Siegel (Kamenka)

There are two Siegel families that settled in the Volga German colony of Kamenka on 20 June 1767, but their relationship to each other is not recorded. The 1767 census records that both of them came from the German village of Eppingen.

(1) Johann[es] Siegel, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Johann, age 8; Anna, age 3) 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. They are recorded on the 1767 census of Kamenka in Household No. 69.

In 1790, widow Christina Siegel and her children moved from Kamenka to Penza.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Siegel came from the German region of Mainz.

(2) Nikolaus Siegel, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the Russian boot Neton-Men under the command of Midshipman Emelyan Lozhnikov. They are recorded on the 1767 census of Kamenka in Household No. 70.

Nikolaus Siegel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kamenka in Household No. Km058.

The death of Nikolaus Siegel is recorded in the parish register of Kamenka in 1803.

Nikolaus Siegel, son of Nikolaus Siegel, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Kamenka in Household No. 148.

Johannes Siegel, son of Nikolaus Siegel, from Kamenka and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Josefstal in Household No. 53.

Andreas Siegel, nephew of Nikolaus Siegel, is recorded on the 1834 census of Kamenka in Household No. 148 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Luzern.

Konrad Siegel, nephew of Nikolaus Siegel, is recorded on the 1834 census of Kamenka in Household No. 148 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Sewald.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Nikolaus Siegel came from the German region of the Pfalz.