Röttger (Anton)
There are three Röttger families that arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Citadel under the command of Midshipman Grigory Bukharin. They also travelled together from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Johann[es] Röttger, a hunter, his wife Anna Regina, and son Johannes (age 4) arrived in Oranienbaum.
Johannes Rödiger [sic], his wife Anna Regina, and son Johannes (age 3) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Johannes Röttger, his wife Anna Regina, and son Johannes (age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 4. They had arrived in Anton on 1 September 1767.
The widow of [son] Johannes Röttger, her children, and her deceased husband's younger siblings are recorded on the 1798 census of Anton in Household No. An51.
(2) Adolph Rötgers [sic] & Anna Catharina Berliner were married on 17 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.
Adolf Röttger, a farmer, and his wife Anna Katharina arrived in Oranienbaum.
Rudolff Rödiger [sic] and his wife Anna Maria [sic] are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Adolf Röttger and his wife Anna Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 48. They had arrived in Anton on 1 September 1767.
Widower Adolf Röttger and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Anton in Household No. An49.
(3) Heinrich Röttger, a tailor, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Sophia Elisabeth, age 9; Maria Elisabeth, age 6; Heinrich, age 3) arrived in Oranienbaum.
Johann Henrich Roediger [sic], his wife Anna Maria, and daughters (Sophia Louisa, age 9; Maria Elisabeth, age 6; Regina, born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
This family has not been located among the Volga German colonies.
The 1767 census records that both of these Röttger families came from "Oberamt Utzberg, Kurpfalz."
- 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): An49, An51.
- Mai, Brent Alan and Dona Reeves-Marquardt, German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767) (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2003): #551.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 52, 66.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #5221, #5222, #5223.
- Rauschenbach, Georg. Deutsche Kolonisten auf dem Weg von St. Petersburg nach Saratow: Transportlisten von 1766-1767 (Moscow: G.V. Rauschenbach, 2017): #8564-8573.
Brent Mai