Johann Jakob Becker

1757 - Bef 1798  (< 40 years)

• Name	Johann Jakob Becker  [1, 2]
  Birth	1755  [2]
  Birth	1757	Braunfels, Hesse, Germany   [3, 4]
  	place of origin
  Birth	14 Feb 1757	Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Y  [4]
  Arrival	8 Aug 1766	Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia   [3]
  Residence	1767	Kukkus, Samara, Russia   [2]
  	HH27
  Arrival	26 Jun 1767	Kukkus, Samara, Russia   [2]
  Name	Jakob Becker  [3]
  Death	Bef 1798
  	not on 1798 census
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  + 1. Johann Adam Becker,   b. 1 Nov 1744, Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany d. Bef 1798  (Age < 53 years) ▻ Charlotta Noll,  m. 17 May 1766 + 2. David Becker,   b. 7 Apr 1748, Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany d. Bef 1798  (Age < 49 years) ▻ Anna Maria Steckenmesser + 3. Baltasar Becker,   b. 17 Jul 1750, Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany d. 1806, Kukkus, Samara, Russia  (Age 55 years) ▻ Marianna Unknown,  m. Between 1766 and 1767 ;   Anna Maria Wagner,  m. 1788 + 4. Johann Jakob Becker,   b. 14 Feb 1757, Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany d. Bef 1798  (Age < 40 years) ▻
  Person ID	I22677	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Johann Bernhard Becker,   b. 25 Feb 1714, Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany d. 5 Feb 1760, Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Marie Unknown,   b. 1727
  Relationship	natural
  Photos		W_shultz_andrew01141873P1
  Family ID	F2766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Katharina Margareta Becker,   b. 1777  [Father: natural] + 2. Heinrich Andreas Becker,   b. 1782   d. 1818, Kukkus, Samara, Russia (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - HH27 - 1767 - Kukkus, Samara, Russia Arrival - 26 Jun 1767 - Kukkus, Samara, Russia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Johann Bernhard Becker born 25 Feb 1714 in Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany and died there on 5 Feb 1760. On 26 Jun 1767 his widow Anna Maria and six of their children arrived in Kukkus, Samara, Russia as part of the original colonist group. In 1767 3 of the male children had established their own household, Johann Adam, David and Balzar. Jacob and Wilhlem were living with their mother and new husband, Christian Herbel. Jacob and Wilhelm would eventually form their own family group, leaving a total of 5 Becker households in Kukkus. On the 1798 census in HH50 we have 3 children without parents. Apparently their father had recently died. They were born 1780, 1782 and 1784. Their father would be one of the 5 male children of Bernhard and Anna Maria. According to the 1798 census Johann Wilhelm and Baltasar were still living in 1798, thus neither can be the father. Johann Adam died before 1770, thus he cannot be the father. That leaves David and Johann Jakob. Although David had died after 1793, his six younger children in 1798 were in HH14 with his widow. Those children were born 1777, 1782, 1785, 1788, 1790 and 1793. It does not make sense that 3 children born 1780, 1782 and 1784 would be living in another household in 1798 as orphans. Those children are in a different family group. That leaves Johann Jakob as the only possibility for the father of these 3 children. On the 1811 Census it shows Heinrich Andreas Becker (who is one of the 3 children in 1798 HH50) living in HH19 with Andreas Rosenthal who is married to Katharina Margaretha Becker b. 1777. Thus suggesting that Katherina is also a member of Johann Jakob's family. The two other children were females. The 1811 census only shows males.

  
  

• Sources

  [S324] Ortsfamilienbuch Werdorf, Braunfels, Germany. [S261] Igor Pleve, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebeit 1764-1767 Band 2 Kolonien Galka-Kutter, (Name: Der Gottinger Arbeitskreis; Location: 37085 Gottingen, Germany; Date: 2001;). [S254] Igor Pleve, List of colonists to Russia in 1766-Reports by Ivan Kuhlberg, (Name: Saratov State Technical University; Location: Saratov, Russia; Date: 2010;). [S995] Brent Mai, Transportation of the Volga Germans from Oranienbaum to the Colonies on the Volga 1766-1767, (Name: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR); Location: 631 D Street, Lincoln NE 68502-1199; Date: 1998;).