Lodholtz*

Spellings of this surname in German records appear as Lodholz, Lodholtz, & Lottholtz.

Hanß Martin Lodholtz, son of Martin Lodholz & Christina Waltz, was born 12 June 1686 in Altbulach and died in 1742 in Ellmendingen.

Hanß Martin Lodholtz married on 12 November 1711 in Ellmendingen to Margaretha Füeß, daughter of Hanß Füeß & Margaretha Deeg. She had been born 16 December 1687 in Ellmendingen and died there on 2 March 1742.

The parish register of Ellmendingen records the births of the following children to Hanß Martin Lodholtz & Margaretha Füeß: (1) Anna Catharina, born 21 April 1712; (2) Hanß Michael, born 22 April 1714; (3) Hanß Martin, born 3 May 1716; (4) Anna Maria, born 18 August 1718; (5) Anna Margaretha, born 16 March 1721; (6) Maria Magdalena, born 5 December 1723; (7) Matthias, about 1725; (8) Maria Barbara, born 16 May 1727, died 30 October 1734; and (9) Maria Christina, born 23 April 1730. [A number of these children immigrated to Salem County, New Jersey.]

Anna Maria Lodholtz married on 1 February 1709 to Sebastian Haffner, son of Matthaeus Haffner & Maria Agnes Kohberger. He had been baptized in Reutlingen on 1 February 1709. [See Haffner Family.]

Sebastian Haffner and his family immigrated to Denmark, departing from Altona, Duchy of Holstein, on 29 June 1761 with a group under the leadership of Thomas Gabler. They arrived in the city of Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig, on 4 July 1761.

The Haffners lived in Denmark until 02 Jun 1764, when they departed to the Volga German colonies in Russia.

Sebastian Haffner (age 52), a farmer, his wife Anna Maria (age 45), and sons (Friedrich, age 15; Bernhard, age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. 23. They arrived in Shcherbakovka on 15 June 1765.

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