Dermer (Moor)
Johann [Georg] Dermer, his wife Elisabeth, and sons (Johann Heinrich, age 15; Johann, age 13; Konrad Johann, age 8; Konrad, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Johann Georg Dermer, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Elisabeth, and sons (Johann Heinrich, age 16; [a] Johannes, age 14; [b] Konrad, age 9; Johann Konrad, age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Moor in household No. 48. They had settled in Moor on 18 June 1767.
In 1791, Georg Dermer and his family moved from Moor to Laub.
[a] In 1794, Johannes Dermer and his family moved from Messer to Lauwe.
Johannes Dermer from Messer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Lauwe in Household No. Lw04.
The death of Johann[es] Dermer in 1810 is recorded on the 1811 census of Lauwe in Household No. 4.
Johann Georg Dermer, son of Johann[es] Dermer, is recorded on the 1811 census of Lauwe in Household No. 4 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Jost in 1803.
Johann Georg Dermer from Lauwe and his son Michael Konrad are recorded on the 1811 census of Jost in Household No. 44 along with a note that Johann Georg had arrived in Jost from Lauwe in 1803.
[b] Konrad Dermer from Moor and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Jost in Household No. Jo10.
[c] Abraham Dermer, presumed son of Johann Georg Dermer, from Moor and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Jost in Household No. Jo43.
Abraham Dermer from Straub is recorded on the 1811 census of Jost in Household No. 40 along with a note that he had arrived in Jost from Straub in 1808 [sic].
Abraham Dermer from Jost is recorded on the 1811 census of Straub in Household No. 62 along with a note that he had arrived in Straub from Jost in 1809 [sic].
The 1834 census of Straub records this same Abraham Dermer in Household No. 55.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Dermer was a farmer from the German region of Isenburg. The 1767 census records that he was a craftsman (Handwerker) from the Isenburg region.
- 1811 Jost Census (Households No. 40, 44).
- 1811 Lauwe Census (Household No. 4).
- 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): Jo10, Jo43, Lb21, Lw04, Mo06, Mv1741, Mv1780.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 168.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766 (Saratov: State Technical University, 2010): #1637.
Brent Mai