Heinrich Christian Eisner, son of Johann Reinhard Eisner, married on 3 February 1757 in the city church [Burgkirche] in Friedberg (near Dorheim) to Anna Christina Hieb, daughter of master tailor (Schneidermeister) Johann Anthon Hieb [also recorded as Hiepp, Heb, Häb] & Anna Elisabeth Kappel. She was born on 25 March 1737.
The baptisms of three children to Heinrich Christian Eisner and Anna Christina Hieb are recorded in the parish register of the Friedberg Burgkirche: (1) Johann Reinhard, baptized on 9 December 1757; (2) Johann Friedrich Ludwig, born 11 April 1761; and (3) Anna Louisa, born 26 December 1764.
Heinrich Christian Eisner, a tailor (Schneider), his wife Anna Christina, and children (Johann Reinhardt, age 10; Friedrich Ludwig, age 6; Louisa, age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the ship Die Neue Fortuna under the command of Skipper Steingrawer.
Heinrich Christian Eisner, a tailor, his wife Anna Christina, and son Johann Reinhardt (age 11) are recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 135. They had settled in Warenburg on 12 May 1767.
The death of Reinhardt Eisner in 1805 is recorded on the 1811 census of Warenburg in Household No. 56.
Johann Gottlieb Eisner, son of Reinhard Eisner, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Warenburg in Household No. 39.
Max [sic] Friedrich Eisner, son of Reinhard Eisner, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Warenburg in Household No. 151.
Georg Philipp Eisner, son of Reinhard Eisner, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Warenburg in Household No. 152.
Heinrich Christoph Eisner, son of Reinhard Eisner, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Warenburg in Household No. 209.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Heinrich Christian Eisner came from the German region of Friedberg. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Dörningheim [sic] in the region of Hanau.
- 1811 Warenburg Census (Household No. 56).
- 1834 Warenburg Census (Households No. 39, 151, 152, 209).
- Eisner (The Volga Germans - Steve Schreiber).
- Idt, Andreas and Rauschenbach, Georg. Auswanderung deutsche Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Moscow: 2019): 30, 252.
- Idt, Andreas and Rauschenbach, Georg. Deutsche Kolonisten Auf Dem Weg Von St. Petersburg Nach Saratow (Moscow: 2017): 1760.
- 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): Wr056.
- Parish register of Friedberg (Burgkirche).
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 342.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #1991.
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