Georg Götz, son of Johannes Götz & Elisabetha Schimpf, was born 26 March 1693 in Ober-Ostern and died 6 November 1731 in Ober-Ostern. He married 20 February 1716 in Reichelsheim to Magdalena Müller, daughter of Hans Philipp Müller & Anna Barbara Brunner. She was born 31 October 1695 in Frohnhofen and died 25 July 1739 in Ober-Ostern. They had a number of children among whom are:
(1) Johann Georg Götz, born 23 April 1722 in Ober-Ostern. He married to Anna Barbara Barthel on 10 March 1746 in Neunkirchen.
The baptisms of seven of their children are recorded in the Reichelsheim parish records: (1) Johannes, born 29 January 1747, died 10 March 1747; (2) Anna Margaretha, born 7 July 1748, died April 1750; (3) Johannes, b. 28 January 1751; (4) Anna Margareatha, born 11 January 1754, died July 1763; (5) Johann Georg, born 6 January 1757; (6) Anna Elisabetha, born 2 December 1759 (died 10 February 1760); and (7) Eva Catharina, born in 1761, died 1 March 1762.
Johann Georg Götz, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and children (Johann, age 16; Johann Georg, age 10½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Diederika (Lady Diederika) under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Lunau.
Georg and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Hussenbach where son Johann Georg is recorded on the 1798 census in Household No. Hs032.
(2) Johann Conrad Götz, born 19 May 1729 in Ober-Ostern. He married 20 March 1752 in Reichelsheim to Dorothea Frank, daughter of Alexander Frank & Eva Lautenschläger. Dorothea was born 1 August 1726 in Laudenau.
Parish records of Reichelsheim record the births of 7 children: (1) Anna Margaretha, born 2 January 1752 in Ober-Ostern, died 31 March 1752; (2) Johann Georg, born 9 August 1753 in Ober-Ostern; (3) Elisabetha Catharina, born 24 June 1755 in Ober-Ostern; twins (4 & 5) Anna Elisabetha & Anna Catharina, born 10 January 1758 in Bockenrod, Anna Elisabeth died 6 April 1758; (6) Johann Leonhard, born 22 July 1759 in Bockenrod; and (7) Elisabetha Catharina, born 18 March 1762 in Bockenrod.
Father Johann Conrad Götz died 5 December 1763 in Bockenrod.
Widow Dorothea Götz and her surviving daughters (Elisabeth Katharina, age 12¼; Anna Katharina, age 10¼; Margaretha Elisabeth, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Diederika (Lady Diederika) under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Lunau.
Dorothea's surviving children are recorded in Yagodnaya Polyana on the 1767 census in Household No. 63.
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