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My great-great grandfather David was known as the Shepherd Kaÿnow. The spelling of the family name Kaÿnow changes to Kainow and then to Kienow in the Roggow records. Animals were important to the villagers. They provided food, wool for clothing and skins for leather. Other villagers would call on him much like farmers today would call on a Veterinarian. The Shepherd was a highly respected member of the village. The church records of Roggow show us that he was living in the Meesow area in the 1780’s. The death record for his wife Anna Sophia in 1795 as well as the death record for David in 1810 provide some of the early information about our family.
My great grandfather Gottlieb was a small farmer in Meesow. The marriage record for Gottlieb and Anna Maria Buss is found in the Roggow church records. They had ten children.
My grandfather Ludwig was the youngest of the 10 children of Gottlieb and Anna Kienow. My dad and my Grandma “Minnie” Kienow used to tell me stories about my Grandpa Ludwig Kienow. He died before I was born from tuberculosis at age 54. I wish that I could have known him personally. It seems he was very popular and well liked by everyone. He was often asked to be a godfather to children of relatives and friends.
Ludwig’s birth record and marriage record are found in the Roggow church records.
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Last modified on 2006/8/22 by skenow
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