Johannes Hartmann, a farmer, his wife Anna, and sons (Johann[es], age 6; Wilhelm, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Neptunus (Neptune) under the command of Skipper Johann Graap.
Hans Hartmann, his wife Anna Margaretha, and son Hans Heinrich (age 6) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Johann[es] Hartmann, a carpenter (Zimmermann), his wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Johann Heinrich, age 8; Maria Barbara, age ¼) are recorded on the 1767 census of Rothammel in Household No. 25. They had settled in Rothammel on 6 September 1767.
In 1788, widower Johannes Hartmann and his son Sebastian moved from Rothammel to Semenovka.
Johann[es] Hartmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rothammel in Household No. Rt10.
The death of Johann[es] Hartmann in 1805 is recorded on the 1811 census of Rothammel in Household No. 10.
Johannes Hartmann, son of Johann[es] Hartmann, is recorded on the 1811 census of Rothammel in Household No. 10 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Semenovka.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Hartmann came from the German region of Pfalz. The 1767 census records that Johannes Hartmann came from the German village of Briedel in the Trier region.
- 1811 Rothammel Census (Household No. 10).
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Brent Mai