Geist (Ober-Monjou)

Michael Geist, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and children (Barbara, age 15; Johann, age 14; Anna, age 11; Ursula, age 9; Margaretha, age 7; Kaspar, age 5¼; Balzar, age 3; Katharina, age 10-weeks) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 2 August 1766 aboard an English frigate named Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Michael Geist, his wife Barbara, and children (Gertruda, age 18; Johann, age 14; Anna, age 11; Ursula, age 10; Margaretha, age 6; Martin, age 5; Balthasar, age 3; Barbara, age ½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Michael Geist, his wife Barbara, and children (Anna, age 18; Johannes, age 16; Gertrude, age 14; Ursula age 12; Maria, age 11; Martin, age 6; Balthasar, age 3). They settled in the Volga German colony of Ober-Monjou on 23 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 23.

The 1798 census of Ober-Monjou records the following Geist children: Johannes, age 47 (Om35); Gertrude, age 47 (Om32), Margaretha, age 37 (Om 14); Balthasar, age 33 (Om09); Barbara, age 30 (Om33). Anna Geist, age 45, from Ober-Monjou is recorded on the 1798 census of Schönchen (Sn06). Anna Maria Geist, age 26, from Ober-Monjou is recorded on the 1798 census of Husaren (Hr28).

Joseph Geist moved from Ober-Monjou to Mariental in 1854. He and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Mariental in Household No. 241.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Michael Geist came from the German region of Würzburg. The 1767 census records that Michael Geist came from the German village of Alzey in the Würzburg region.