Geis (Huck)

Johann Christian Geis, son of Peter Geis from Pferdsbach, married on 8 June 1917 to Anna Sara Stoll.

The baptisms of 6 children born in Pferdsbach to Johann Christian Geis & Anna Sara Stoll are recorded in the parish register of Wolf including (1) Anna Catharina, baptized 6 August 1738; and (2) Johann Martin, baptized 13 January 1742.

Anna Sara Geis née Stoll died on 15 March 1745.

Christian Geis remarried on 31 March 1746 in Wolf to Anna Catharina Fischer, daughter of Andreas & Kunigunda Fischer. She had been baptized 6 December 1733 [sic] in Bindsachen.

The baptisms of the following children of Christian Geis & Anna Catharina Fischer (each born in Pferdsbach) are recorded in the parish register of Wolf: (1) Johann Peter, born 16 February 1747, baptized 26 February 1747; (2 & 3) twins Anna Maria & Catharina, baptized 24 July 1749; (4) Christian, baptized 5 December 1751; and (5) Christoph, baptized 22 June 1755.

Christian Geis [recorded as Geist], a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Anna, age 25; Johann [Peter], age 20; Katharina, age 18; Christian, age 14; Christoph, age 12; Johanna, age 1-month) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Kronstadt under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Gibbs.

Widow Anna Katharina Geis is recorded on the 1767 census of Moor in Household No. 68 along with her son Christoph (age 14) and daughter Anna Maria (age 19) and son-in-law Silianus Rehm. They had arrived in Moor on 1 July 1767, and a note indicates that Widow Geis and Christoph relocated to the colony of Huck in 1768.

Johann Peter Geis, son of Christian Geis, his wife Anna Maria, anbd brother Christian (age 16) are recorded on the 1767 census of Moor in Household No. 69 along with a note that they, too, relocated to the colony of Huck in 1768.

Peter Geis and his family are recorded on the 1775 census of Moor in Household No. 76.

Peter Geis and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Moor in Household No. Mo61.

Peter Geis and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Moor in Household No. 82. There do not appear to be any surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Christoph Geis and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Moor in Household No. Mo10.

Georg Adam Geis, believed to be recorded as Johann Georg Geis (son of Christoph) on the 1798 census of Moor, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Dobrinka in Household No. 1 and on the 1850 census of Dobrinka in Household No. 2.

Christian Geis and his family are recorded on the 1775 census of Huck in Household No. 76.

Christian Geist [sic] is recorded on the 1811 census of Huck in Household No. 80. He does not appear to have any surviving male heirs, and this surname does not continue in Huck.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that the Geis family came from the German region of Isenburg.