Feit / Veit (Hildmann)

There are two Veit families that arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax. They both settled in the Volga German colony of Hildmann on 20 June 1767. Their relationship to each other is not recorded.

(1) Adam Veit, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Philipp, age 20; Franz, age 18; Magdalena, age 15; Katharina, age 11) arrived in Oranienbaum. Adam died, and his widow and children are recorded on the 1767 census of Hildmann in Household No. 23 with son Franz and his wife in Household No. 24.

Philipp Feit and his family (sons: Jakob, age 24; Johannes, age 16; Heinrich, age 11; Franz, age 7; Adam, age 4) are recorded on the 1798 census of Hildmann in Household No. Hd14.

Jakob Feit and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Hildmann in Household No. 22.

Johannes Feit and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Hildmann in Household No. 15.

Heinrich & Franz Veit and their families are recorded on the 1834 census of Hildmann in Household No. 23.

Franz Feit and his family (son: Heinrich, age 28) are recorded on the 1798 census of Hildmann in Household No. Hd01.

Heinrich Feit and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Hildmann in Household No. 19.

Magdalena Feit and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hildmann in Household No. Hd12.

Katharina Feit and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hildmann in Household No. Hd17.

(2) [Johann] Heinrich Veit, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived in Oranienbaum. They are recorded on the 1767 census of Hildmann in Household No. 19.

Heinrich Feit and his family (sons: Franz, age 23; Georg, age 14; Philipp, age 12; Heinrich, age 8; August, age 7; Paul, age 3; Johannes, age ½) are recorded on the 1798 census of Hildmann in Household No. Hd13.

Georg Feit and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Hildmann in Household No. 52.

Jakob Feit, son of Georg Feit, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Hildmann in Household No. 12.

Johannes Veit, nephew of Jakob Feit, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Hildmann in Household No. 12 along with a note that he had moved to Josefstal in 1852.

Johannes Veit, nephew of Jakob Feit, from Hildmann and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Josefstal in Household No. 99 along with a note that they had returned to Hildmann.

Michael Philipp Feit is recorded on the 1811 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. 13 where he married the widow of Wilhelm Rau.

Philipp Feit and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. 9.

David Feit [father undetermined] and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hildmann in Household No. Hd21.

David Feit is recorded on the 1834 census of Hildmann in Household No. 30. He does not appear to have any surviving male heirs.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that both of these Veit families came from the German region of Isenburg. The 1767 census records that they came from the German village of Freiburg.