Updated from a family letter · 3 October 2026
Direct ancestors and collateral branches identified so far for Martin Schütt. Click a name for details, confidence level and sources.
Relationships are shown relative to Martin Schütt. “Moster” is the family’s name for Ingeborg Schütt. Source descriptions are translated; linked original records remain in their original languages.
Research update, 29 September: a new, unresolved US lead is listed under “Open questions”. Unconfirmed individuals have not been added to the family tree.
Christian’s origins in Haderslev, his mother Ingeborg, marriages and new collateral branches have been added. The letter also names seven first cousins and the branch descending from Ingeborg and Uwe in South Africa.
The source is a preliminary letter from Nina to Moster, not a completed exchange of questions and answers. Nina asks for confirmation and corrections in several places. All additions cite the letter, and unanswered questions are collected under “Open questions”.
19 new person / placeholder entries have been added. Unknown surnames, incomplete years and conflicting name forms have not been filled in with guesses.
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The upper section shows direct ancestors. The collateral branches below include siblings and first, second and third cousins. Unknown links are explicitly marked.
Immediate family, seven first cousins, the Moster–Jepsen branch and the previously identified Danish, German and Norwegian collateral branches. Additions from the letter are separately sourced.
New information is not the same as new archival evidence. The letter’s questions, differences in names and earlier research leads remain visible here.
New family clues: Haderslev and his mother’s first name, Ingeborg. His father’s name is missing; he is described as both a postmaster and a stationmaster. What were his parents’ full names, birth surnames and dates? When was Christian born, and where is his birth or baptism record? These details have not yet been verified in archival records.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 3. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter gives a precise date and refers to “the old Danish church in Flensburg”. Which church and register does this mean? The marriage entry itself, and any civil marriage, have not been checked. The date is a new research clue, not archival evidence already found.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 3. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter gives 4 August 1896 and the death year 1994, but uses only Erna. Is Paula Erna Bartelmann the correct full name, and what was her exact date of death? Original birth and marriage records are still missing. The letter alone does not establish that she is the person previously found as a candidate in the registers.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, pp. 3, 5–6. Family information / unanswered question.
What were their full names, birth details and places of residence? Heini is described as an unmarried merchant, but the letter does not say he had no children. Mische/Mishe is described as a pianist whose marriage was childless. Her husband is described as a German resistance member; his identity, the date and the sequence of events must be researched before the story can be treated as documented.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, pp. 3–4. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter names Uwe Jepsen and Vivien, born in 1957, and mentions a move in 1956 to “Bartel East”. What was the correct place, when did Ingeborg and Uwe marry, and what is Vivien’s full name? Does Vivien have children or later descendants? According to the relationships in the letter, any children of hers would be Martin’s second cousins; no such children have been added without a name or source. The letter also asks Moster to share more about her life in South Africa.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 6. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter uses Ingeborg Franziska and Ebba Anne Marie and explicitly asks whether these names are correct. The earlier source form Ebba Annemarie has been retained. Claims about Danish citizenship through marriage and the children’s later applications remain unanswered family information, not established legal conclusions. What do the original documents show?
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, pp. 3–4. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter says they “had only one child – Trudel”. The earlier family account also names Friedrich “Fidi” and his six children in the US. Does “one child” refer to the period before their return in 1920, or do the accounts conflict? The letter does not settle this. Fidi remains in the tree with the source discrepancy noted; the Worcester family in the US is still an unconfirmed candidate and is not linked into the tree.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 2. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter describes Siberia, Omsk and a return in 1920, but Nina herself asks whether “Omsk in Ukraine” is correct. The earlier family account mentions Ukraine. Which places and dates are actually involved? The letter also asks whether Fritz lived with Selma throughout his life and what he was like as a person. These questions remain unanswered.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 2. Family information / unanswered question.
New letter: Anne Marie (Anni). Earlier family account: Anna Minna. Which name is correct? What was her paternal aunt Gusti/Guste’s full name, and when was Anni brought up by her? Did this happen when her parents divorced? The letter also asks for Anni’s date of birth; the earlier date of 4 March 1901 has been retained, but is not confirmed by this letter.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, pp. 2–3. Family information / unanswered question.
“Rensburg bank”, “Friser strasse??”, “Sindorfer Strand” and “Bartel East” appear as written in the letter. It also uses Timmendorfer Strand later in the same paragraph. These names have been preserved rather than replaced with guesses. Which institutions and addresses do they refer to? Erna’s grocery shop in particular may provide a specific lead in a city directory.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, pp. 3, 6. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter spells the surname Eckhart, asks for her first name and describes her uncle as someone who worked at a monastery. The earlier family account gives Franziska Eckart and says her uncle was a monk. What do the original sources show? The dates relating to Hamburg, Lübeck and Flensburg and her final place of residence are unresolved. The question of where she lived after Erna’s marriage remains open.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, pp. 1–3. Family information / unanswered question.
Nina writes that this suitor was a composer, wrote many letters to Old Oma and later went to America. Moster was said still to have the letters when Nina wrote. What was his correct name, when were the letters written, and who has the originals now? He has not been added as a relative, and his biography has not been verified.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 2. Family information / unanswered question.
