Sewald

Christopher Sebald [sic], a weaver (Weber) from Imbst near Tyrol, married on 16 August 1701 to Barbara Eretz from Oberaurach.

The birth of their son is recorded in the parish register of St. Lorenzo Catholic Church in Dirmstein: Johann Karl Sebald [sic], baptized 22 April 1716. The father, Christoph Sebald died in 1719.

Karl Sebald married in 1748 to Katharina Elisabeth Weingart, daughter of Conrad Weingart. Katharina Elisabeth Weingart had been baptized on 16 December 1719 in Dirmstein.

The baptisms of four children of Karl Sebald & Katharina Elisabeth Weingart have been located in Dirmstein: (1) Elisabeth, born in 1749; (2) Johannes, baptized 28 October 1751; (3) Johann Adam, baptized 24 April 1754; and (4) Catharina Elisabeth, baptized 24 August 1758. [The baptisms of children Johann Philipp & Magdalena have not been located.]

Karl Sewald, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Johannes, age 17¼; Johann, age 10¼; Elisabeth, age 8; Magdalena, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Severnyi Orel (Northern Eagle) under the command of Lieutenant Pyotr Malenkov.

Karl Seewald, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children ([a] Johann, age 17; [b] Johann Philipp, age 12; [c] Elisabeth, age 11) are recorded on the 1767 census of Sewald in Household No. 4. They had arrived in Sewald on 20 August 1767.

Katharina Sewald, widow of Karl Sewald, and her daughter's family are recorded on the 1798 census of Sewald in Household No. Sd08.

[a] In 1797, Johannes Sewald and his family moved from Franzosen to Seelmann.

Johann[es] Sewald from Franzosen and his sons (Karolus, age 14; Heinrich, age 12; Johannes, age 9; Valentin, age 7; Mattias, age 5) are recorded on the 1798 census of Seelmann in Household No. Sm07.

The death of Johannes Sewald in 1804 is recorded on the 1811 census of Seelmann in Household No. 7.

Valentin Sewald, son of Johannes Sewald, is recorded on the 1811 census of Seelmann in Household No. 7 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Dehler in 1809.

Valentin Sewald is recorded on the 1811 census of Dehler in Household No. 44 along with a note that he had arrived in Dehler from Seelmann in 1809.

[b] Philipp Sewald from Sewald and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Franzosen in Household No. Fz07.

In 1826, Jakob Sewald and his family moved from Franzosen to Husaren.

Between 1816 and 1834, Philipp Sewald and his son Stephan moved from Franzosen to Kamenka.

Between 1816 and 1834, Simon Sewald, son of Philipp Sewald, and his family along with his brother Franz moved from Franzosen to Husaren.

[c] Elisabeth Sewald is recorded on the 1798 census of Herzog in Household No. Hz31 along with her husband Heinrich Lehmann and their family.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Karl Sewald came from the German region of Pfalz. The 1767 census records that Karl Sewald came from the German village of Dirmstein in the Worms region.