Christian Eisenhuth and Anna Maria Repp, daughter of Johann Heinrich Repp, were married on 2 Mar 1757 in Hain-Gründau. They have 3 known children: (1) Maria Elisabeth, born 9 July 1758 in Hain-Gründau; (2) Jacob, born 12 December 1760 in Hain-Gründau; and (3) Catharina Elisabeth, born 23 June 1766 and baptized at the church in Büdingen.
Christian Eisenhuth, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and daughters (Elisabeth, age 8; Katharina Elisabeth, age ¼) arrived from Lübeck on 14 August 1766 aboard a 2-masted merchant ship named Die Jungfer Frederika (The Maiden Frederika) under the command of Skipper Hans Christian Korsholm.
Christian Eisenhuth and his daughter Elisabeth (age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Maria Elisabeth is recorded on the 1767 Census as an orphan in the colony of Huck, living in Household No. 10 along with her uncle Jacob Repp.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christian Eisenhuth came from the German region of Isenburg.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Eisenhuth family among the Volga German colonies.
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- Parish register of Büdingen.
- Parish register of Hain-Gründau.
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