the "3eme Grenadiers à Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1810-1813" a Braskamp served in the Guard of Napoleon Bonaparte during the campaign of 1812-1813 to Moscow. As described by Paul Dawson¹ this Guard in part originated from the Royal Body Guard of Louis Bonaparte, when King of Holland. After moving to France in 1810, the regiment moved in February/April 1812 from Paris through Metz and Wurzburg to Dresden. The 14th September Napoleon entered Moscow to return at Vilnius 6th December 1812. A Braskamp was among the 12 officers who had disappeared since December 12 and did not return to France. The route from Metz to Dresden is far more south than Lenzen, which is the village on the river Elbe where the German Braskamp-branch originates from a son of Anna Katharina Schilling and a French officer Brascamp. Nevertheless the Braskamp in this Guard may be the founder of the German branch. The relevant part in the above cited paper reads: "In January 1813, the Regiment consisted of 18 officers and 17 men. During the campaign, 6 officers had died (Charles-Jacob-Rudolphe de Quaij, Guilaume-Frederick Boebel, Jean-Etiene Ambos, Jean Thierry Ninebar, Gautier-Henri Paets , Jean-Herman Roskamp), 12 had disappeared since 12 December ( Jean Antoine Roevlink, Jean-Samuel-Ennemond Carteret, Gerard-Henri-Akersloots Van Houten, Louis-Otton-Antoine Bagelaar, Louis-Otton-Antoine Overreith, Abraham Jean Huygens, Jean-Hubert Janssen, Braskamp, Gualtere van der Hoeff, Gerard Bruigom, Francois Goosens, Joseph Troegg), and 4 were resting in the hospital at Vilna. Bernard George Tindal lost an arm to frostbite, which was amputated upon returning to France. The sick and wounded were evacuated from Elbing, and the Regiment was disbanded by an Imperial Decree of 15th February 1813."
The finding of this Braskamp in the Napoleon army triggered a visit to the Dutch National Archives in The Hague to consult the "Militaire stamboeken, naamlijsten, conduite- en pensioenstaten" (Military registers, lists of names, careers and pension), 1795-1813. This resulted in a Willem Hendrik Braskamp, son of Jan Braskamp and Anna Winsen. He started in 10 December 1802 as a gunner (canonnier) in the riding artillery. He came in the 15th Battalion Infantry as a shooter (fuselier) by 25 May 1805 and was incorporated in the sixth regiment of Infantry de Ligne by 22 July 1805. On 10 August of that year he became a corporal and on 1 October 1806 he became a sergeant. Because of overcompleteness he became a corporal again on 16 February 1809 and was degraded to shooter by 19 August 1809, reason not mentioned. After that date no information is available in the National Archives. There may be information in the French Archives in Vincennes on him, but I did not retrieve that as yet. On July 22, 1805 Willem Hendrik enrolled for an indefinite period, but on April 3, 1806 he enrolled for 6 years and six months -to October 3, 1812.		Dutch National Archives, The Hague
This source gives as date of birth of Willem Hendrik 9 December 1777. This is odd, because a Willem Hendrik was born in 1770 and married in 1792. On the other hand, the birth dates of children of Jan Braskamp and Anna Winsser allow a birth on this very 9 December 1777. The birth registrations in Amsterdam, however, simply don't reveal a Willem Hendrik other than the one born in 1770. The most likely hypothesis seems that Willem Hendrik for one reason or another gave not his real birth date to the military, perhaps because with his real age he wouldn't have been allowed to enter. The date he chose is a year in which his parents had no children and the day and month that one of his brothers drowned in the Amsterdam Laurierscanal, where the family lived at that time. As yet there are too many ifs and perhapses to accept Willem Hendrik Braskamp as the founder of the German branch, but if the founder is one of the Amsterdam Braskamps he is the likely candidate. ¹ This paper is no longer available on Internet, but I can send it to you on request.