VGI Updates
Böhnstadt, Kr. Friedberg, Hessen
Böhnstadt is located just west of Calbach. In 1766, Böhnstadt was part of the Solms-Braundfels Principality. Today it is part of the County of Friedberg in Hessen.
Bombogen, Kr. Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rheinland-Pfalz
Bombogen is located 9 kilometers east of Wittlich.
Bönstadt, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
Bönstadt is located southeast of Friedberg. When the Volga German colonists left this area in 1766, Bönstadt was part of the Solms-Braundfels Principality. Today it is part of the County of Friedberg in Hessen.
Weis(s) (Shcherbakovka)
Johannes Jacob Weiss, son of Johannes Adam Weiss & Eva Altvatter, was born 13 January 1733 in Glashofen. The family there has been traced back to his great-great-grandparents in 1600, the earliest records located for this church.
Jakob Weiss, a carpenter (Zimmermann), his wife, his mother-in-law, and his sister-in-law immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein), arriving in Flensburg on 26 June 1762. They left the Danish colonies on 8 June 1763 and joined the migration to Russia.
Weber (Beideck-1)
Georg Konrad Weber was born 6 December 1732 in Groß-Bieberau. He married on 11 April 1754 in Ober-Ramstadt to Susanna Maria Schmidt. She was born 12 May 1727 in Hottenbach.
Walter (Walter-1)
Johann Peter Walter, son of Johann Georg Walther (14 February 1684 - 14 May 1763) & his second wife Anna Elisabeth Rausch (3 December 1691 - 28 March 1767), was born 13 February 1723 in Kirch-Beerfurth. He married in Kirch-Beerfurth on 2 March 1744 to Eva Catharina Wasenmüller, daughter of Johann Adam Wasenmüller & Anna Gertraud Flederwisch from Reichelsheim. Eva Catharina was born 7 June 1723 in Ober-Kainsbach.
Uhrich / Urich / Urig (Dietel)
Christoph Uhrich was born 15 April 1735 in Hofheim, Lampertheim, Worms, Germany. He is the grandson of Ludwig Urich and Anna Maria Bruch, also of Hofheim. Original name appears to have been spelled Urig.
Christoph Uhrich, a farmer, his wife Anna, and son Johann (age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Svyatoi Pavel (St. Paul) under the command of the Lieutenant Fyedor Sornev.
Steinmetz (Frank)*
Jacob Steinmetz, son of Johann Michael Steinmetz, married Anna Christina Hartmann, daughter of Johann Georg Hartmann, on 16 January 1766 in the Evangelical Church in Offenbach (am Main), about 9 kilometers southeast of Frankfurt.
Jacob & Anna Christina emigrated to Russia. They departed from Reval [Estonia] aboard the pink Slon under the command of the lieutenant Sergey Panov, and arrived at the Russian port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Frank where they are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.