Kildau / Kilthau (Kautz)

Johann Georg & Anna Maria Kildau had six children, each baptized in the Evangelical Church of Einselthum, 20 kilometers west of Worms: (1) Heinrich, on 12 January 1749; (2) Johann Adam, on 12 September 1751; (3) Conrad, on 24 February 1754; (4) Johann Jacob, on 30 November 1756; (5) Maria Elisabetha, on 28 February 1759; and (6) Johann Casimir, on 30 July 1761.

Johann Georg Kildau and his family emigrated to Russia. They arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Saratov under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepechin

The family arrived in the Volga German colony of Kautz on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Households No. 9 & 10.

By the time of the 1798 Kautz Census, Johann Georg is living in Household No. Kz30. In 1793, son Heinrich moved to Dietel where he and his descendants are recorded on the 1798 Census in Household No. Dt56. Son Johann Adam moved to Hussenbach where he is recorded on the 1798 Census in Household No. Hs001.