Merkel (Paulskaya)

Johann Merkel, a baker, his wife Katharina, and children (Maria, age 23; Johann, age 20; Anna, age 16; Johannes, age 10; Christina, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Johannes Merckell [sic], his wife Catharina, and children (Maria Catharina, age 23; Joh. Georg, age 20; Anna Maria, age 16; Johannes, age 10½; Maria Christina, age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Anna Maria died in route.

Widow Anna Katharina Merkel and her children (Johannes, age 11; Maria Christina, age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 102 along with a note that they settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya in 1768.

Johann Georg Merkel, a glazier (Glaser), and his wife Anna settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 123.

Johann[es] Merkel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs40.

The death of Johannes Merkel in 1819 is recorded on the 1834 census of Basel in Household No. 66.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Merkel came from the German region of Darmstadt. The 1767 census records that Anna Katharina Merkel came from the German region of Darmstadt. The 1767 census records that Johann Georg Merkel came from the German village of Romrod.