Iphöffer

Georg Ferdinand Iphöffer, son of Jerg Ferdinand Iphöffer & Catharina Hirsch, was born in 1711 in Germany. He married in Berwangen, northeast of Eppingen, to Anna Susanna Katharina Dünch in 1734. She was born in about 1710. They have at least 6 children, all born in Heinsheim, southwest of Gundelsheim: (1) Eva Katharina, born 4 March 1738; (2) Magdalena, born 23 March 1740; (3) Dorothea, born 4 September 1744; (4) Eva Salome, born 28 April 1746; (5) Bernhard, born 11 March 1748; and (6) Michael, born 18 June 1752.

The Iphöffer family is recorded in Frankfurt as leaving from Spöck, northeast of Karlsruhe, in 1761.

The following are recorded as they settled on 24 July 1761 on the farmstead of Fidelité in the colony of Friedrichsholm in Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein): Ferdinand Iphöfer (age 50), a weaver (Leinweber); his wife Susanna Catharina (age 51); and children (Eva Catharina, age 23; Magdalena, age 21; Dorothea, age 17; Salome, age 15; Bernhard, age 13; Michael, age 9). They swore allegiance to King Friedrich of Denmark on 24 July 1761. On 29 July 1762, they moved to farmstead of Hüt das Holz.

On 4 January 1765, Ferdinand, Katharina, and four of the children left Denmark and immigrated to Russia, arriving in Shcherbakovka on 20 May 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Households No. 36 (parents) and No. 37 (Bernhard). Daughter Eva Salome had married Georg David Dietz. They are recorded in Household No. 6 of the 1767 Census of Shcherbakovka, having arrived there a year earlier on 15 June 1765.

Bernhard Iphöfer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. Sv37 along with a note that he is working in Katharinenstadt.

In 1793, Michael Iphöfer and his family moved from Shcherbakovka to Kraft.

Johann Ernst Iphöfer, son of the deceased Michael Iphöfer, is recorded on the 1798 census of Kraft in Household No. Kf54.

Johann Ernst Iphöfer and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 99.