VGI Updates

Kaspar Feller, a farmer, and his wife Anna Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Johannes under the command of Skipper Stahl.

Caspar Voller [sic], his wife Anna Maria, and daughter Anna Cathrina (born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Kaspar Feller, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and daughter Johanna Catharina (age ¾) are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 55. They had settled there on 1 September 1767.

Widower Johann Deckmann, a baker, and his son Johann (age 19) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Reders.

Joh. Deckmann, his [new] wife Anna Maria, and children (Joh. Georg, age 20; Anna Maria, age 11) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767. Daughter Anna Maria must be a step-daughter whose surname is not recorded.

Johannes Decker, a farmer, his wife Julianna, and children (Katharina Elisabeth, age 8; Johannes, age 3; Christian, age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 30. They had settled there on 18 July 1765.

In 1792, Michael Decker moved from Anton to Straub.

Michael Decker and his son Adam are recorded on the 1811 census of Straub in Household No. 38 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Neu-Straub [year not recorded].

Johann Wilhelm Decker and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Neu-Straub in Household No. 12.

Hans Jürgen (Georg) Eichner, a farmer, his wife Christine, and three unnamed sons (ages 7, 4, & 1) immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Viborg in October 1759. They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 26 April 1763.

They joined the migration to Russia settling in the Volga German colony of Anton on 7 September 1764.

Georg Eichner, his wife Anna Christina, and sons (Johann Adam, age 12; Andreas, age 9; Johann Jakob, age 6) are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.

Johannes Baumgardt, a single cobbler (Schuhmacher), settled in the Volga German colony of Anton on 1 September 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 54 along with a note that he is living with the [Nikolaus] Bähr family.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Baumgardt came from the German village of Trarbach.

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

Hans Georg Arnold, a day-laborer (Tagelöhner), his wife Maria Sophia, and children (Johannes, age 15; Anna Barbara, age 13; Maria Barbara / Elisabeth, age 10) immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Flensburg on 29 May 1762. They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 12 January 1765.

They joined the migration to Russia and settled in the Volga German colony of Anton on 28 April 1766. Georg Arnhold, a farmer, his wife Maria Sophia, and children (Johannes, age 20; Regina Elisabeth, age 15) are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 26.

Johann Adam Albrecht immigrated to Schleswig-Holstein (Denmark).

The marriage of Johann Adam Albrecht from Heiligkreuz to Eva Catharina Dörr who was also from Heiligkreuz is recorded on 26 May 1760 in the parish register of Fredericia [Denmark].

In December 1761, the Albrechts settled in the Danish colony of Friderichshaab.

The parish register of Friderichshaab, Vorbasse [Denmark] records on 13 May 1762 the baptism of Johann Peter Albrecht, son of Adam Albrecht.

They are last recorded in the Danish colonies on 2 April 1763.

In 1794, widower Stephan Fröse moved from Enders to Rosenheim.

Stephan Fröse and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Rosenheim in Household No. Rm02.

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

In 1788, Andreas Fischer and his family moved from Enders to Krasnoyar.

Andreas Fischer from Enders and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. Ks114.

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