Johann Adam Strack, a locksmith (Schlosser) from Reiffenburg in the area of Bassenheim, married on 11 May 1766 in St. Mary's Lutheran Church of Büdingen to Eliesabetha Hermann from Usingen.
Adam Strack, a blacksmith, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a barque named Fortitudo (Fortitude) under the command of Skipper John Scott.
Johann Adam Strack, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Pfeifer on 22 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 67 along with Johannes Herrmann (age 10), orphaned son of Christian Herrmann. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Strack and Herrmann families, but it is believed that Christian and Elisabeth were siblings.
In 1790, Johann Adam Strack (the son) moved from Pfeifer to Preuss. Adam Strack (the son) and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps46.
Adam Strack (the father) and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Pfeifer in Household No. Pf22 along with a note that son Jakob is working in the colony of Hölzel.
The 1834 census of Graf records in Household No. 74 that Johannes Strack moved from Pfeifer to Graf in 1832.
The 1857 census of Pfeifer records in Household No. 187 that Alois Strack and his family moved from Pfeifer to Josefstal in 1852.
Alois Strack from Pfeifer and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Josefstal in Household No. 70.
The 1857 census of Pfeifer records in Household No. 181 that Kaspar Strack and his family moved from Pfeifer to Josefstal in 1852.
Kaspar Strack from Pfeifer and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Josefstal in Household No. 70 along with a note that they had returned to Pfeifer.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Adam Strack came from the German region of Bassenheim. The 1767 census records that Johann Adam Strack came from the German region of Hannover.
- 1834 Graf Census (Household No. 74).
- 1857 Josefstal Census (Household No. 70).
- 1857 Pfeifer Census (Households No. 181, 187).
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Auswanderung deutscher Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2019): 32.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Deutsche Kolonisten im Jahr 1766 in Oranienbaum und in den Siedlungsorten: Die Kuhlberg-Listen (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2024): 472.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Pf22, Ps46, Mv2253.
- Mai, Brent Alan and Dona Reeves-Marquardt, German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767) (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2003): #634.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005): 393.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #3691.
Brent Mai