VGI Updates

Matthaeus Haffner, son of Hanß Jacob Haffner & Margaretha Astfalk, married on 20 September 1706 in Reutlingen to Maria Agnes Kohberger, daughter of Sebastian Kohberger & Maria Käsmann.

Two Habermann families arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Kronshlot under the command of Skipper Ivan Kunakovskii. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research - but both came from the German village of Hüttengesäß.

(1) Philipp Habermann, son of Johann Philipp Habermann, was born 16 July 1719 in Hüttengesäß. He married 17 December 1749 to Maria Barbara Rudel, daughter of Philipp & Maria Katharina Rudel. Maria Barbara was baptized 16 May 1732 in Hüttengesäß.

Johann Peter Haas was baptized 3 March 1717 in Steinbach and died there on 16 March 1760. He married in Steinbach on 6 February 1744 to Anna Margaretha Schneider. She had been baptized in Stenbach on 8 September 1723 and died there on 25 July 1760.

Johann Martin Guttmann, son of Johannes Guttmann & Dorothea Heun, was born 17 March 1740 in Gersfeld.

Johann Martin Guthmann from Hasselbach & Margaretha Heun from Rommers, both in the barony of Weÿher, were married on 12 May 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Johann Guttmann, a weaver (Leineweber), and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Johann Christian Guterig, son of Johannes Gutehr [sic] (died 9 January 1759) & Anna Barbar Kader (1 July 1707 - 27 March 1765), was born on 21 February 1739 in Gammelsbach. He married in nearby Wald-Michelbach on 9 January 1759 to Maria Katharina Albrecht, daughter of Johann Georg Albrecht, who was from neighboring Siedelsbrunn. [See Albrecht Family.]

They immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Fridericia on 1 May 1760.

In December 1760, they settled in the Danish colony of Friderichshaab.

Johann Matthias Grünemeier, son of Hans Christoph Grünemeier & Anna Catharina Krammerer, was born 22 January 1700 in Graben Neudorf, north of Karlsruhe (today in Baden-Württemberg). He married there on 6 February 1731 to Maria Elisabeth Kammerer. She was born in Graben Neudorf on 1 January 1711 and died on 30 July 1739. Johann Matthias remarried to Maria Margaretha Zwecker on 1 February 1740 in Graben. She was born 30 January 1719, also in Graben Neudorf.

Johann Michael Gross, son of Johann Michael & Anna Eva Gross, was born on 29 January 1717 in Steinbach am Donnersberg in the Pfalz. He married on 10 February 1739 in nearby Göllheim to Rebecca Wilhelmina Gross, daughter of Johann Jacob Gross & Maria Barbara Maul, who had been born in 1723 in nearby Jakobsweiler.

The baptisms of the following children born to Johannes & Maria Sybilla Grosch are recorded in the parish register of Heßloch; (1) Johannes, baptized 29 August 1733; (2) Anna Maria, baptized 31 October 1735; (3) Johann Philipp, baptized 21 November 1736; (4) Johann Michael, baptized 16 November 1737; (5) Johann Jacob, baptized 17 February 1739; (6) Catharina, baptized 27 August 1740; (7) Maria Salome, baptized 12 October 1741; (8) Anna Maria, baptized 4 October 1744; (9) Catharina, baptized 14 December 1745; (10) Johann Matthias, baptized 22 September 1747; and (11) Johann Heinrich, bap

Three Grasmück siblings arrived in the Volga German colony of Balzer on 18 June 1767. All of them 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.

The parish register of Gründau records that Johannes Grasmück, son of Georg Grasmück, was baptized 23 February 1681 in Lieblos. He died 12 February 1731 in Rohrbach. He married Anna Elisabetha Thonges. She was born about 1692 and died 10 November 1756 in Rohrbach.

Johann Adam Gramlich was born in Bofsheim (southeast of Buchen Odenwald; today in Baden-Württemberg) on 4 March 1748.

He, along with his mother Anna Dorothea (age 53) and step-father Michael Marcker (age 39) [who was from Bodigheim in the Odenwald district] migrated to Denmark with Marcker's daughters (Anna Katharina, age 15; Anna Barbara, age 13). They arrived in Fridericia [Denmark] on 21 June 1760.