Johann Heinrich Anschütz, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Christian, age 16¼; Philipp, age 10¼; Konrad, age 8; Anna, age 4; Katharina, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.
Johann Heinr. Anschütz, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and children (Johann Christian, age 16; Philip, age 10¼; Conrad, age 8; Anna Elisabeth, age 5; Catrina Elisabeth, age 1) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Johann Heinrich Anschütz, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Christian, age 18; Philipp, age 12; Konrad, age 9; Elisabeth, age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 67. They had settled in Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767.
In 1786, Christian Anschütz and his family moved from Nieder-Monjou to Urbach.
Christian Anschütz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Urbach in Household No. Ur03.
In 1792, Kaspar Anschütz moved from Urbach back to Nieder-Monjou.
Kaspar Anschütz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. Nm12.
Philipp Anschütz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. Nm45.
Johann Michael Anschütz, son of Philipp Anschütz, is recorded on the 1811 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 45 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Urbach [year not recorded].
In 1818, Michael Anschütz moved from Urbach back to Nieder-Monjou.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Anschütz came from the German region of Braunfels. The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Anschütz came from the German village of Biskirchen near Braunfels.
- 1811 Nieder-Monjou Census (Household No. 45).
- 1834 Urbach Census (Household No. 65).
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Auswanderung deutscher Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2019): 32.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Deutsche Kolonisten im Jahr 1766 in Oranienbaum und in den Siedlungsorten: Die Kuhlberg-Listen (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2024): 503.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Nm12, Nm45, Ur03, Mv1899, Mv2909.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 199.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #3945.
- Rauschenbach, Georg. Deutsche Kolonisten auf dem Weg von St. Petersburg nach Saratow: Transportlisten von 1766-1767 (Moscow: G.V. Rauschenbach, 2017): #6157-6163.
Brent Mai