Dann (Philippsfeld)
Johannes Dann, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Joh. Dann, his wife Marta, and children (Wilhelm, age 17¾; Adolff, age 12¼; Clara, age 6) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Philippsfeld on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.
In 1769, Johannes Damm and his family moved from Philippsfeld to Zürich.
Wilhelm Dann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Zürich in Household No. Zr39.
The 1767 census records that Johannes Damm came from the German village of Friedewald.
- 1834 Zürich Census (Households No. 72, 107, 113).
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Zr39, Mv2285.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 408.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #5292.
- Rauschenbach, Georg. Deutsche Kolonisten auf dem Weg von St. Petersburg nach Saratow: Transportlisten von 1766-1767 (Moscow: G.V. Rauschenbach, 2017): #3392-3396.
Brent Mai