Ruppel (Reinwald-1)

There are 3 Ruppel families that settled in the Volga German colony of Reinwald on 14 July 1766. All three of them had arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax. The 1767 census records that each of them came from the German village of Gedern in the Stolberg region. Their relationship to one another, if any, is not recorded on the 1767 census.

(1) Johann [Philipp] Ruppel, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived in Oranienbaum.

Philipp Ruppel (age 29), a craftsman (Handwerker) and his [new] wife Elisabeth (from the German region of Durlach) are recorded on the 1767 census of Reinwald in Household No. 15 along with stepdaughters Margaretha Schulz (age 18) and Elisabeth Schulz (age 17). Orphan Georg Klinge is also recorded on the 1767 census of Reinwald in Household No. 15 with the Philipp Ruppel family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Klinge and Ruppel families.

There are no surviving male lines of this Philipp Ruppel family.

(2) Georg Friedrich Ruppel, son of Jacob Ruppel & Gertrud Ruppert, was baptized 15 August 1717 [not 1716] in Gedern.

He married on 9 February 1741 to Anna Margaretha Landmann. She was baptized 14 September 1721 in Gedern.

The births/baptisms of the children of Georg Friedrich Ruppel & Anna Margaretha Landmann are recorded in the parish register of Gedern: (1) Anna Gertraud, baptized 7 February 1742, died 21 June 1742; (2) Johann Adam, baptized 7 July 1743, died 10 August 1743; (3) Johanna Elisabeth, born 12 August 1744, baptized 14 August 1744 [married Johannes Landmann - see Landmann Family]; (4) Johann Balthasar, born 9 October 1746, baptized 11 October 1746, died 9 December 1746; (5) Johann Valentin, born 27 December 1747, baptized 31 December 1747; (6) Anna Maria, born 30 March 1750, baptized 31 March 1750; (7) Johann Ernst, born 6 October 1752, baptized 8 October 1752; (8) Adam, born 1 June 1755, baptized 3 June 1755; and (9) Johann Paul, born & baptized 11 August 1760.

Georg Friedrich Ruppel, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Valentin, age 20; Johann, age 18; Adam, age 16¼; Maria, age 16¼; Margaretha, age 8; Paul, age 6) arrived in Oranienbaum.

Georg Friedrich Ruppel (age 55), a farmer, and his family are recorded on the 1767 census of Reinwald in Household No. 53.

(3) Johann Friedrich Ruppel, son of Adam Ruppel & Anna Margaretha Wagner, was born 3 October 1739, baptized 6 October 1739 in Gedern.

He married on 7 March 1761 in Gedern to Elisabeth Vierheller, daughter of Conrad Vierheller from Hartmannshain.

The births/baptisms of the children of Johann Friedrich Ruppel & Elisabeth Vierheller are recorded in the parish register of Gedern: (1) Anna Margaretha, born 20 August 1761, baptized 22 August 1761, died 27 August 1761; (2) Catharina Margaretha, born 15 October 1762, baptized 17 October 1762, died 31 October 1762; and (3) Johann Peter, born 19 March 1764, baptized 21 August 1764.

Johann Friedrich Ruppel, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and son Johann (age 2¼) arrived in Oranienbaum.

Johann Friedrich Ruppel (age 29), a farmer, and his family are recorded on the 1767 census of Reinwald in Household No. 58.