This is a Work in progress. Corrections and additions are welcome. This page contains the tree of my husband, the Meentzen family of Bremen, Germany. There tree has been professionally assembled and dates to the 1400's. I have a hard bound copy of the book ANHINLISTE MEENTZEN. The real work is taking place on Bowles,Strickling,Baker,Burr;Tucker,Backenstoe, VanAken, McMillen; as well as Whitacre ,Winland,Bigley,Timmons ,Triplett and Gilham. Many of my ancestors have been in America since the 1660's. The newest additions to this country are the Bowles's who arrived in 1855 from England, and of course the Meentzen line in 1980. I would like to hear from others researching these lines and as of May 2005 we will have results posted on the Bowles DNA project through Family Tree DNA.

• Bowles of Ohio & Meentzen of Bremen (236 KB)
  This tree

• The Strickling Brothers (233 KB)
  The Strickling Brothers,,Sons of Benjamin Franklin and Louisa Smith Strickling. Believed to be Alexander, Joshua, John, Charles and James. Picture Courtesy of Vicki Flory.
• One of the Meentzen EAL freighters (915 KB)
  THE CARL MEENTZEN. Europa Afrika Lines owned by Carl Meentzen and Co., Bremen Germany, Ships which transported goods along the European coast.
• Ida Emma & Clara Belle Strickling (128 KB)
  Ida Strickling m:Oscar Deever and Clara Strickling m;Harley Deever. Taken before marriage. Picture courtesy of Vicki Flory.
• Children of Kaufmann &Hemken line.Sillhouette 1810 (505 KB)
  Meentzen ancestors. Done abt 1810
• Irena Strickling (88 KB)
  Irena A. Strickling b:23 AUG 1888 ,MonroeCo. Ohio. Married name Oyster,children Harold,Carl, Dale. Photo courtesy of Vicki Flory and Rescued Ancestors.
• Meentzen Family Crest (129 KB)
  Meentzen Family Crest
• WWII photo of Robert H. Bowles (33 KB)
  Robert H. Bowles at age 19 , my father. Son of Vera Mae Strickling and Harley E.Bowles. He served his country with pride, a survivor of battles in war and in life.
• RINCK at Nueremburg Museum (1127 KB)
  This triptycon of the ancestors Rinck hung in the museum of Nueremburg, Germany
• Robert Heston Bowles (29 KB)
  Robert Heston Bowles 1929-2001
• Marriage liscense of Pleasant Burr (1059 KB)
  Marriage certificate of Pleasant Ann Burr and William P.Watson
• Tucker Children (592 KB)
  L.-R. Ruth, Ted ,Marie and my maternal grandfather Frend Donald Tucker taken ABT 1925
• Gerhard Meentzen & Anna Ahlers (173 KB)
  Gerhard Meentzen with three of his children and wife Anna.
• Charles & Luella May Backensto Tucker (633 KB)
  My GGrandparents Luella and Charles Tucker . Resided in Richland Countie, Ohio. Small picture of two Backensto sisters.
• Meentzen Home in Steimbke, Germany (1385 KB)
  Meentzen Home in Steimbke Germany
• WARBRIDE circa 1990 , Randee Robbins (22 KB)
  One of the bands I sang for upon arriving in Los Angeles in 1990 under the stage name, Randee Robbins. A short lived Gothic Metal Band, with many lineup changes.Unfotunately,everything youve ever heard about "girl bands" was true of this one.A part of my history. I am in the center.
• Theodore Stedding (1808 KB)
  Theodore Stedding .Meentzen Ancestor. 1582-1653.
• Nellie Luella Tucker Bowles (680 KB)
  Mother at age 22 with 3 of us

Randi Bowles- Meentzen
meetzen@sbcglobal.net

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