VGI Updates

Philipp Weiler and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Holstein in Household No. Ho16.

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

Johann [Gerhard] Kraut from Holstein and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. Sv25.

In 1798, widow Katharina Kraut and her children moved from Shcherbakovka to Müller. [Her family has not been located in Müller on the 1798 census.]

Gerhard Kraut and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. 29.

In 1792, widow Katharina Sophia Jergenson left Holstein.

Karl Jergenson is recorded on the 1798 census of Holstein along with a note that he is studying to be a joiner in Astrakhan.

Karl Jergenson and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Holstein in Household No. 50 along with a note that they had relocated to the colony of Kraft.

Karl Jergenson and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Kraft in Household No. 54.

Paul Bremmer and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Holstein in Household No. Ho44 along with a note that he is living in Kraft.

His death (without specific year) is recorded on the 1834 census of Holstein in Household No. 65.

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

Heinrich Gritzfeld and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Holstein in Household No. Ho01.

The death of Heinrich Greitzfeld in 1827 is recorded on the 1834 census of Holstein in Household No. 19.

There are two Heinitz families in Holstein. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Karl Heinitz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Holstein in Household No. Ho05.

(2) Gottlieb Heinitz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Holstein in Household No. Ho46 along with a note that he is working in Sarepta.

Mattias Wahn, his wife Katharina, and children (Louisa, age 5; Johann, age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Franz Nikolaus Schröder.

Mathias Wahn, his wife Catharina, and children (Louisa, age 5½; Johann, age 1½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both children died en route.

Adam Kolstadt [sic], his wife Maria, and children (Maria, age 11; Peter, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Franz Nikolaus Schröder.

Adam Kolstadt, his wife Maria, and children (Maria, age 11; Peter, age 9) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.