Born Johanna Christiane Hendeike Nissenthe daughter of Anna Margaretha von Bergen and Peter Radeloff Nissen in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. She worked as a seamstress in Hamburg where she met and married Johan Jakob Brahms in 1830. They had three children, including the composer and virtuoso, Johannes Brahms. She was accorded the description, "a lady of an affectionate and noble character."
Born Johanna Christiane Hendeike Nissenthe daughter of Anna Margaretha von Bergen and Peter Radeloff Nissen in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. She worked as a seamstress in Hamburg where she met and married Johan Jakob Brahms in 1830. They had three children, including the composer and virtuoso, Johannes Brahms. She was accorded the description, "a lady of an affectionate and noble character."
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