Johann Philipp Lange and his family immigrated first to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Fridericia on 1 May 1760. In December 1760, they settled in the Danish colony of Friderichsheede.
The parish register of Friderichsheede (Karup Parish) records on 27 May 1761 the baptism of Johann Peter Lange, son of Philipp & Catharina Lange.
In December 1762, Johann Philipp Lange, his [unnamed] wife, and [unnamed] children (sons, ages 5 & 2; daughters, ages 12 & 10) are recorded in the colony of Friderichsheede.
On 7 January 1765, they are still recorded in the colony of Friderichsheede. Sometime after that, they joined the migration to Russia.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766.
Johann Philipp Lange, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Johannes, age 19; Anna Katharina, age 15; Johann Peter, age 6; Johann [Philipp], age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schäfer in Household No. 4.
Son Philipp Lange and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf22.
The death of Philipp Lange in 1822 is recorded on the 1834 census of Schäfer in Household No. 43.
The widow and children of Philipp Lange from Schäfer are recorded on the 1798 census of Reinhard in Household No. Rh04.
The Eichhorns record that Johann Philipp Lange came from the German "Amte Schonberg, Grafschaft Erbach." The 1767 census records that Johann Philipp Lang came from the German village of Schönberg.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
- 1834 Schäfer Census (Household No. 43).
- 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): B-945.
- 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): Rh04, Sf22.
- Parish register of Friderichsheede [Denmark].
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 90.
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