Kammerzell

Two distant cousins, descendants of Heinrich Kämmerzell of Gersfeld and his wife Margaretha Mülig of Sparbrod, migrated to the Volga German colonies in 1766.

Heinrich Kämmerzell & Margaretha Mülig
  A. Michel Kämmerzell (1608-1686) & Barbara Hau (1624-1596)
      1. Balthasar Kämmerzell (1655-1728) & Anna Möller (1651-1729)
          a. Martin Kämmerzell (1688-1747) & Elisabetha Lediger (1687-1762)
              i. Johannes Kammerzell (1718-1766?) & Dorothea Schleicher (1714-1766?)
  B. Marx Kämmerzell (1617-1678) & Barbara Feuerstein (1616-1681)
      1. Hans Kämmerzell (1647-1694) & Maria Cordula Ebert (1652-1721)
          a. Heinrich Kämmerzell (1686-1748) & Susanna Heitzenröder (1694-1757)
              i. Adam Georg Kämmerzell (1723-?) & Dorothea Burkhardt (1730-1766?)

These two cousins (Johannes & Adam Georg Kämmerzell) arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard the galliot named Katharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

(1) Johannes Kammerzell, son of Martin Kammerzell & Elisabetha Lediger, was born 9 May 1718 in Maiersbach. He married Dorothea Schleicher, daughter of Johannes Schleicher & Elisabeth Müller, who had been born 14 April 1714 in Kippelbach.

The births of the children of Johannes Kammerzell & Dorothea Schleicher are recorded in the parish register of Gersfeld: (1) Elisabetha, born 22 August 1743 in Maiersbach; (2) Amalia, born 2 July 1746 in Maiersbach, died 10 July 1746; (3) Amalia, born 3 November 1747 in Maiersbach; (4) unnamed child, stillborn 9 November 1750 in Maiersbach; (5) Johannes, born 22 October 1751 in Gersfeld; and (6) Johann Valentin, born 3 December 1754 in Gersfeld.

Hans Kammerzell, a farmer, his wife Dorothea, and children (Elisabeth, age 21; [a] Amalia, age 19; [b] Johannes, age 16; [c] Valentin, age 12) arrived in Oranienbaum.

Hanns Cammerzell [sic], his wife Dorothea, and children (Elisabeth, age 22; Amalia, age 19; Johannes, age 16; Valentin, age 12) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that wife Dorothea died en route. Father Johannes Kammerzell also died before arriving in the Volga German colonies.

[a] Amalia Kammerzell married Johann Martin Guttmann [See Guttmann Family] who had arrived with them in Oranienbaum. Johann Martin Guttmann, a farmer, his [new] wife Amalia [Kammerzell], and their son Johann Heinrich (age 2-weeks) are recorded on the 1767 census of Frank in Household No. 112. They had arrived in Frank on 1 September 1767.

[b] Johannes Kammerzell is recorded on the 1767 census of Frank in Household No. 112 along with his sister Amalia and brother-in-law Johann Martin Guttmann.

Johann Kammerzell and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Frank in Household No. Fk103.

[c] Valentin Kammerzell is also recorded on the 1767 census of Frank in Household No. 112 along with his sister Amalia and brother-in-law Johann Martin Guttmann.

Johann Valentin Kammerzell and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Frank in Household No. Fk068.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Hans Kammerzell came from the German region of Werder [Wehrda?].

(2) Adam Georg Kämmerzell, son of Heinrich Kämmerzell & Dorothea Heitzenröder, was born 24 March 1723 in Oberrommers. He married in Gersfeld on 19 July 1754 to Dorothea Burkhardt, daughter of Peter Burkhardt & Magdalena Vay. She had been born 1 April 1730 in Oberhausen.

The oldest two children of Adam Georg Kämmerzell were born before his marriage to Dorothea Heitzenröder indicating that he may have had an earlier wife. He also evidently moved around quite a bit. While the baptisms of his children are all recorded in the parish register of Gersfeld, their births were in a variety of villages surrounding Gersfeld: (1) Katharina Maria, born 16 January 1752 in Oberrommers; (2) Johannes, born 1 December 1754 in Sandberg; (3) Dorothea, born 2 October 1756 in Sandberg; (4) Susanna, born 25 July 1758 in Mosbach; (5) Johannes, born 12 September 1760 in Oberrommers, died 6 January 1762; (6) Margaretha, born 30 March 1762 in Sandberg, died 17 April 1766; and (7) Eva, born 31 August 1764 in Sandberg. The death of an unnamed child [presumed to be Eva] of Adam Georg Kammerzahl [sic] is recorded on 28 June 1766 in the parish register of the Lutheran Church in Büdingen as they were gathering there to depart for Lübeck. The baptism of an 8th child Elisabeth Kemerzell [sic], daughter of Adam Georg Kemerzell (a linen weaver from Hersfeld [sic] on the Röne) & Dorothea Burchard (from Hersfeld), is recorded on 2 August 1766 in the parish register of St. Jakob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck as they were gathering to depart for Russia.

Adam Kammerzell, a farmer, his wife Dorothea, and children (Katharina, age 15; Dorothea, age 10; Susanna, age 8; Johann, age 5; Elisabeth, age 4-weeks) arrived in Oranienbaum.

Adam Georg Cammerzell [sic], his [new?] wife Catharina, and children (Catharina, age 15; Dorothea, age 10; Susanna, age 8; Johannes, age 6; Elisabeth, age ½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that wife Catharina and daughter Elisabeth died en route.

Johann [sic] Georg Kammerzell, a craftsman (Handwerker), his [new] wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Katharina, age 16, Susanna, age 8; Johannes, age 7; [step-son?] Georg, age 6) are recorded on the 1767 census of Walter in Household No. 101. They had arrived in Walter on 10 September 1767.

Widow Anna Margaretha Kammerzell is recorded on the 1798 census of Walter in Household No. Wt086 along with her son Nikolaus and his family.

Descendants of Nikolaus Kammerzell later relocated from Walter to the daughter colony of Brunnental.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Adam [sic] Kammerzell came from the German region of Werder [Wehrda?]. The 1767 census records that Johann Georg [sic] Kammerzell came from the German village of Gersfeld.