Wester 45 is a historical house number in the Ochtrup parish records. It helps bring together the household of the German Bernhard who is the leading candidate for Quincy Bernard Roling.
The household in the records
The St. Lambertus register records Bernhard of the Wester 45 household, born May 27, 1820, and baptized May 29. The parents’ names are read as Johan Bern. Roling and Cath. Elisab. Pölker/Pölcker.
Related records identify the father as Roling, born Kuhlmann. In this household, Roling was used as a farm or house name. The names should be preserved as they appear in each record rather than forced into a single modern spelling.
The 1833 burial entry identifies Elis. Roling, born Pölker, at Wester 45, aged 52. The 1842 burial entry identifies Joh. Bern. Roling, born Kuhlmann, at Wester 45, aged 66. These are reported ages in the burial records, not exact birth dates.
What remains uncertain
The household is documented; its connection to Quincy Bernard is probable, not proved. The house number and related entries help identify the German family, but do not by themselves show that the German Bernhard and Quincy Bernard were the same person.
The local compiled database expands the mother’s name to Anna Maria Elisabetha Pölcker. The baptism’s reading is Cath. Elisab. Pölker/Pölcker. Those forms remain separately attributed because the difference has not been resolved.
This page does not identify the historical house number with a present-day building or claim a modern property location.
Places in the story
These reference locator maps show places found in this branch’s records and research. They do not identify a family home or establish the route anyone traveled. Boundaries shown are not evidence of historical property ownership.
Ochtrup, Germany
Candidate connection to Quincy Bernard, not proved
St. Lambertus records document Bernhard and the Wester 45 household in Ochtrup. The proposed connection to Bernard Roling of Quincy remains probable, not proved. This locator map does not locate the historical Wester 45 house.
Ochtrup is highlighted within the Steinfurt district. This locator map does not identify the historical Wester 45 house.
Map by TUBS; file revisions by WiebkeCBo · CC BY-SA 3.0. Image unchanged; displayed at reduced size.
Photographs and documents
People’s stories can be linked to photographs and documents, with names, dates when known, captions, and the source of each item. Uncertain identifications will be labeled clearly.
Sources and confidence
Sources and how to read them explains how records, recollections and unresolved questions are presented.
The names above follow the recovered register readings. Expanded names and estimated birth years from compiled family trees should be checked against the original entries.
Compiled Bernhard Roling–Höffer family sheet, retained as a comparison source. The version described in the recovered research conflated two Höffer sisters; the bride’s identity was corrected against original parish records. This sheet is not used here to support the Wester 45 parents’ expanded names.
Research questions
Which record will connect Quincy Bernard to this household? Can the parents’ own birth and marriage records be securely identified? Can the mother’s differing given-name forms be explained?
Any future map or house photograph needs its own evidence linking it to the historical Wester 45. A matching modern number alone would not establish that connection.