Koch (Kolb)

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Koch (Kolb)
Кохъ (Kolb)
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Three Kochs arrived together from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the hooker Die Jungfer Dietrika under the command of Skipper Christian Korsholm. They are believed to be siblings.

(1) Adam Koch, a single miller. Johann Adam Koch and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kolb in Household No. Ko23.

The death of Adam Koch in 1825 is recorded on the 1834 census of Kolb in Household No. 11.

Michael Koch, son of Adam Koch, and his family are recorded on the 1850 census of Kolb in Household No. 74.

Michael Koch, son of Michael Koch, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Kolb in Household No. 80. They are also recorded on the 1857 census of Langenfeld.

(2) Nikolaus Koch, a single miller. Nikolaus Koch and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kolb in Household No. Ko10.

(3) Katharina Koch.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that all three of these Kochs came from the German region of Hanau.

Sources: 

- 1834 Kolb Census (Households No. 11, 64, 81, 92, 99).
- 1850 Kolb Census (Household No. 74).
- 1857 Kolb Census (Household No. 80).
- 1857 Langenfeld Census.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Ko10, Ko23.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #5705, #5706, #5707.

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Brent Mai

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