Buchholz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire Emigration and Immigration

Following are some emigration details for the parish Buchholz (Schwaan). The parish consists of the villages Ziesendorf, Nienhusen, Fahrenholz, Großbölkow, Wahrstorf, Hucksdorf, Brookhusen, Benitz and Buchholz itself.

Benitz Between 1850 and 1880 approx. 22 people emigrated. The family names are: Schmidt, Godemann, Scharf, Jaeger, Ziems, Beckmann, Friedrichs, Pless, Karsten, Edler and Cordes. Brookhusen The number of emigrants is uncertain. The family names are: Stoll, Völkner, Pless, Wittenberg, Karnatz. Buchholz Between 1850 and 1880 approx. 370 people emigrated, in the 1850s = 137 persons, in the 1860s = 233, in the 1870s and 1880s just a few. The family names are: Bannier, Behrens, Schwanbeck, Barten, Stoll, Benik, Roth, Willert, Thilke, Wehland, Hildebrandt, Ladewig, Vorbeck, Hucksdorf, Vohls, Bünger, Neetz and Wier. Fahrenholz Between 1853 and 1880 approx. 90 perople emigrated. The family names are: Severin, Brandt, Kaeding, Frohbeck, Armending, Karsten, Oldag, Bünger, Rehfeldt, Behrens and Ziems. Groß Bölkow Between 1850 and 1880 approx. 42 people emigrated. The family names are: Brandt, Biemann, Boldt, Völker, Fust, Stoll, Heinrich, Köpke, Hintze, Schuhmacher, Harder, Papenhagen. Hucksdorf 15 people emigrated in the 1860s. Their family names are: Stoll, Beese, Warbelau and Benning Nienhusen The carpenter Johann J.P. Wollenberg emigrated in 1872. Pölchow Between 1850 and 1880 approx. 32 persons emigrated. Their family names are: Kossow, Kracht, Husholler, Lübow, Jürgens, Benning, Schröder, Wiermeyer, Köhlhagen, Eggert, Gärber, Höewedt, Pimoco, Peters, Behrens, Bermit, Woittenberg, Krull. Warstorf Between 1850 and 1880 approx. 58 persons emigrated. Their names are: Kernappel, Priess, Laesch, Knopp, Bielfeldt, Dahlmann, Lüthens, Lang, Harms, Qualmann, Haase, Wittenberg, Boldt. Ziesendorf Between 1850 and 1880 approx. 53 persons emigrated. The family names are: Bade, Barten, Plagemann, Kempcke, Mau, Schtür, Metzner, Lageburch, Vick, Schmidt, Koepcke, Christen, Kelling, Fien, Dankert, Lehmkohl, Ples, Niekrenz, Bramur, Geitmann, Gallenberg, Hintze, Scheeld, Schwanbeer, Krohn, Rohde.

Source: Suleiman, Ali. Über die Auswanderung aus dem ländlichen Raum in Mecklenburg im vorigen Jahrhundert.