There are two Kuntzmann families that migrated from Weinheim to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) and then on to Russia. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Johannes Kuntzmann was born on 19 June 1721 in Weinheim, today in Baden-Württemberg. He married there on 17 June 1748 to Eva Magdalena Wetzel. She had also been born in Weinheim on 16 January 1721.
They immigrated first to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Fridericia on 1 May 1760.
In December 1760, they are recorded in the Danish colony of Friderichsmose.
In December 1762, the family is recorded in the Danish colony of Christiansheede with Johannes, his wife, [unnamed] sons (ages 9 & t), and [unnamed] daughters (age 15, 6, & ½).
They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 26 April 1763.
and then in 1764 to Russia where they arrived in Anton on 18 July 1765 along with three children: Johann Adam, Anna Maria, and Georg Reinhardt. Eva Magdalena died (perhaps even before their arrival in Anton) and Johannes remarried to Anna Katharina, the widow of Franz Eberhard Regling, who had originally immigrated to the colony of Preuss.
Johannes, Anna Katharina, and the children from both marriages are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 35 in Anton.
The widow and children of Georg Kuntzmann are recorded on the 1798 census of Anton in Household No. An38.
The Eichhorns record that Johannes Kuntzmann came from the German village of Weinheim, Oberamt Heidelberg, Kurpfalz.
(2) Philipp Kuntzmann, a farmer, and his family immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Friedericia on 1 May 1760.
In December 1760, they are recorded in the Danish colony of Friderichsmose.
The parish register of Friderichsmose records on 6 December 1762 the baptism of Hans [2nd name illegible] Kuntzmann, son of Philipp & Anna Rosina Kuntzmann.
In December 1762, the family is recorded there with Philipp and his children ([unnamed] son, age 1; [unnamed] daughter, age 2).
They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 26 April 1763.
Philipp Kuntzmann and his family joined the migration to Russia and settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766.
Philipp Kuntzmann, a farmer, his wife Anna Rosina, and daughters (Eva, age 7; Anna Elisabeth, age 2) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schäfer in Household No. 5.
In 1788, Philipp Kuntzmann and his family moved from Schäfer to Reinhard.
In 1787, Johannes Kuntzmann moved from Reinhard to Beauregard.
Johannes Kuntzmann from Reinhard and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Beauregard in Household No. Bo02.
Johannes Kuntzmann and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Beauregard in Household No. 8.
The Eichhorns record that Philipp Kuntzmann came from the German village of Weinheim, Oberamt Heidelberg, Kurpfalz.
- Eichhorn, Alexander, Jacob & Mary Eichhorn. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766 (Deiningen, Germany: Drukerei und Verlag Steinmeier GmbH & Co. Kg, 2012): 494.
- Lang, Gerhard. German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): An38, Bo02, Rh06, Mv2380.
- Parish register of Friderichsmose [Denmark].
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 63.
Gerhard Lang
Brent Mai
Wayne Bonner