The parish register of Oberbrechen records that Sebastian Walkenbach from Elberskirchen, son of Martin Walkenbach married on 26 November 1756 to Anna Maria Keuler from Oberbrechen, daughter of Johannes Keuler.
The parish register of Oberbrechen records the baptisms of the following children born to Sebastian Walkenbach & Anna Maria Keuler: (1) Anna Dorothea, born 1 November 1757, baptized 2 November 1757; (2) Anna Katharina, born 13 June 1759, baptized 14 June 1759; and (3) Johannes, born 9 April 1761, baptized 11 April 1761.
Sebastian Walkenbach, a miller, his wife Anna Maria, and son Johann (age 7) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard a ship named Die Neue Fortuna (The New Fortune) under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.
Sebastian Waltenbach [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
The arrived in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767. Sebastian Walkenbach (age 42), a farmer, his wife Katharina (age 40), and step-children (Johann Maxaner, age 11; Anna Maria Maxaner, age 8) are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 71.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Sebastian Walkenbach was a miller while the 1767 census records that he was a farmer.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Sebastian Walkenbach came from the German region of Trier. The 1767 census records that Sebastian Walkenbach came from the German village of Oberbrechen in the Kurtrier.
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