The DONELDEY Family
LOCATION:
Bremen
| Albero Doneldey was a Bremen Ratsherr from
1331-84, and Bürgermeister by 1365. He was no doubt descended from another
Albero Doneldey, who was a Bremen Ratsherr in 1233 and part of a large
prominent Doneldey family. The latter Albero had at least 5 children,
including Mechtild, who married Berend MERCKE gen. SCHARHAAR.
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Albero
First Generation
1. Albero DONELDEY . 1
Resided in Bremen. (Ancestor = Albero Doneldey, Bremen Ratsherr in 1233)
1331-84 Ratsherr, Bremen (St. Martini). Bürgermeister 1365 at the latest.
Children:
2 i. Mechtild??
3
ii. Arnold (~1345-?1397)
4 iii. Gerd
5 iv. Hinrik? (-<1384)
6 v.
Sifrid?
Second Generation
2. Mechtild?? Doneldey. 1
(1367?) 2
Mechtild?? married Berend MERCKE
gen. SCHARHAAR 2,1
, son of Diederich MERCKE. Born abt 1345. 2
Berend died on 30 Aug 1430; he was 85.
1367 elected Geschworener in Liebfrauen
1371-1409, Ratsherr
1396
co-donor of the altar of the holy trinity and the holy Leichnam in Liebfrauen
(with Arend Voller, Hinrik van de Trupe, and Hinrik van Haßbargen) in honor of
Johann van Haßbargen and his wife Tibbe -- the patron's rights granted to the
four families for 100 years.
1399, Bürgermeister
Their child:
3. Arnold DONELDEY. 2
Born abt 1345. Arnold died ? 1397; he was 52.
1367 Geschworener in St. Martini
1384 guardian of brother Hinrik's 2
children
1387 Vorsteher of the St. Jürgenhospital
Bremen Rat 1378-90
Arnold married Gese 2
. Gese died ? 1408.
4. Gerd DONELDEY. 2
1347? Gerd married Gese 1
. Bremen citizen 1347
5. Hinrik? DONELDEY. 2
Hinrik? died bef 1384. (1360-72) Hinrik? married Alheyd 2
. (1367) They had the following children:
8 i. Richard
9 ii. Margarete
6. Sifrid? DONELDEY. 2
Brother Hinrik's chidren, Richard and Margarete, named as his heirs.
Third Generation
7. Diederich SCHARHAAR. 1
Diederich died on 1 May 1464 (or May 1, 1474? 2
). Resided in Bremen. 1415-27 and 33-61, Ratsherr, Bürgermeister 1424.
Children:
8. Richard DONELDEY. 2
1384, uncle (Oheim) Arnold guardian of Richard and sister Margarete;
Johann Hemeling the elder = responsible for property. Both were heirs of another
Oheim, Sifrid, also in 1384? Bremen Rat (St. Ansgari) 1384-97
9. Margarete DONELDEY. 2
1384 (see above)
Sources
1. Deutsche Geschlechterbuch, Vo. 59, pp 585ff.
2. Lübcke,
Erich. "Der Bremer Rat von 1225-1433.." in Der Zeitschrift für
Niedersächsische Familienkunde, XVII.
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