Euler

Three Euler families from the German village of Eckartshausen settled in the Volga German colonies. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

Two Euler families arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

(1) Johannes Euler, son of Adam & A. Margaretha Euler, was baptized 18 December 1727 in Eckartshausen. He had a son, Joh. Heinrich, who was baptized on 7 January 1751 in Eckartshausen.

Johann[es] Euler, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Johann Heinrich, age 17; Elisabeth, age 2½) arrived in Oranienbaum. They settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 86.

(2) Johann Georg Euler, the son of Johannes & Juliana Euler, was born on 16 February 1733 in Eckartshausen. He married 22 November 1753 to Anna Dorothea Knickel, daughter of Adam & Anna Knickel of Eckartshausen. Anna Dorothea Knickel had been born in August 1734.  The parish register of Eckartshausen records that Johann Georg Euler & Anna Dorothea Knickel had five children, all born in Bergheim: (1) Anna Catharina, born 30 October 1754; (2) Elisabeth, born 29 July 1757; (3) Anna, born 10 July 1760; (4) Anna Maria, born 6 November 1762; and (5) Catharina, born 28 March 1765.

[Johann] Georg Eiler, a farmer, his wife Anna Dorothea, and daughters (Elisabeth, age 10; Anna, age 7) arrived in Oranienbaum. They settled in the Volga German colony of Huck on 17 August 1767 where Johann Georg is recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 81 along with his new wife Anna Maria.

A third Euler family from Eckartshausen settled in the colony of Balzer.

(3) Johann Jacob Euler, son of Johannes & Anna Maria Euler, was baptized 21 March 1721 in Eckartshausen. He married in Eckartshausen on 3 March 1746 to Catharina Louisa Bentz, daughter of Laurentz & Anna Catharina Bentz. She had been baptized in Eckartshausen on 29 July 1719.

The baptisms of the children of Johann Jacob Euler & Catharina Louisa Bentz are recorded in the parish register of Eckartshausen: (1) Johann Peter, baptized 29 October 1747; (2) Maria Barbara, baptized 2 November 1749; (3) Cunigunde, baptized 9 April 1752; (4) Johann Martin, baptized 22 July 1754; (5) Johann Adam, baptized 2 September 1756; (6) Johannes, baptized 3 July 1762; Johannes, baptized 9 October 1764.

Jakob Euler, a farmer, his Katharina, and children (Kunigunda, age 16; Johann Martin, age 13; Johann, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Jakob and his wife died. The surviving children (Johann Martin, age 12; Johannes, age 8) are recorded on the 1767 census of Balzer in Household No. 65 along with Philipp Schlegel and his wife Maria Margaretha. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Euler and Schlegel family.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Euler family (that originally settled in Balzer) among the Volga German colonies.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that each of these Euler families came from the German region of Isenburg.