Sohn (Nieder-Monjou)*

Johann [Georg] Sohn, a farmer, his wife Christina, and children (Christina, age 15; Margaretha, age 10; Philipp, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Joh. Georg Sohn, his wife Christina, and children (Christina, age 15; Anna Margaretha, age 11; Philip, age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the mother Christina, daughter Christina, and son Philip died en route.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 62.

Widow Anna Maria Sohn, whose first husband was Peter Mörkel, is recorded on the 1798 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. Nm22.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Sohn came from the region of Alsace. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Oppenweiler.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Sohn family among the Volga German colonies.