Knagge Family Archive · Est. 1600
Familie Knagge
A Family History
From Wildeshausen to Java, Australia, Finland and beyond
1600 to today
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400+
Years of History
165
Documented Persons
103
Archived Documents
7
Family Branches
The Archive
Knagge
Family Archive
Family Archive
A curated collection of documents, stories, and historical materials tracing the journey of the Knagge family across generations and countries.
This project preserves family memory and provides a shared reference for future generations.
Document Register
103 scanned original documents — birth and death certificates, testimonials, wills.
Family Tree
165 documented persons across seven family branches spanning four centuries.
Stories & Podcasts
Narrative accounts of family life and travels — publicly accessible.
Timeline — Selected
All 176 entries →1629
Wilke Knagge
First archival mention of the family patriarch as a farmer in Garthe, Lower Saxony
1807
J.J.L. Knagge
Birth of Johann Joseph Lambert Knagge in Wildeshausen — merchant, world traveller, builder of Villa Knagge
1838
J.J.L. Knagge
Journey to Java — trade in sugar and hides in Batavia and Semarang
1852
Villa Knagge
Construction of Villa Knagge in Wildeshausen — the family’s heart for a century
1887
Adolph Knagge
Emigration to Australia — married in Sydney, ten children, died 1911
Family Branches
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Core Line
Wildeshausen · Munich · Starnberg
Roots from 1629 in Garthe, Lower Saxony
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Australian Branch
New South Wales
Adolph Knagge, emigrated 1887; ten children
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Finnish-Alaskan Branch
Fagervik · Kodiak · Kenai
Johann Niclas Knagge to Finland 1745; Iakov to Alaska ~1820
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Weltmann
Essen-Steele · Bremen
Bertha Knagge oo Heinrich Weltmann — 13 children
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Einbeck / Bandau
Berlin · Gransee · Burg
Maternal line of Meta née Einbeck
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Coppenrath / de Witt
Münster · Netherlands
Connected through marriage in the 17th–19th century
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