Tetje Eiken (Ukena) Redenius (1819)

Born 1819 in Walle, Aurich, Hannover, Deutscher Bund [uncertain]

Wife of Meinert Albert Jansen Redenius — married 4 Jul 1840 in Walle, Aurich, Hannover, Deutscher Bund

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Schwer, Iroquois Co, IL

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ukena Name Study.

Tetje Eiken Ukena was born in 1819, daughter of Eike Fooken Ukena (1793–1870) and Antje Peters Heyen (1787–1862).

Tetje married Meinerts Jansen Redenius (born about 1818; son of Johann Alberts Redenius and Gretje (Meinerts) Redenius).^[1]

Their known children were:

• Eike Foken Meinerts Redenius (1842–1925)
• Johann Alberts Redenius (1844–1924)
• Antje Greetje Redenius (1847–1879)
• Gretje Meinert Redenius (1850– )
• Peter Meiners Redenius (1852–1945)
• Albert Meinerts Redenius (1855–1950)
• Focke Johann Buechser Redenius (1858–1859)
• George Redenius (1866–1945)

Many of Tetje's children immigrated to the United States. After her husband's death, she immigrated to the United States along with her youngest son, George, arriving October 31, 1881 and settled in Illinois near her children.^[2][3]

Tetje died in Schwer, Iroquois Co, IL.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
   Germany - Projects Without Contracts; Author: Evangelische Kirche Aurich (Kr. Aurich); Reference Number: 191/1
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 61229 #912412871 ($, accessed 22 November 2023)
   Tätje Eiken Ukena (21) marriage to Meinert Alberts on 4 Jul 1840 in Hannover, Deutschland (Germany).
2. ↑ Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"
   Place: Illinois; Year: 1888; Page Number: 33
   Ancestry Record 7486 #1113899 ($, accessed 22 November 2023)
   Name: Tedje Eike Fokke Redenius; Age: 68; Birth Year: abt 1820; Arrival Year: 1888; Arrival Place: Illinois; Primary Immigrant: Redenius, Tedje Eike Fokke; Source Publication Code: 727.10; Annotation: Where Did They Stay?East Frisians in AmericaVolume 1. Date and port of arrival or date and place of death or other mention in the New World. Other genealogical and historical information is also provided.; Source Bibliography: BOYKEN, HANS-GEORG. Wo Sind Sie Geblieben?Ostfriesesn in AmerikaVolume 1. Bancroft, IA: Boyken & Boyken Partners, Historical Publishing, 1998. 269p.;
   Household Members (Name):
   Tedje Eike Fokke Redenius.
3. ↑ Passenger List: "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957"
   The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at and Departing from Ogdensburg, New York, 5/27/1948 - 11/28/1972; Microfilm Serial or NAID: M237, 1820-1897
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 7488 #11687148 ($, accessed 22 November 2023)
   Name: Tedge Ukena; Gender: Female; Ethnicity/ Nationality: German; Age: 61; Birth Date: abt 1820; Place of Origin: Germany; Departure Port: Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England; Destination: USA; Arrival Date: 31 Oct 1881; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Ship Name: Oder.