Heinrich Schuh was born in 1724 in the Jagst district of Baden-Württemberg. He married Maria Christina Göltenbodt [also spelled Goldenboth] on 5 December 1752 in the Ohrnberg Evangelical Church of Ohrnberg. Maria Christina, daughter of Georg Michael & Margaretha Anna Katharina Göltenbodt, was born on 25 December 1722 and baptized on 27 December 1722 in Ohrnberg.
Their son, Melchior Christian, was born & baptized on 2 April 1754 in Ohrnberg.
Heinrich Schuh, a wheelmaker (Radmacher) and his family immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein), departing from Altona, Duchy of Holstein, on 17 May 1762 under the leadership of Leonhard Steiner. They arrived in the city of Flensburg, Duchy of Schleswig, on 22 May 1762.
The parish register of Ravsted [Denmark] records on 19 November 1762 the baptism of Andres Heinrich Schuh, son of Heinrich Schuh & Maria Christina Göltenbod. He later died 21 November 1762 in Ravsted. The death of another son, Andreas Heinrich Schuh is recorded in the parish register of Ladelund on 16 March 1764.
On 24 September 1763, the Schuh family is recorded in the Danish colony of Wilhelminenfeld.
On 11 May 1765, they deserted the Danish colonies and joined the migration to Russia.
Heinrich Schuh and his family arrived in the Volga German colony of Rosenheim on 15 March 1766.
Heinrich Schuh, a farmer, his wife Maria Christina, and son Christian Michael (age 14) are recorded on the 1767 census of Rosenheim in Household No. 51.
Son Melchior Christian married Christina Schipper. They are registered on the 1798 Census in Rosenheim in Household No. Rm43.
The 1767 census records that Heinrich Schuh came from the German village of Danne [?] in the "Herzogtum Württemberg."
- Eichhorn, Alexander; Eichhorn Jacob & Mary. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766 (Deiningen: Steinmeier, 2012): 292, 596 (B-1524), & 682.
- 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): Rm43.
- Parish register of Ohrnberg (LDS Film No. 1340235).
- Parish register of Ravsted [Denmark] (LDS Film No. 053325).
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2008): 74.
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