Stöhr (Dietel)*

Jakob Stöhr, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and children (Andreas, age 13; Margaretha, age 9; Jakob, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 July 1766 on a Russian packet-boat named Svyatoi Nikolai (St. Nicholas) under the command of Midshipman Thomas McKenzie. The two surviving children settled in the Volga German colony of Dietel on 1 July 1767:

(1) Andreas (age 14) is recorded on the 1767 census of Dietel in Household No. 4 along with a note that he is living with the Johannes Kleemann family. The 1798 census of Kautz records him there in Household No. Kz07.

Andreas Stier is recorded on the 1811 census of Kautz in Household No. 7 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Walter in 1804.

Andreas Stier is recorded on the 1811 census of Walter in Household No. 48 along with a note that he had arrived in Walter from Kautz in 1804.

The death of Andreas Stier in 1828 is recorded on the 1834 census of Walter in Household No. 106.

(2) Margaretha (age 11) is recorded on the 1767 census of Dietel in Household No. 4 along with the Michael Stenzel family.

The 1767 census records that both Andreas and Margaretha are stepchildren of Michael Stenzel, however, Michael Stenzel's wife on the 1767 census is not the same women with whom they arrived in Oranienbaum.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Jakob Stöhr came from the German region of Hanau [probably Hanauerland, like others on the same ship arriving in Oranienbaum].

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