First Generation

1. Gerhard Heinrich DIEK was born on 17 September 1799 in Altenberge, Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. He died on 28 April 1882 at the age of 82 in Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland. He was christened in Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland. RK

Gerhard Heinrich DIEK and Maria Gezina FENSLAGE were married on 11 October 1831 in Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland. Maria Gezina FENSLAGE, daughter of Wessel FENSLAGE and Adelheid HÜSERS, was born on 24 March 1802 in Deldorf, Emsland, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen. She died on 20 February 1883 at the age of 80 in Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland.

Gerhard Heinrich DIEK and Maria Gezina FENSLAGE had the following children:

2	i.	Anna Elizabeth DIK was born on 12 January 1837 in Altenberge, Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. She died on 11 May 1885 at the age of 48 in Rütenbrock, Haren (EMS), Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland.
+3	ii.	Johann Wilhelm DIK.
4	iii.	Bernhard Heinrich "Bernd" DIEK was born on 26 August 1839 in Altenberge, Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland.¹