Kloberdanz (Rothammel)

The earliest record of the Kloberdanz family in the records of the Alzey parish is the baptism of Agnes Klowerdantz on 1 January 1702.

The baptisms of the following children born to Johannes & Anna/Maria Sophia Cloberdanz are recorded in the parish register of Alzey: (1) Johann Jacob, baptized 25 September 1721; (2) Franciscus, baptized 16 March 1724; (3) Maria Christina, baptized 4 May 1727; (4) Maria Sybilla, baptized 20 November 1729; (5) Maria Magdalena, baptized 11 May 1732; (6) Helena, baptized 12 December 1734, died 28 September 1835; and (7) Anna Barbara, baptized 29 October 1737.

Johannes Kloberdanz died 13 January 1753 in Alzey.

Widow Anna Sophia Kloberdanz died 6 April 1757 in Alzey at the age of 60.

Franz Kloberdanz from Alzey married on 12 February 1748 in Alzey to Anna Maria Reitz from Alzey.

The parish register of Alzey records the baptisms of the following children born to Franz Kloberdanz & Anna Maria Reitz: (1) Georg Heinrich, baptized 16 May 1748; (2) Johannes Martin, baptized 21 October 1749; (3) Magdalena Marcella, baptized 17 October 1751, died 26 November 1751; (4) Anna Barbara, baptized 26 September 1752, died 16 November 1752; (5) Georg Heinrich, baptized 29 September 1753; (6) Maria Barbara, baptized 19 October 1755; (7) Johannes Michael, baptized 31 July 1758; (8) Franz Theodor, baptized 16 February 1761; (9) Heinrich, baptized 22 January 1763; and (10) Johannes Simon, baptized 6 May 1765. 

Franz Kloberdanz, a baker, his wife Maria, and children (Georg, age 14; Anna, age 13; Michael, age 10¼; Franz, age 6; Heinrich, age 4) 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. They were traveling with Martin Kloberdanz, a single farmer, who is believed to also be their son.

Franz Klaberdanz [sic], his wife Maria, and children (Martin, age 20, Georg, age 16; Anna, age 13; Michael, age 11; Franz, age 7; Heinrich, age 4, died en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Franz Kloberdanz, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Martin, age 20; Georg Heinrich, age 16; Barbara, age 14; Michael, age 10; Franz, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Rothammel in Household No. 15. They had settled there on 21 August 1767.

Michael Kloberdanz, son of Franz Kloberdanz, from Rothammel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schuck in Household No. Su13.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Franz Kloberdanz came from the German region of Pfalz. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Alzey in the Kurpfalz region.