|Hans Jürgen Förtmeier 1726 - 9 Feb 1776 (Münchehagen) ***
        |m. Clair Elizabeth Rust
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        |         |Paul Mell        [from Kassel (Cassel)]
        |         |m. Louise Seitz 
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        |              |Catherina Elisabeth Mell .............................................[born 1780]....[DIED 17 Mar 1854]
        ...............|m. Johann Friedrich Förtmeier b. Loccum, Saxony, Germany ..............................07.04.1764-xxxx
                            | 
                            |Marie Luise Förtmeier..................................[born Dec 17]....................1799-xxxx
                            |m. Friedrich Wilhelm Möller............................[married Dec 29 1826]............1806-xxxx 
                            |
                            |Dietrich Friedrich Wilhelm Förtmeier b.Loccum, Saxony, Germany .........................1798-1861
                            |m. Ilsa Dorothea Georges b. Negenborn, Germany ......................[emigrated 1861]...1800-1864
                                 |
                                 |Louis Charles Foertmeyer b. Bohnhorst, Niedersachsen, Germany ..[emigrated 1861]...1849-1914
                                 |m. Marie Sophia Mente b. Ehmen Prussia, Germany ................[emigrated 1869]...1845-1925
                                      |
                                      |Charles George Foertmeyer MD b. Cincinnati, Ohio .............................1871-1947
                                      |m. Blanche Cole b. Brazil, Indiana ...........................................1875-1965
                                           |
                                           |Charles Henry Foertmeyer MD b. Cincinnati, Ohio .........................1917-2011
                                           |m. Virginia Louise Driskell b. Owensboro, Kentucky ......................1921-2002
                                                |
                                                |Charles Henry Foertmeyer III b. Cincinnati, Ohio ...................1949-____
                                                |m. Judy Carole Wallace Kilmer b. Cincinnati, Ohio ..................1948-____
                                                    |
                                                    |Jennifer Marie Foertmeyer Mandeville b. Cincinnati, Ohio .......1980-____
                                                    |m. Geoffrey Hamilton Mandeville b.______________________ .......1974-____
                                                        |
                                                        |Jocelyn "Josie" Mandeville b. Cincinnati, Ohio .............2010-____
                                                        |Rhys Jameson Mandeville b. Cincinnati, Ohio ................2012-____
                                                        |Remy Charles Mandeville b. Cincinnati, Ohio ................2016-____

*** Hans Jürgen Förtmeier from Loccum had 6 children I have taken from the church book in Loccum. 

The children were:

1. Johann Heinrich Förtmeier * 29.04.1760 in Loccum

2. Johann Friederich Förtmeier * 23.10.1761 in Loccum, + 1763

3. Johann Friederich Förtmeier * 07.04.1764 in Loccum (the master tailor, your direct ancestor)

4. Johann Heinrich Förtmeier * 17.08.1765 in Münchehagen

5. Johann Heinrich Förtmeier * 1766 in Loccum, + 1767 in Loccum 

6. Clara Maria Luise Förtmeier * 16. January 1772 in Loccum, single, + 15.10.1803

The repitition in names came from the death of a child and the next child born taking the first one's name.



From Manfred Raker's research we know:

1726 Hans Jürgen Förtmeier is born. The father is not indicated. I could prove 7 children.
The 4th child, Johann Friederich Förtmeier was born on 07.04.1764. He was a tailor and
was later also called a master tailor.

On 21.02.1798 Diederich Friedrich Wilhelm, the later school teacher and ancestor of the
American Förtmeiers, is born. He was followed by 2 more children, who died at the age of 4
and 2 years. Diederich was confirmed in Loccum in 1812.