Windschuh

Peter Windschuh, a weaver (Leineweber), his wife Wilhelmina, and children (Gottfried, age 10; Maria, age 8; Johann, age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Johann Winschu [sic], his wife Wilhelmina, and children (Gottfried, age 10¼; Sophia, age 9; Joh. Friedrich, age 2½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that father Johann and son Joh. Friedrich died en route.

Peter Winschu [sic], a weaver (Leineweber), his wife Wilhelmina, and children (Gottfried, age 12; Elisabeth, age 10) are recorded on the 1767 census of Cäsarsfeld in Household No. 10. They had arrived in Cäsarsfeld on 3 August 1767.

Recorded on the 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register in Household No. 113:

Peter Winschu [sic] (age 41), a cloth maker (Zeugmacher)
His wife Herika [sic] v. Bromel (age 39), widow of Carolin [sic]
sons: Gottfried (age 18); Johann (age 15); Christ. Friedr. (born 30 January 1777)
daughters: Maria Elisab. (age 16); Maria (age 5)
stepsons: Friedrich Carolin [sic] (age 8); Michael Carolin [sic] (age 4)

In 1798, most of the descendants of this Windschuh family are recorded in Katharinenstadt.

The 1767 census records that Peter Windschuh came from the German town of Rosslau. The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register records that Peter Winschu [sic] came from the German town of Rosslau in Anhalt Zerbst and that his wife Herica v. Bromel was from Armeiden [sic] in Holland [The Netherlands].