Schwindt (Kraft)

The births of six children born to Johannes Schwind & Anna Elisabetha Monig have been located in the parish register of Büdesheim: (1) Johann Peter, born 2 October 1752, baptized 4 October 1752, died 3 March 1756; (2) Johann Jacob, born 5 May 1754, baptized 6 May 1754; (3) Johann Philipp, born 3 January 1757, baptized 5 January 1757, died 10 July 1759; (4) Johann Simon, born 17 July 1758, baptized 19 July 1758; (5) Johann Georg, born 11 June 1760, baptized 13 June 1760; and (6) Johann Mattheus, born 24 July 1765, baptized 26 July 1765.

Johann Schwindt, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and children (Johann Jakob, age 12; Johann Simon, age 8; Johann Georg, age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Detlov Merberg.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Kraft on 18 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 45.

Simon Schwindt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kraft in Household No. Kf37.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Schwindt was a farmer from the German region of Friedeburg. The 1767 census records that he was a cobbler (Schuhmacher) from the German village of Bitesen [Büdesheim] in the Friedberg region.