Hilgenberg

Johann Hildenberg [sic], a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Johann Hilgenberg [sic], his wife Elisabeth, and children (Johannes, age 16; Johann Georg, age 14; Anna Catharina, age 3¼) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Anna Catharina died en route.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Philippsfeld on 3 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 5.

Johannes Hilgenberg (born about 1752), his family, and his brother [also] Johannes (born about 1768) are recorded on the 1798 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. Pp02 along with a note that the younger Johannes Hilgenberg is working in Kind.

The death of Johannes Hilgenberg in 1827 and the younger Johannes Hilgenberg in 1832 are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 18.

Christian Hilgenberg, son of Johannes (b. 1827) Hilgenberg, and his family moved from Philippsfeld to Rosental in 1856.

Balthasar Hilgenberg, son of Johannes (b. 1827) Hilgenberg, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 11.

Johannes Hilgenberg, son of Balthasar Hilgenberg, moved from Philippsfeld to Rosental in 1856.

Heinrich Balthasar Hilgenberg, son of Balthasar Hilgenberg, and his family moved from Philippsfeld to Lilienfeld on 7 March 1859.

Johannes Hilgenberg, son of Johannes (b. 1827) Hilgenberg, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 12.

Paul Hilgenberg, son of Johannes (b. 1827) Hilgenberg, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 13.

Georg Hilgenberg (born about 1776), believed to be a son of Johannes Hilgenberg (born about 1752), and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. Pp03.

Georg Hilgenberg and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 15. Additional sons and their families are recorded in Households No. 37 & 49.

Balthasar Hilgenberg, son of Georg Hilgenberg, moved from Philippsfeld to Zürich in 1822. He and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Zürich in Household No. 70.

Johann Heinrich Hilgenberg (born about 1778, believed to be a son of Johannes Hilgenberg (born about 1752), and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. Pp14.

Kunigunda Hilgenberg, widow of Johann Heinrich Hilgenberg, and her family are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 2. Additional sons and their families are recorded in Households No. 30 & 45.

In 1780, Georg Hildenberg and his family moved from Philippsfeld to Stahl am Karaman.

Georg Hilgenberg and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. Sk15.

Johann Georg Hilgenberg, son of Georg Hilgenberg, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 73.

The 1767 census records that Johann Hildenberg came from the German village of Mellinghausen.

Descendants of this family who settled in Brazil most often use the spelling of Hilgenberg.