Zulauf

Research by Maggie Hein has disentangled the Zulauf families that settled in the Volga German colony of Grimm.

The following are sons of Johannes & Anna Catharina Zulauf from Zell: (1) Johannes, born 30 August 1726, baptized 1 September 1726; and (2) Johann Heinrich, born & baptized 5 April 1729.

(1) Johannes Zulauf married in Zell on 27 February 1748 to Susanna Göbel, daughter of Johann Just Göbel from Leußel.

The baptisms of the following children born to Johannes Zulauf & Susanna Göbel are recorded in the parish register of Zell: (1) Johannes, born 29 October 1748, baptized 31 October 1748; (2) Johann Heinrich, born 13 May 1751, baptized 15 May 1751, died 24 April 1756, buried 25 April 1756; (3) Johann Conrad, born 10September 1753, baptized 12 September 1753; (4) Anna Eulalia, born 14 February 1756, baptized 15 February 1756; (5) Anna Maria, born 6 February 1758, baptized 9 February 1758, died 9 July 1758, buried 10 July 1758); (6) Maria Elisabetha, born 13 May 1759, baptized 15 May 1759; and (7) Anna Maria, born 5 April 1763, baptized 7 April 1763.

Johann[es] Zulauf, a blacksmith, his wife Susanna, and children (Johannes, age 18; Konrad, age 14; Anna, age 11; Maria, age 7; Anna Maria, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.

(2) Johann Heinrich Zulauf married in Zell on 10 February 1763 to Catharina Hoffman, the widow of Johann Heinrich Schneider. [See Schneider Family in Grimm.]

The baptism of one child born to Johann [Heinrich] Zulauf & Catharina Hoffman is recorded in Zell: Anna Catharina, born 26 August 1764, baptized 27 August 1764, died 31 December 1765, buried 2 January 1766.

Johann [Heinrich] Zulauf, a blacksmith, his wife Katharina, and [step-]children (Johannes [Schneider], age 18; Konrad [Schneider], age 14; Anna [Schneider], age 11; Maria [Schneider], age 7; Anna Maria [Schneider], age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.

At this point in the records, the two families become conflated for a moment.

Heinrich Zulauf, a blacksmith (Schmied), his wife Anna Katharina, and the children of his older brother Johannes (Johannes, age 19; Johann Konrad, age 14; Anna Eleonora, age 12; Maria Elisabeth, age 8; Anna Barbara, age 6; Anna Maria, age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Grimm in Household No. 49. The older brother (Johannes and his wife) along with the children of Heinrich Zulauf and his Schneider step-children have not been located on the 1767 census of Grimm, but they are recorded on the 1775 census.

Heinrich Zulauf, his [new] wife Maria Elisabeth, their son Johann Adam, and the Schneider step-children (Johannes, age 23; Heinrich, age 17; and Elisabeth, age 14) are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 125.

Heinrich's older brother Johannes, his [new] wife Anna Maria, and children (Johann Konrad, Johann Martin, Maria Elisabeth, Anna Barbara, and Anna Maria) are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 126. Johannes Zulauf, the oldest son of Johannes Zulauf, and his wife Gertrude are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 141.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Johann[es] & Johann [Heinrich] Zulauf came from the German region of Darmstadt.