Naber Lienesch family roots in Westphalia, Ankum; founded
in 977. Tütingen is a small village, belonging to the Ankum County. In the 18th
century the Dutch provinces were relatively rich. The political situation was
stable and this period was a golden age for Holland. The situation in Germany
was totally different. It was not one country but consisted of 50 little kingdoms
from which Prussia and Bavaria were the most powerful.
Every once and a while there was a king, prince or duke who thought he had to expand
his territory and began a war. This affected trade and caused great poverty
among the population. Out of poverty many came to Holland seeking work as mowers
during the harvesting season. After the season they had to go back to Germany
because they were not Dutch citizens. This group of people is called in literature
"Hollandgänger" (Holland travellers). There were 2 ways to obtain citizenship.
The first was to marry a Dutch citizen (as Johann Gerhard Wilhelm did; residing
in Terschelling), the second way was if you had a profession in which there
was a shortage in Holland. Most probably the Caspar Heinrich Naber and Anna
Catharina Lienesch never lived in Holland.
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