Wormsbecher

Jakob Wormsbecher, a farmer, his wife Maria, and sons (Bernhard, age 14; Philipp, age 12; Herrmann, age 10; Jakob, age 8; Christoph, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Widow Maria Elisabeth Wormsbecher whose husband was a butcher (Fleischer) and her sons (Bernhard, age 16; Philipp, age 13; Herrmann, age 11; Jakob, age 9; Christoph, age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 168. They had arrived in Katharinenstadt on 23 July 1767.

Karl Ernst Blass, his wife Maria Elisabeth née Weinurn (widow Wormsbecher), daughter Anna Elisabeth (age 17); and stepsons (Bernhardt [Wormsbecher], age 22; Philipp Herrmann [Wormsbecher], age 21; Christoph [Wormsbecher], age 13) are recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] in Household No. 23. 

Bernhardt Wormsbecher (age 22), a butcher (Fleischer), his wife Anna Barbara née Rohr, and daughter Maria Katharina (born 19 August 1777) are also recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] in Household No. 212.

Philipp Wormsbecher from Katharinenstadt is recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl37.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Jakob Wormsbecher was a farmer while the 1767 census records that the deceased husband of Maria Elisabeth Wormsbecher was a butcher (Fleischer).

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Jakob Wormsbecher came from the German region of Magdeburg. The 1767 census records that Jakob Wormsbecher came from the German village of Friedenwald [sic] in the Marburg region. The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register records that the Wormsbecher family came from the German village of Friedewald in the region of Hessen. The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register also records that Anna Barbara née Rohr came from the German town of Markstadt am Rhein in the region of Hessen.