Gottlieb Friedrich Jordan, son of Jakob Jordan & Susanna Tschanz, was born 7 May 1801 [per von Liphart] 19 May 1802 [per Schnurr] in Bern, Switzerland.
Pastor Jordan studied theology at the Bern Mission Society and was ordained 17 September 1828 in Auggen, Kanton Basel, Switzerland. After serving as a missionary in the Caucasus and in parishes in Tiflis (Georgia), Marienfeld (Georgia), and Ferschampenauz (Bessarabia) before going to the Volga Region where served the parish of Balzer from 1857 to 1887.
Pastor Jordan died 11 February 1887 in the colony of Balzer.
His daughter, Maria Jordan, married Pastor Johannes Kosciol who succeeded him in serving the Balzer parish.
- Jordan Gottlieb Friedrich (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen - Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland, 1978), p. 193.
- von Liphart, Emilie. Dorgeschichten Erlebtes und Erschautes aus den Colonien an der Wolga (1920s?).
Pastor Gottlieb Friedrich Jordan.
Source: wolgadeutsche.ru