Adam Braun, son of Adam Braun & Anna Margaretha Theiss, was born on 15 March 1707 in Gondelsheim, a village northeast Karlsruhe, in what today is Baden-Württemberg.
He married on 26 February 1737 in Fehingen to Margaretha Meier, daughter of Heinrich Meier. They had two children born and baptized in Gondelsheim: (1) Georg Friedrich, born 2 April 1742; baptized 3 April 1742; and (2) Dorothea Charlotta, born 30 August 1750; baptized 31 August 1750.
Adam and his family immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein), departing from Altona in the Duchy of Holstein on 13 July 1761 under the leadership of Georg Hermann. They arrived in the city of Flensburg in the Duchy of Schleswig on 17 July 1761.
Georg Friedrich immigrated to Russia and arrived in the Volga German colony of Moor on 1 July 1766.
Georg Friedrich Braun, a farmer, his [new] wife Anna Maria [née Kemling, widow of Bartholomaeus Knodel], and her children (Johann Jakob [Knodel], age 14; Magdalena [Knodel], age 6) are recorded on the 1767 census of Moor in Household No. 15. [See Knodel Family.]
Georg Friedrich Braun and his family are recorded on the Moor 1798 census in Household No. Mo13.
The 1767 census records that Georg Friedrich Braun came from the German region of Baden-Durlach.
There are two additional single Braun men (with the same name and age) who are recorded in Moor. Their relationship to Georg Friedrich Braun or to each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Johann Jakob Braun (age 20) is recorded on the 1767 census of Moor in Household No. 3 along with the Peter Gieswein family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Braun and Gieswein families.
(2) Johann Jakob Braun, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard an English frigate named Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Johann Jakob Braun (age 20), a single farmer, is recorded on the 1767 census of Moor in Household No. 40.
Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Johann Jakob Braun came from the German region of Hessen.
One of these Johann Jakob Braun men moved to Balzer and is recorded on the 1798 census of Balzer in Household No. Bz090. There are no known surviving male lines of either of these Johann Jakob Braun men.
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