Landmann / Langmann (Reinwald)

There are two Langmann families that settled in the Volga German colony of Reinwald on 24 June 1767. They arrived together from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax. Their relationship to each other need further research.

(1) Johannes Landmann, son of Johann Jacob Landmann, married in Gedern on 27 February 1766 to Johanna Elisabeth Ruppel, daughter of Georg Friedrich Ruppel & Anna Margaretha Landmann [see Ruppel Family]. Johann Elisabeth Ruppel had been born in Gedern on 12 August 1744.

Johannes Landmann, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth, and son Friedrich (age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Reinwald in Household No. 49.

Friedrich Landmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Reinwald in Household No. Rw06.

Friedrich Landmann and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Reinwald in Household No. 5.

There is a Landman family recorded on the 1834 census of Rosenheim in Household No. 7.

(2) Johann Christoph Landmann, son of Johann Georg Landmann & Maria Margaretha Limpert, was born 14 November 1747 and baptized 16 November 1747 in Gedern.

Johann [Christoph] Langmann arrived at Oranienbaum as the servant of Johann[es] Weber. He and his wife Anna are recorded on the 1767 census of Reinwald in Household No. 50. The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Langmann was a blacksmith while the 1767 census records that he was a farmer.

Christoph Langmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Reinwald in Household No. Rw49.

The widow and children of Jakob Langmann, believed to be the son of Christoph, are recorded on the 1798 census of Reinwald in Household No. Rw52.

Adam Langmann, son of Jakob Langmann, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Reinwald in Household No. 77.

The 1798 census of Reinwald records this surname as both Landmann and Langmann. Subsequent censuses record it as Langmann [but there is also a Landmann family in Reinwald].

The 1767 census records that both of these Langmann families came from the German village of Gedern in the Stolberg region.