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Götz (Messer)
Two Götz men settled in the Volga German colony of Messer. They both arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard an English frigate named Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
(1) Conrad Götz, son of Johannes Götz, was born on 27 February 1740 in Mittel-Gründau. Conrad Götz and Anna Margaretha Hartwig, the daughter of Michael Hartwig, were married in Hain-Gründau on 13 September 1764.
Preisendorf
Conrad Preisendorf, the son of Johann Heinrich Preisendorf of Leisenwald, married in nearby Spielberg on 24 December 1747 to Eva Elisabeth Werth, the daughter of Johann Heinrich Werth. She had been baptized on 7 April 1745 in Spielberg. They had one child, Anna Catharina Preisendorf, baptized on 10 February 1765 in Spielberg.
October 22, 2017 - Edmonton, Alberta - 250th Anniversary of Norka
Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the
Founding of the Volga German
Colony of Norka
Sunday, 22 October 2017
Stony Plain, Alberta
September 24, 2017 - Topeka, Kansas - 250th Anniversary of Göbel, Hildmann, Köhler, Leichtling, Pfeifer, Rothammel, & Sewald
Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the
Founding of the Volga German Colonies of
Göbel, Hildmann, Köhler, Leichtling, Pfeifer, Rothammel, & Sewald
Sunday, 24 September 2017
Topeka, Kansas
Eichhorn (Huck)*
Conrad Eichhorn and his first wife, Elisabeth, had four children baptized in Wächtersbach: (1) Catharina Margaretha, baptized 14 September 1740; (2) Dorothea Amalia, baptized 16 September 1742; (3) Henrietta Louisa, baptized 20 December 1744; and (4) Anna, baptized 4 June 1750.
Fischborn, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
Today, Fischborn is administratively part of the municipality of Birstein. The church in Fischborn is part of the Unterreichenbach parish.
Michel (Huck-1)
Eloiß and Anna Barbara Michel had the following children, each born in the German village of Fischborn: (1) Johann Adam, born 27 June 1759 and (2) Eva, born 6 June 1763. Their baptisms are recorded in the parish records of Unterreichenbach.
Schlotthauer (Huck)
The marriage of Johann Nicolaus Schlotthauer, son of Johann Valentin Schlotthauer, and Susanna Gauss, daughter of Andreas Gauss is recorded in the parish register of Ilbeshausen on 30 July 1743. Their son Johannes was baptized there on 19 November 1745.
The marriage of Johannes Schlotthauer and Anna Maria Eckert is recorded on 9 April 1766 in the parish register of Spielberg.
Eckert (Huck)
There are two Eckert families that settled in the colony of Huck. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.