{"id":15,"date":"2026-10-08T22:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-10-08T22:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:58:36","slug":"wester-45-ochtrup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Wester 45: The Ochtrup Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The household in the records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The St. Lambertus register records Bernhard of the Wester 45 household, born May 27, 1820, and baptized May 29. The parents\u2019 names are read as Johan Bern. Roling and Cath. Elisab. P\u00f6lker\/P\u00f6lcker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1833 burial entry identifies Elis. Roling, born P\u00f6lker, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What remains uncertain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The household is documented; its connection to Quincy Bernard is probable, not proved.<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The local compiled database expands the mother\u2019s name to Anna Maria Elisabetha P\u00f6lcker. The baptism\u2019s reading is Cath. Elisab. P\u00f6lker\/P\u00f6lcker. Those forms remain separately attributed because the difference has not been resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This page does not identify the historical house number with a present-day building or claim a modern property location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Places in the story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These reference locator maps show places found in this branch\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ochtrup, Germany<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Candidate connection to Quincy Bernard, not proved<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Locator<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ochtrup is highlighted within the Steinfurt district. This locator map does not identify the historical Wester 45 house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Map by TUBS; file revisions by WiebkeCBo<\/a> \u00b7 CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>. Image unchanged; displayed at reduced size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore Ochtrup, Germany on OpenStreetMap<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Photographs and documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources and confidence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sources and how to read them<\/a> explains how records, recollections and unresolved questions are presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROL-S03: St. Lambertus, Ochtrup, 1820 baptism, linked register image 61. Documents Bernhard\u2019s birth, baptism, household, and parents.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROL-S05: St. Lambertus 1833 burial register, linked image 33. Elis. Roling, born P\u00f6lker; reported age 52; Wester 45.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROL-S06: St. Lambertus 1842 burial register, linked image 56. Joh. Bern. Roling, born Kuhlmann; reported age 66; Wester 45.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compiled Bernhard Roling\u2013H\u00f6ffer family sheet<\/a>, retained as a comparison source. The version described in the recovered research conflated two H\u00f6ffer sisters; the bride\u2019s identity was corrected against original parish records. This sheet is not used here to support the Wester 45 parents\u2019 expanded names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Which record will connect Quincy Bernard to this household? Can the parents\u2019 own birth and marriage records be securely identified? Can the mother\u2019s differing given-name forms be explained?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to the Roling family branch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}