Maria (Münchhausen) Funk (abt. 1786 - 1843)

Born about 1786 in Schwarme, Hannover, Heiliges Römisches Reich [uncertain]

Wife of Johann Karl Friedrich Funk — married 14 Apr 1815 in Bremen, Deutscher Bund

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1843 at about age 57 in Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Preußen, Deutscher Bund

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Biography

Birth

Maria Münchhausen is born about 1786 in Schwarme as the daughter of Heinrich Münchhausen and Adelheid Zurmühlen. Maria was living in Thedinghausen by 1815.

Marriage

After having their first child, Johann Karl Friedrich announces his intention to marry Maria Münchhausen at St. Pauli in Bremen on April 9, 1815. They then marry in a few days on April 14..^[1]Maria already had at least 1 daughter, Anna Münchhausen in 1811. Together, they have at least another 4 children:

1. Catharina Margaretha Dorothea Funk (1815-?)
2. Wilhelmine Marie Funck (1823-?)
3. Georg Johann Funk (1826-1910)
4. Christiane Albertine Funk (1827-?)

Death

Marie dies in 1843 and is buried in Neuruppin. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ortsfamilienbuch Bremen und Vegesack (2015). Genealogy.net. Die Maus. Marriage Record. Genealogy.net. Die Maus.

   Marriage Record in English

   On April 12th, 1815 appeared the soldier in the local battalion ............Carl Friederich Funcke, 25 years old, .......des weyland .....to Poltzow Joachim Funcke and weyland Regina Haak. Their death and the death of their grandparents were insured by the fiancés, and Beke Maria Münchhausen here 28 years old, daughter of late worker Hinrich Münchhausen zu Scharmbeck, .......zu Schwarme and late Adelheid Zurmühlen previously living in Thedinghausen, whose death were insured. Their engagement on April 9th ​​at the town hall and on April 9th ​​at the St. Pauli Church.............properly proclaimed for the first and second time and against which no objection was made. Done in the presence of Friederich Schroeder, 32 years old, ..... and Hinrich Helmken, 49 years old, .....

   Marriage Record in German

   Den 12ten April 1815 erschien der Soldat im hiesigen Bataillon ............Carl Friederich Funcke, 25 Jahr alt, .......des weyland .....zu Poltzow Joachim Funcke und weyland Regina Haak. Deren Ableben sowie das Ableben der Großeltern durch die Verlobten versichert wurden, und Beke Maria Münchhausen hierselbst 28 Jahr alt, Tochter von weyland Arbeitsmann Hinrich Münchhausen zu Scharmbeck, .......zu Schwarme und weyland Adelheid Zurmühlen wohnhaft zuvor zuThedinghausen, deren Ableben versichert wurden. Deren Verlöbnis am 9 April am Rathause und am 9 April an der St. Pauli Kirche .............zum ersten und zweiyten Mal gehörig proclamiert und gegen welche keine Einsage geschehen ist. Geschehen in Gegenwart Friederich Schroeder, 32 Jahr alt, ..... und Hinrich Helmken 49 Jahr alt, ......

2. ↑ "Deutschland, Preußen, Brandenburg und Posen, Kirchenbuchduplikate, 1794-1874," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3ZY-63T : 17 February 2021), Marie Münchhausen, 6 Feb 1843; citing Death, Neu Ruppin, Ruppin, Brandenburg, Preußen, p. , Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (Brandenburg State Archives), Potsdam; FHL microfilm 1,334,659.