Ernst Fuchs, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Anna, age 7; Johann age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard the galliot named Der Junge Mattias under the command of Skipper Johann Gottfried Selander.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Dehler on 1 July 1767. Arnestus, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Elisabeth (age 8) are recorded on the 1767 census of Dehler in Household No. 8.
The 1767 census records that this family came from the German village of Reifenberg in the region of Bassenheim.
This Fuchs family does not appear to have any male descendants so the surname does not continue among the Volga German colonies.
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There is a family recorded in Oberreifenberg that may be this family.
Donatus/Donati Fuchs, son of Johann Jacob Fuchs & Anna Maria Ungehour, married on 11 September 1753 in Oberreifenberg to Anna Elisabeth Knippler, daughter of Georg & Anna Elisabeth Knippler.
The baptisms of the following children born to Donatus Fuchs & Anna Elisabeth Knippler are recorded in the parish register of Oberreifenberg: (1) Maria Ursula, baptized 1 January 1755; (2) Anna Margaretha, baptized 14 April 1756; (3) Anna Elisabetha, baptized 31 October 1759; (4) Maria Ursula, born 9 March 1763, baptized 10 March 1763; and (5) Johann Georg, born 12 May 1766, baptized 13 May 1766.
- Parish register of Oberreifenberg.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 269.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #3367.
Brent Mai
Entry from the Oranienbaum passenger list recording the arrival in Russia of Ernst Fuchs and his family.
Source: Brent Mai.
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