Birth: 12 Mar 1753 Leppin, Marnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
Baptism: 13 Mar 1753 Marnitz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
Confirmation: 1768 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
Death: between 1808 and 1824
Religion: Lutheran
Father: Johann Christian Gerlof (✝︎1762 Mentin, Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
Mother: Anna Wilcke (✝︎1786 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
Married Magdalena Dorothea Koencken (~1760 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ✝︎1806 ⊙)
15 Nov 1782 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
Children:
1. Eleonora Dorothea Gerloff (~1783 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
2. Anna Maria Gerloff (~1785 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
3. Christina Louisa Gerloff (*1787 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
4. Lena Gerloff (*1789 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
5. Anna Trin Dorothea Gerloff (*1793 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ✝︎1797 ⊙)
6. Helene Sophie Gerloff (*1796 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ✝︎1847 Großenheidorn, Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany)
7. Dorothea Elisabeth Gerloff (*1800 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ✝︎1873 Stresendorf, Herzfeld, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
8. Jochen Hinrich Gerloff (*1803 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ✝︎1804 ⊙)
Notes: Their wedding sermon text was Phil. 4:8 “Weiter, liebe Brüder, was wahrhaftig ist, was ehrbar, was gerecht, was keusch, was lieblich, was wohllautet, ist etwa eine Tugend, ist etwa ein Lob, dem denket nach!” (“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”)
A beer dealer named H. Gerloff is listed in Berlin at Holzgartenstraße 3 in 1812. A widow Gerloff, likely his widow, is listed at Holzgartenstraße 2 in 1818/1819. A bookkeeper named Johann Heinrich Gerloff, husband of Rosine Wilhelmine geb. Weber, died 22 Mar 1814 at Holzgartenstraße Nr. 2, leaving behind a widow and one adult daughter. He was buried 27 Mar 1814, death registered in the Friedrichswerderkirche. But this couple was married on 9 Sep 1792, as noted in the Friedrichswerderkirche records, which means they are not a match.
Taufpaten: 1. der Amtmann Herr Valentin Hinrich Vizerhausen[?], 2 der Weber Koch, 3. Maria Lencke
Sources: MARNITZ(*1753/Mar12), SUCKOW(Y1768#9), SUCKOW(⚭1782#5), SUCKOW(⚭1808#4 (daughter Lena Gerloff)), BERN(⚭1824#51 (daughter Helene Sophie Gerloff)), AB795(Item: D, Page: 5), BERAB(Year: 1812, Page: 128, Section: C, Volume: 7), BERAB(Year: 1818/1819, Page: 8, Section: 2), BERFW(⚭1792p267), BERFW(⚰︎1814#54)
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Last changed: 30 Aug 2025