VGI Updates

In 1790, Johann Jost Müller and his family moved from Ernestinendorf to Paulskaya.

[There appear to be two Michael Müllers from Paulskaya.]

The widow and son (Peter, age 8) of Michael Müller from Paulskaya are recorded on the 1798 census of Urbach in Household No. Ur30.

Peter Müller and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Urbach in Household No. 67 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Philippsfeld in 1825.

Peter Müller from Urbach and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 40.

Nikolaus Berge, a farmer, and his wife Eva are recorded on the 1767 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 8. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

In 1769, Nikolaus Berge and his family moved from Philippsfeld to Zürich.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Berge came from the German village of Küchen bei Waldkappel.

There are two Neubert families affiliated with the colony of Paulskaya. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Martin Neubarth, a cobbler, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax

Mart. Neubarth and his wife Katharina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Heinrich Scherer, a farmer, his wife, and children (Johann, age 11; Anna, age 8; Johannes, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Heinr. Scherer, his wife Anna Catharina, and children (Johann Conrad, age 11; Maria, age 8; Johannes, age 1¼) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both parents along with daughter Maria and son Johannes died en route.

In 1796, widower Johann Heinrich Spätz moved from Paulskaya to Biberstein.

Heinrich Spätz from Paulskaya and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Biberstein in Household No. Bb03.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Widow Dorothea Wenk is recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka082.

The agricultural census that accompanies the 1798 census recorded her name as Dorothea Fink.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family [either Wenk or Fink] among the Volga German colonies.

In 1790, Friedrich Werner moved from Paulskaya to Kaneau.

Friedrich Werner from Paulskaya and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kaneau in Household No. Kn24.

The death of Friedrich Werner in 1816 is recorded on the 1834 census of Kaneau in Household No. 10.

In 1777, Daniel Gansch moved from Philippsfeld to Katharinenstadt.

Johannes Fries from Felda [Groß-Felda] & Anna Maria Rausch from Repgeshein were married on 3 July 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen. [This Anna Maria Rausch is believed to have re-married to Johannes Schreiner because they settled in the colony of Hussenbach along with another Fries family from Groß-Felda.]

Johann[es] Schreiner, a farmer, and his wife Anna Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the galliot Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson.