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Claus Nieuwejaar (1752-1829), the patriarch of the Norwegian Nieuwejaar family, immigrated from Mecklenburg in North-East Germany. A Dutchman - Martin Nieuwjaar, who has in vain tried to establish a connection between his family and the Norwegian one, has provided us with most of the information we possess. From an archive in Wustrow, Mecklenburg he received the following info: Hinrich Niejahr, married 9.10.1716, had a son Carl Jochim Hinrich Niejahr, bapt. 23.4.1718, mar. 1743, C.J.H. had 4 daughters and 2 sons: Hinrich and Claus (bapt. 1755). And this Claus Niejahr turned up in Bergen, via Denmark, as Claus Nieuwejaar.
Astri Nieuwejaar
Martin N. refer to Domarchiv Ratzeburg, Mecklenburgische
Kirchenburch-Abteilung, Postfach 1255, D-23902 Ratzeburg, Germany for
investigations there.
There he found Hinrich Niejahr married to Catharina Elisabeth Witte on
9.10.1716.
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