Voigt (Husaren)

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Voigt (Husaren)
Войдъ (Husaren)
Woitt
Discussion & Documentation: 

Johann Voigt, a soldier, and his wife Anna settled in the Volga German colony of Husaren on 13 June 1765. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 2.

In 1796, Katharina Voigt, widow of Johann Voigt, and her son moved from Husaren to Walter.

Johann Friedrich Voigt, son of Johann Voigt, is recorded on the 1798 census of Walter in Household No. Wt090.

In 1798, Philipp Joseph Voigt moved from Husaren to Rosenheim.

Johann Philipp Feit, presumed son of Johann Voigt, from Husaren, his wife, and his mother-in-law are recorded on the 1798 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. St16.

Johann Philipp Voigt is recorded on the 1811 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. 17 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Anton in 1806.

The death of [Johann] Philipp Voigt in 1819 is recorded on the 1834 census of Anton in Household No. 89.

The 1798 census of Husaren records in Household No. Hn19 that Johannes Voigt and his family are in the colony of Schuck where he is working as a shepherd.

The 1767 census records that Johann Voigt came from the Polish village of Gniew.

Sources: 

- 1811 Stahl am Tarlyk Census (Household No. 17).
- 1834 Anton Census (Household No. 89).
- 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): Hn19, St16, Wt090, Mv1044, Mv0148.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 163.

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Brent Mai

Pre-Volga Origin

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