The first generations of this family tree were craftsmen, who put their skills to the service of peasantry and citizens: clog-makers, cart wrights and taylors.
The oldest member, Hermann Adolph Barlemejer, lived in a house in the village of Lienen. Maybe he could afford this, because he was married to a Kriege, a prominent family in Lienen.
A grandson founded the Dutch family tree.
Source: www.dckruis.nl (Dutch text).

Village plan of Lienen in 1792
The long street from west to east is the Hauptstrasse, where Herman Adolph Bardelmeier lived in a house near to the church.
Source: www.familienforschung-tecklenburger-land.de, Lienen.