Staab (Katharinenstadt)

There are two Staab families that settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research. [Information previously posted here stating that Jacob Staab who was born 29 May 1740 and Johannes Staab born 1 October 1731, both in Orb, are the two individuals below is not correct.]

(1) Jakob Staab and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Jacob Stab [sic] and his wife Maria are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Jakob, his [new] wife Magdalena, infant son Johannes, and Magdalena's mother are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 134. They had arrived in Katharinenstadt on 3 August 1767.

Jakob Staab, his wife Maria Magdalena née Seigel [sic], and children (Johannes, age 9; Johann, age 7; Maria Anna, age 4; Herrman, age ¾), and his mother-in-law widow Barbara née Laurent (widow Seizel [sic]) are recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] in Household No. 75 along with a note that Jakob Staab died in 1782 and his widow remarried to Karl Waas. [See Waas Family.]

The widow of Jakob Staab, Magdalena née Seipel, and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka075.

Son Johannes Staab and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka054.

The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register records that Johannes Staab came from the German village of Orb in the region of Mainz and that his wife came from the village of Billinger[?] near Mavetz[?].

(2) Johann Staab, son of Johannes & Maria Staab, was baptized 7 March 1759 in Orb.

Johann Staab, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Johann, age 7; Maria, age 7-weeks) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Johann Staab, his wife Maria, and children (Johann, age 9; Maria, age ½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that wife Maria died en route.

They settled in Katharinenstadt on 3 August 1767 where they are recorded in Household No. 132 on the 1767 census.

Johann Staab, his wife Maria Magdalena née Wildeisch (widow Martin), and sons (Johann Heinrich, age 16; Johann Nikolaus, age ¾) are recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] in Household No. 80 along with a note about the births of additional sons (Jakob, born 2 September 1777; Johannes, born 1 February 1779; Franz Joseph, born 6 November 1780). A further note on the Land Register records that Johann Staab died in 1780.

Widow Margaretha Staab née Jonas, presumed widow of Johann Staab and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka079.

Johannes Staab, presumed son of Johann & Margaretha Staab, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka111.

In 1786, Johannes Staab and his family moved from Katharinenstadt to Saratov. He is presumed to be the pharmacist Staab recorded on the 1798 census of Kraft in Household No. Kf52.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Staab came from the German region of Mainz. The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register records that Johann Staab came from the German village of Orb in the region of Mainz and that his wife came from the German village of Paderborn near Hanau.