Kiebert*

Two Kiebert families arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 August 1766 aboard the galliot named Die Perle (The Pearl) under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen. They are presumed to be related because they traveled together to Oranienbaum and then on to Saratov. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Christoph Kiebert, a farmer, and his wife Dorothea arrived in Oranienbaum.

Christoph Kiewert [sic] and his wife Eva Dorothea are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that they both died en route.

(2) Lorenz Kiebert, a farmer, his wife Helena, and children (Hans Adam, age 24; Dorothea, age 8; Barbara, age 6; Anna Maria, age 4; Margaretha, age 2) arrived in Oranienbaum.

Lorentz Kievert [sic], his wife Helena, and children (Johann Adam, age 24; Dorothea, age 8; Barbara, age 5; Anna Maria, age 4; Margretha, age 2) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughters Barbara and Margretha died en route.

Lorenz Rebart [sic], his wife Helena, and daughters (Dorothea, age 9; Anna Maria, age 5; Margaretha, age ½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Semenovka in Household No. 14. They had arrived in Semenovka on 24 July 1767.

Widow Barbara Kiebert and her stepdaughter are recorded on the 1798 census of Semenovka in Household No. Se33.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christoph & Lorenz Kiewert came from the German region of Würzburg. The 1767 census records that Lorenz Rebart came from the German village of Langenprozelten in the Kurmainz region.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.