There are a number of references to Catholic Körner families in Beauregard, Katharinenstadt, Mariental, and Schönchen that are all believed to be referring to members of the same family, but further research is needed to confirm this.
Friedemann Kerner, his wife Anna, and children (Johann, age 3; Anna, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 26 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Die Jäger (The Hunter) under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will.
Friedemann Kerner, a tailor (Schneider), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Beauregard on 27 August 1766.
They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 11.
In 1786, Friedrich [sic] Körner and his family moved from Beauregard to Katharinenstadt.
In 1788, Friedmann Körner and his family moved from Mariental to Katharinenstadt.
Friedmann Körner from Beauregard and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka034.
In 1787, Joseph Friedrich Körner moved from Katharinenstadt to Schönchen.
In 1795, Joseph Friedrich Körner moved from Schönchen to Mariental.
Joseph Körner from Beauregard and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt04.
The 1767 census records that Friedemann Kerner came from the German region of Delchenburg [perhaps Mecklenburg?].
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Auswanderung deutscher Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2019): 34.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Deutsche Kolonisten im Jahr 1766 in Oranienbaum und in den Siedlungsorten: Die Kuhlberg-Listen (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2024): 857.
- 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): Ka034, Mt04, Mv0173, Mv1187, Mv1638, Mv2621.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 180.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #6947.
Brent Mai