Johann Heinrich Anschütz, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Christian, age 16; Philipp, age 10; Konrad, age 8; Anna, age 4; Kathairna, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the galliot Anna Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Janson.
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 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).
- 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