When and where did the parents of Fritz, Auguste, Erna and Anni divorce? What was Louise’s full name, and where did she marry their father? The letter says they had no children together, but provides no documentation. The question about the children’s relationship with their stepmother is also unanswered. Louise in Rendsburg must still be treated as a candidate, not a confirmed spouse.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 2. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter uses “bank director” for the war years. The earlier bank history cited in the tree gives 1951–1970 as his period as director. What was his correct title at each point? The claim that he was made a “Knight of Danebro” for tending Danish war graves needs an honours record or another original source. His year of death is also left open in the letter.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 5. Family information / unanswered question.
Ingeborg and Ebba are said to have spent six weeks at a manor house in the summer of 1942 or 1943 and attended church in Randers. Who was “Chamberlain Joker”, and which estate was it? Nina asks how Karen Blixen and Alvilde Dinesen fit into the story. The letter does not establish a family relationship with them; no such connection has been added.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 4. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter mentions Ingeborg’s journey to Denmark in 1945 and her examination in 1948 at “Søndermark”, whereas the earlier school source points to Sønderborg Statsskole. Which name and educational history are correct? Where did she work in a laboratory? Where and when was the party at which Ebba met Audun, and what is meant by the question about their getting engaged “without asking”?
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, pp. 4–5. Family information / unanswered question.
The letter gives this date together with “the old Danish church in Flensburg (on the main street)”. The church and original entry have not been checked. When did the family subsequently move to Norway, and how does this fit with the children’s stated birthplaces of Flensburg, Stavanger and Oslo?
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 5. Family information / unanswered question.
Kristoffer’s birth year is written as “198?”; it has not been filled in. Roy Halvorsen’s death year is given as “1995 or 6?”. The letter spells the name Joachim, whereas the earlier tree has Joakim Henrik Wang. The first cousins are named by their first names; surnames and any later families have not been assumed. Birth dates from the letter are marked as family information.
Source: Nina’s letter to Moster, p. 5. Family information / unanswered question.
New research lead · 29 September 2026
Petra Gesine Bartelmann (1957–2025), Worcester. The obituary names siblings Verena (Al Ramsay), Reinhard (Holly Bartelmann), Angela Gisela, Karina (Joe Quinn) and Monika (Don Sewell).
Nine nieces and nephews are named: Heidi, Melody, Christopher, Marcus, Sarah, Kurt, Anna, Paula and Katy. The source does not name the siblings’ parents or identify the parents of the nine nieces and nephews.
Working hypothesis, not an established relationship: This German-American family of six siblings may be the descendants of Fidi and Gisela described in the family account. Both the parents’ identities and the further connection to Fritz and Selma in Flensburg must be documented.
Possible significance: If the entire connection is confirmed, the younger generation could be Martin’s third cousins. None of these candidates has been linked into the family tree itself.
Source: Kelly Cremation & Funeral Care, Petra Bartelmann’s obituary
Mathilde Jars Nordvig is retained as a candidate. The document recording Kirsa Jars and Henrik Mikael Nordvig’s marriage does not name Mathilde as their daughter. A surname alone does not document a parent–child relationship.
Missing link: An explicit family source or register entry connecting Mathilde to her parents. No new, documented third cousins were added in this research round.
The earlier family account names Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Bartelmann and Franziska Eckart. Nina’s new letter uses “Barthelman” and “Eckhart” and asks for Old Oma’s first name; it does not independently confirm the parents’ full names. Original birth and marriage records are still missing.
The family account attributes the invention to Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Bartelmann, born in 1830. German sources credit Ludolph Wilhelm Eduard Bartelmann, born in 1845. The relationship between them needs to be investigated.
Louise Bartelmann ran a watch shop in Rendsburg. Her name and trade fit the family story, but no source yet connects her to Friedrich in Kiel.
Kjell Steen Olsrød’s parents and grandparents have been identified. Anton Antonsen’s mother is still unknown, and the connection between Kristiane Larsen and Karen Helene Sørensdatter requires a direct baptism record.
Work is on hold until precise DNA data are available: shared centimorgans (cM) / percentage, segments and shared matches.
Lise, Tori, Mari, Marte and Johannes are described as Johan Kristen Wang’s grandchildren. Which are Per Jakob’s children, and which are Sissel’s? The new letter does not answer this.
The Torleif–Gunnar–Tor Olav–Tor Martin connection still requires direct source confirmation. The new letter does not resolve this chain or identify Torleif’s other children.
The older family account mentions a pilot whose name is written as “Freiherr Kurt von Dusterlho” and four children. The spelling of his name and the children’s identities remain unresolved; the new letter does not name them.
“Familienhistorien saa langt” (“The family history so far”) is Nina’s preliminary letter to Moster, uploaded by Martin. It refers to continuing the work during the winter of 2013, but has no definite date line. The original is six pages long. The new person cards give the page numbers on which the information appears.
Family recollections, open questions and earlier archival information are kept separate. The original letter has not been published in full. Questions not answered in the letter remain open.