Linenberg(er)

Johann Georg Linnenberg and Anna Margaretha Schabbach (additional spellings on various records Schabach and Schabag) were married 21 August 1746 in St. Vitus Catholic Church in Willebadessen, today in the German state of Nordrhein-Westphalia, northwest of Kassel. Both Johann Georg and Anna Margaretha had been confirmed in this same church.

They had 7 known children, each baptized in St. Vitus in Willebadessen: (1) Maria Margaretha, baptized on 7 December 1747; (2) Eva Maria, baptized on 19 March 1749; (3) Anna Maria Elisabeth, baptized on 2 March 1750; (4) Eva Maria, baptized on 29 October 1752; (5) Johann Joseph, baptized on 23 December 1753; (6) Casper Joseph, baptized on 4 December 1754; and (7) Maria Helena, baptized on 12 March 1757.

The Linenberg family immigrated to Russia, arriving in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 16 June 1766. Georg Linenberg, a farmer, his wife Anna Margaretha, and sons (Kaspar Joseph, age 15; Johann Georg, age 1½)  are recorded on the 1767 census of Mariental in Household No. 24. Daughter Elisabeth is recorded in Household No. 22 along with her newlywed husband Adam Breit.

On the 1798 census, Casper Joseph is still living in Mariental in Household No. 19 with his sister Elisabeth and her children in Household No. Mt78.

The death of Kaspar Lineberger in 1817 is recorded on the 1834 census of Mariental in Household No. 33.

In 1792, son Johann Georg moved to the colony of Herzog and is recorded there on the 1798 census in Household No. 21.

The family name has many spellings throughout the centuries and across the continents: Linnenberg, Linenberg, Linenberger, Lüneberg.