We are pleased that you look at our homepage and that you want to learn something about our family association.
It was founded by Dr. Gustav Dehning (1882-1970) in 1923. In August 2003 we had a family reunion celebrating the 100 th anniversary of our Dehning Family Association. Almost a hundred Dehnings joined this get-together.
The founder and first chairman of our family association, Gustav Dehning, Bremen, and his successor Heinrich Dehning (1903-1979), Barmbostel, Lüneburger Heide, investigated all Dehning ancestors up to Cord Dehning (1616-1697) from the village Beckedorf, near Hermannsburg, Lüneburger Heide, the first of the «Beckedorfer Stamm» (lineage), and to Hans Dehning (1605-1667) from the village Dehnernbockel near Soltau, Lüneburger Heide, the first of the «Dehnernbockeler Stamm» (lineage). (See below). It was Peter J