Johann Peter Caps, son of Johannes Caps & Anna Margaretha Mayer, was born 13 June 1734 in Bonbaden. He married on 25 November 1757 in Bonbaden to Elisabeth Maria Söhngen. She had been born 5 January 1736 also in Bonbaden.
They had 3 children, each of whom was born in Bonbaden: (1) Johann Peter, born 18 October 1758; (2) Anna Margaretha, born 28 April 1761; and (3) Johannes, born 23 February 1764.
Peter Kappes, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Peter, age 8; Anna, age 5¼; Johann, age 2½) 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.
Peter Kuppes, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Peter, age 8; Anna, age 5; Johann, age 1½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Anna and son Johann died en route.
Peter Kappes, his wife Elisabeth, and son Johann Peter (age 10½) are recorded on the list of Beauregard recruits (No. 25) attached to the 1767 census.
Peter Kappes [senior] and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Zürich in Household Household No. Zr10. Peter Kappes [senior] has 3 sons:
(1) Peter Kappes [junior] and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Zürich in Household No. Zr08. Widower Peter Kappes [junior] is recorded on the 1834 census of Zürich in Household No. 15. Peter Kappes [junior] has 3 sons:
(a) Johann Peter Christian Kappes and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Zürich in Household No. 51.
(b) Peter Andreas Kappes and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Zürich in Household No. 15.
(c) Johann Anton Kappes and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Zürich in Household No. 4.
(2) Johann Christoph Kappes (age 17) is recorded on the 1798 census of Zürich in Household No. Zr10.
Philipp Kappes, believed to be the son of Johann Christoph Kappes, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Urbach in Household No. 58.
Descendants of Philipp Kappes are recorded on the 1861 census of Neu-Urbach.
(3) Philipp Peter Kappes (age 6-months) is recorded on the 1798 census of Zürich in Household No. Zr10. There are no known descendants of this Kappes line.
Descendants of the Kappes family are found on the 1857 census of Zürich in Households No. 7, 52, 56, 60, 65, 84, 99, & 178.
The 1767 census records that Peter Kappes came from the German village of Bonbaden in the Solms region.
- 1834 Urbach Census (Household No. 58).
- 1834 Zürich Census (Households No. 4, 15, 51).
- 1857 Zürich Census (Households No. 7, 52, 56, 60, 65, 84, 99, & 178).
- 1861 Neu-Urbach Census.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Auswanderung deutscher Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2019): 34.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Deutsche Kolonisten im Jahr 1766 in Oranienbaum und in den Siedlungsorten: Die Kuhlberg-Listen (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2024): 870.
- 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): Zr08, Zr10.
- Parish register of Bonbaden.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 354.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #7081.
- Rauschenbach, Georg. Deutsche Kolonisten auf dem Weg von St. Petersburg nach Saratow: Transportlisten von 1766-1767 (Moscow: G.V. Rauschenbach, 2017): #3908-3912.
Karl Becker
Brent Mai
Entry in the parish register of Bonbaden recording the birth of Johann Peter Kappes on 13 June 1734.
Source: Karl Becker.
Entry recording the baptism of Anna Catharina Kapes, daughter of Peter & Eva Barbara (his second wife) Kapes, on 1 April 1793 (birth on 30 March 1793) in the parish register of Zürich.
Source: Karl Becker.