Georg Leonhard Rothermel

1749 -

• Name	Georg Leonhard Rothermel  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	14 Mar 1749	Lichtenklingen, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	16 Mar 1749	Evangelisch, Wald Michelbach, Starkenburg, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany   [2]
  Birth	lives in Anton Colony  [4]
  Birth	1751  [5]
  Name	Leonhard Rothermel  [5]
  Residence	1767	Anton, Saratov, Russia   [5]
  	HH24
  Residence	1798	Anton, Saratov, Russia   [1]
  Person ID	I22468	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Johann Georg Rothermel,   b. 23 Sep 1713, Hammelbach, Germany d. Bef 1798 (Age < 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eva Margaretha Erhard,   b. 14 Oct 1714, Lichtenklingen, Germany
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 Feb 1741	Wald-Michelbach, Germany   [6]
  Family ID	F6096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Barbara Arnold,   b. 1750   d. Bef 1775 (Age < 24 years)
  Marriage	1768  [3]
  Family ID	F6100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Katharina Elisabeth Metzger,   b. 1756
  Marriage	Abt 1775  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Eva Katharina Rothermel,   b. 1777  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Pasted from <http://www.russia-colonists.eu/namen-Dateien/FAMRe.htm> ROTHERMEL Georg Leonhard * 14.03.1749 Lichtenklingen oo um 1768 ARNOLD Anna Barbara * 1750 + vor 1775 oo nach 1775 METZGER Katharina Elisabeth * 1756 Pasted from <http://www.russia-colonists.eu/wandere.htm> MIGRATION OF COLONISTS FROM GERMANY IN 1761 TO SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN AND LATER TO THE VOLGA IN 1763. In 1761, the Danish king (Duke of Schleswig-Holstein) recruited people from souther Germany to settle in Schleswig-Holstein, to drain the bogs and swamps and make the land productive. Many Germans answered the appeal. Later the worsoning economic situation and resentment by local domestic workmen caused some colonists to break their contract with the king and desert. As the number of desertions increased, provision was made for colonists to apply for permission to leave. At the same time, czarina Katharina the Great issued the manifesto that encouraged people to come to Russia. Amough the enducements was provision for advance payment of colonist costs for the journey. There was a resident recruiter of colonist in Kiel. The colonist records in Schleswig show that many colonists left, some requesting permission to do so while others simply deserted without a trace. Transport lists of those leaving from Travemünde and Lübeck are not to be found. The Kuhlberg lists do provide listings of colonists arriving in Russia. The Volga village census records are another source. By comparing family names and ther names and ages of family members, I come to the conclusion that there is a high probability that many of the families that left Schleswig-Holstein became colonists on the Volga.

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Brent Alan Mai, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga-Volume 1 & 2, (Name: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR); Location: Lincoln, Nebraska; Date: 1999;), Anton, Russia 1798 Census P246-254 as of 9 Nov 1798. [S1252] Ancestry.com, Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S711] Lang, Gerhard, German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga. 18b ROTHERMEL Georg Leonhard * 14.03.1749 Lichtenklingen 18b Ioo um 1768 ARNOLD Anna Barbara * 1750 + vor 1775 18b IIoo nach 1775 METZGER Katharina Elisabeth * 1756 18b Lichtenklingen - Jütland - Anton [S80] Brent Alan Mai, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga-Volume 1 & 2, (Name: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR); Location: Lincoln, Nebraska; Date: 1999;), Anton, Russia Movement Register from 1798 Census. [S361] Igor Pleve, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebeit 1764-1767 Band 1 Kolonien Anton to Franzosen, (Name: Der Gottinger Arbeitskreis; Location: 37085 Gottingen, Germany; Date: 1999;). [S711] Lang, Gerhard, German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga. 18 ROTHERMEL Johann Georg * 23.09.1713 Hammelbach 18 oo 13.02.1741 Wald-Michelbach ERHARD Eva Margaretha * 14.10.1714 Lichtenklingen 18 Lichtenklingen - Jütland - Anton