Basser*

Members of two Basser families from [Bad-]Orb that migrated to Russia. They arrived together in Oranienbaum. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) The birth & baptism of Johannes Adam Basser, illegitimate son of Eva Basser [but whose father is declared to be Georg Anton Aulmich from Lohr], is recorded on 13 March 1733 in the Catholic Cathedral in [Bad-]Orb.

The baptism of Johann Jacob Basser, son of Johannes Adam & Margaretha Basser, is recorded on the parish register of Orb on 29 April 1764 with Johannes Jacob Weisbecker [who went to Russia] as his godfather. Johann Jacob Basser died 29 May 1765.

Adam Basser and his wife Anna [sic] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Johann Adam Passer [sic], his wife Margretha [sic], and son Conrad (age 1½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Adam Basser, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and son Jakob (age 4-weeks) are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits appended to the 1767 census in Household No. 118 along with a note that they settled in the Volga German colony of Luzern in 1768.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Adam Basser came from the German region of Mainz. The 1767 census records that Adam Basser came from the German village of Orb.

(2) Johann Basser, a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughters (Maria, age 20; Anna, age 16; Elisabeth, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Johann Georg Basser, his wife Maria, and daughters (Mariana, age 20; Anna Maria, ge 16; Elisabeth, age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Orphan Anna Maria Basser (age 15) is recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (No. 57) appended to the 1767 census in the household of Jakob Pfeifer. Jakob Pfeifer is recorded on the 1767 census as having come from [Bad-]Orb.

The Jakob Pfeifer family settled in the Volga German colony of Luzern, and it is assumed that Anna Maria Basser settled there with them.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Basser came from the German region of Mainz.

There are no known surviving male lines of either of these Basser lines among the Volga German colonies.