Three Lampe families are connected to the Volga German colony of Orlovskaya.
(1) Orphan Lebrecht Lampe (age 6) is recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 65 along with the Georg Fischer family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Lampe and Fischer families.
In 1788, Wilhelm Lampe moved from Orlovskaya to Moscow.
(2) In 1769, Philipp Lampe "escaped" from Orlovskaya.
Philipp Lampe is recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl69 along with a note that he is chronically ill and living with the Philipp Wormsbecher family. No relationship between the Lampe and Wormsbecher family is recorded.
(3) Orphan Daniel Lampe (age 8) from Orlovskaya is recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] in Household No. 183 along with a note that he is living in the household of Jakob Voigt.
The 1767 census does not record from where the Lampes came.
- 1776 Katharinenstadt Grundbuch [Land Register] (Household No. 183).
- 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): Pl69, Mv2121, Mv2169.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 325.
Brent Mai