Johann Michael Johann, son of Hans Michael & Eva Johann, was born on 28 February 1739 in Ober-Schönmattenweg (east of Weinheim), today in Baden-Württemberg. He was baptized on 4 March 1739 in Wald-Michelbach. He immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Fridericia on 1 May 1760.
The parish register of Fredericia [Denmark] records on 26 May 1760 that Johann Michael Johann from Siedelsbrunn married Eva Margaretha Sattler, daughter of Johann Peter Sattler. She has been born in about 1736 in Affolterbach.
In December 1760, they settled in the Danish colony of Friderichshaab.
The parish register of Kolding [Denmark] records on 11 March 1761 the baptism of Eva Margaretha Johann, daughter of Johann Michael Johann & Eva Margaretha Sattler.
The parish register of Vorbasse [Denmark] records on 28 May 1762 the baptism of Eva Catharina Johann, daughter of Johann Michael & Eva Margaretha Johann.
The Johann family is last recorded among the Danish colonies on 26 April 1763.
Michael Johann, a farmer, his wife Eva Margaretha, and daughters (Eva Margaretha, age 7; Eva Katharina, age 5; Anna Katharina Elisabeth, age 3; Maria Elisabeth, age 2; Eva Maria, age ¾) are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 1 where he is recorded as the colony's mayor (Vorsteher). They had arrived in Anton on 7 September 1764.
Michael Johann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Anton in Household No. An17.
The 1767 census records that Michael Johann came from "Kurpfalz, Oberamt Lindenfels."
- Eichhorn, Alexander, Jacob & Mary Eichhorn. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766 (Deiningen, Germany: Drukerei und Verlag Steinmeier GmbH & Co. Kg, 2012): 463.
- Lang, Gerhard. German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): An17.
- Parish register of Fredericia [Denmark] (LDS Film No. 0053464).
- Parish register of Kolding [Denmark] (LDS Film No. 053550).
- Parish register of Vorbasse [Denmark] (LDS Film No. 051711).
- Parish register of Wald-Michelbach (LDS Film No. 1340338).
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 51.
Gerhard Lang
Brent Mai
Wayne Bonner