Geier (Boisroux)

Jakob Heuer [sic], a farmer, his wife Gertruda, and children (August, age 16; Elisabeth Maria, age 12; Christoph, age 6; Elisabeth, age 3; Dorothea, age 2) 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.

Jakob Hoher [sic], a farmer, his wife Gertrude, and children (August, age 18; Katharina, age 13; Christoph, age 7; Elias, age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 22. They had settled there on 7 June 1767.

There are three Geier families associated with the colony of Boisroux. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research:

(1) In 1783, August Geier and his family moved from Boisroux to Hummel.

The widow and children of August Geier from Boisroux are recorded on the 1798 census of Hummel in Household No. Hm15.

(2) In 1787, Christoph Geier and his family moved from Meinhard to Hummel.

Christoph Geier from Boisroux and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hummel in Household No. Hm02.

(3) Elias Geier from Boisroux and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hummel in Household No. Hm18.

Johannes Geiger [sic] is recorded on the 1834 census of Boisroux in Household No. 114. The surname is recorded there in 1834 as Geier, but subsequent censuses record it as Geiger.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Jakob Heuer [sic] came from the German region of Dessau. The 1767 census records that Jakob Hoher [sic] came from the German region of Dessau.

Waldemar Kurt reports that the Dessau archives records "Jacob Hoyer, ein Tagelohner, mit Frau und 5 Kindern (2:3). Kamen aus Gross-Kühnau."