Sorberger (Norka)*

The following children of Jacob & Catharina Sorberger were baptized in the Lutheran Church in Aulendiebach: (1) Johann Heinrich, baptized 6 May 1753; (2) Henrietta Cornelia Catharina Louisa, baptized 3 March 1755; (3) Catharina Maria, baptized 5 March 1758; (4) Johannes, baptized 18 April 1760; (5) Abraham Georg, baptized 17 January 1762; and (6) Johanna Wilhelmina, baptized 27 December 1763. Jacob Sorberger is recorded as a schoolteacher.

Jakob Sorberger, a teacher, his wife Anna, and children (Louisa, age 13; Katharina, age 11; Johann, age 7; Abraham, age 5; Wilhelmina, age 3; Heinrich, age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Kronverk under the command of Lieutenant Dmitry Ilyin.

Evidently Jacob and the three boys died between their arrival in Oranienbaum and the family's arrival in Norka because Catharina Sorberger is listed on the 1767 Census of Norka in Household No. 207 as the widow of Jacob Sorberger, along with daughters Louisa, Katharina, and Wilhelmine. Some records spell the surname Sorbeger.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Jakob Sorberger came from the German region of Isenburg.

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