There are three Dörr families who settled in Norka. All three families came from the German village of Udenhain. The births, marriages, and deaths of the Dörr family occurred in Udenhain and neighboring villages and are recorded in the parish register of nearby Hellstein.
All three of these families arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a pinque named Slon (Elephant) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.
(1) Johannes Dörr, son of Johannes Dörr, married on 9 April 1739 to Anna Maria Wilhelm, daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm. They have 7 known children: (1) Heinrich, born 21 October 1739; (2) Anna Elisabeth, born 7 January 1742; (3) Margaretha Elisabeth, born 8 December 1743; (4) Johann Heinrich, born 5 December 1745; (5 & 6) twins Johann Georg and Georg Friedrich, born 9 September 1747; and (7) Anna Maria, born 16 May 1750. One of the twins (Georg Friedrich) and his younger sister Anna Maria immigrated to Russia.
Johann Dörr, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Margaretha Elisabeth, age 22; Georg Friedrich, age 20; Anna Maria, age 16) arrived in Oranienbaum.
Margaretha Elisabetha Derr married Heinrich Roth of Kutter.
(2) Johann Heinrich Dörr, son of Johannes Dörr, married on 12 June 1751 to Ehrengard Köhler, daughter of Johannes Köhler. They have 5 known children: (1) Anna Elisabetha, born 11 August 1755; (2) Anna Maria, born 14 February 1758; (3) Anna Elisabeth, born 28 March 1760; (4) Johannes, born 10 August 1762; and (5) Johann Heinrich, born 27 April 1765.
Heinrich Dörr, a farmer, his wife Ehrengard, and children (Anna Elisabeth, age 11; Johann, age 4½; Johann Heinrich, age 2) arrived in Oranienbaum.
(3) Johann Heinrich Dörr, son of Johannes Dörr, married on 1 August 1760 to Anna Elisabeth Keller, daughter of Johannes Keller. They have 1 known child: Anna Elisabeth, born 13 November 1761.
Heinrich Dörr, a farmer, and wife Elisabeth, and daughter Elisabeth (age 4¼) arrived in Oranienbaum.
All three of these families arrived in Norka on 15 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census: Georg Friedrich and his sister in Household No. 119; Heinrich & Ehrengard and their family in Household No. 120; and the younger Heinrich and his family in Household No. 123.
Johann Heinrich Dörr, his wife Christina, and son Johannes (age 13) are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 19.
Georg Friedrich Dörr, his wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Elisabeth, age 6; Johann Georg, age 4; Johann Heinrich, age 4) are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 42.
Heinrich Dörr (junior) and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 43.
Widow Katharina Dörr (age 49) is recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 38 along with her son-in-law Karl Maul and his family.
- 1775 Norka Census (Household No. 19, 38, 42, 43).
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Auswanderung deutscher Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2019): 31.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Deutsche Kolonisten im Jahr 1766 in Oranienbaum und in den Siedlungsorten: Die Kuhlberg-Listen (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2024): 511-512.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Nr006, Nr007, Nr019, Nr043, Nr044.
- Parish register of Hellstein.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 261-262.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #4019, #4020, #4021.
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