Anna Catharina Boeckers 1757-1829

My 4th paternal Great Grandmother, Anna Catharina Boeckers was baptized 15 Jun 1757 in Düsseldorf-Heerdt and died 20 March 1829 in Düsseldorf-Lörick. Her parents were Wilhelm Boeckers and Christine Muellers.

An old postcard of the St. Benediktus Catholic Church In Heerdt.

Anna got married in the same church 20 August 1782 to my 4th Great Grandfather, Heinrich Goetzen (1747-1820).

She and Heinrich had 6 children, all baptized in Heerdt.

• 1. Joannes Petrus Wilhelmus, my 3rd Great Grandfather, born 1783 in Heerdt, died 1816 in Lörick. He was married to my 3rd Great Grandmother, Helen Catharina Muehlensieb. They had 3 children.
• 2. Maria Magdalena, born 1785
• 3. Wilhem Balthasar born 1788, got married 25 October 1825 in Eckamp to Maria Margaretha Hamacher. They had 7 children.
• 4. Maria Christina born 1791, got married 21 January 1826 in Neuß to Johann Mathias Fleur
• 5. Johannes Henricus born 1794
• 6. Michael Anton born 1802

Anna died 20 March 1829 in Oberlörick which is not far from Heerdt. In the church book entrance it was written that she had been a widow.

I have three primary sources for Anna, her birth/baptism, her marriage and her death entries in the church book. My goal is to have these type of sources for all my direct ancestors, even though it’s not always possible. For her parents so far I only have the marriage record in the church book. I do have all the baptism entries for her children.

You might ask what is a primary record? Primary records are original records like the excerpt from a church book, or a copy of a birth certificate. Secondary records you can for example look up on the Family Search Website. A secondary source for Anna’s marriage:

Name	Anna Catharina Boeckers
Gender	Female
Marriage Date	20 Aug 1782
Marriage Place	Katholisch, Heerdt, Rheinland, Prussia
Father	Wilhelmi Boeckers
Mother	Christinae Muellers
Spouse	Henricus Goetzen
FHL Film Number	174320

This information was taken from the church book and entered into a database, that’s a secondary source versa a copy of the original entry.

The original entry tells me that her parents were from Lörick as well as the name of the witnesses who were Petrus Goetzen and Joannes Schillings. Always try to obtain a primary source whenever possible and make a note of where you found it.

Anna lived in Heerdt and died in Lörick which is only a couple of miles away.

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