Jakob [Becker], the Schulz (Leader of the group), a farmer, his wife Maria, and sons (Johann, age 13; Just, age 6; Johann Konrad, age 3; Johann Just, age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a ship named Die Zwei Gebrüder (The Two Brothers) under the command of Skipper Nicolaus Peter Pinck.
Joh. Jacob Becker, his wife Catharina, and sons (Joh. Martin, age 13; Justinus, age 6; Joh. Just, age ½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the youngest son died in route.
Johann Jakob Becker, a farmer, his wife Maria, and sons ([a] Johann Martin, age 14; [b] Justus, age 7) settled in the Volga German colony of Ernestinendorf on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 1.
Johann Jakob Becker and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. Er02.
[a] In 1786, Martin Becker and his family moved from Philippsfeld to Ernestinendorf.
Anna Elisabeth Becker, presumed widow of Martin Becker, and her children are recorded on the 1798 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. Er05.
Heinrich Becker, son of Martin Becker, and his wife are recorded on the 1834 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 27.
The death of Jakob Becker, son of Martin Becker, in 1833 is recorded on the 1834 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. 75.
Justus Becker, son of Martin Becker, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. 46.
[b] Justus Becker and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. Er02.
The death of Jakob Becker, son of Justus Becker, in 1825 is recorded on the 1834 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 2.
The death of David Becker, son of Justus Becker, in 1821 is recorded on the 1834 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 3
Philipp Becker, son of Justus Becker, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 1.
The death of Philipp Becker in 1851 is recorded on the 1857 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 1.
Johann Peter Becker, son of Justus Becker, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 3.
The death of Johann Peter Becker in 1848 is recorded on the 1850 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 3.
Heinrich Becker, son of Johann Peter Becker, and his family are recorded on an 1865 list of colonists resettled to Lilienfeld along with a note that they arrived in Lilienfeld from Ernestinendorf on 7 March 1859.
Martin Becker, son of Justus Becker, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 3.
The 1767 census records that Johann Jakob Becker came from the German village of Oberkleen.
- 1834 Ernestinendorf Census (Households No. 1, 2, 3, 27, 75).
- 1834 Schaffhausen Census (Households No. 46, 75).
- 1850 Ernestinendorf Census (Households No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 36).
- 1857 Ernestinendorf Census (Households No. 1, 2, 3, 4).
- 1857 Schaffhausen Census (Households No. 34, 41, 56).
- 1865 Lilienfeld List.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Auswanderung deutscher Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2019): 31.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Deutsche Kolonisten im Jahr 1766 in Oranienbaum und in den Siedlungsorten: Die Kuhlberg-Listen (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2024): 545.
- 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): Er02, Er05, Mv2308.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 395.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #4237.
- Rauschenbach, Georg. Deutsche Kolonisten auf dem Weg von St. Petersburg nach Saratow: Transportlisten von 1766-1767 (Moscow: G.V. Rauschenbach, 2017): #5456-5460.
Brent Mai