Ervin Philip Felsing

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• Name: Ervin P Felsing
• Reference Number: 1090
• Birth: 1924, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA

Family/Spouse: Betty Mae Osborne. Betty was born on 26 Dec 1924 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA; died on 2 Sep 2016 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

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• other: Arenac, Michigan, USA
• SSN issued: Michigan, USA
• Name: John Felsing
• Name: John Felsing
• Name: John Felsing Sr.
• Reference Number: 1089
• Residence: Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 30 Apr 1876
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Arrival: 1896
• Arrival: 1898
• Arrival: 1898
• Arrival: 1898
• Residence: 1900, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1910, Liberty, Coffey, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Death: Oct 1967, Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Sims-Whitney Cemetery

Johannes married Elisabeth Reitz on 28 Oct 1899 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA. Elisabeth (daughter of Johann Philipp Reitz and Anna Margaretha Maser) was born on 29 Aug 1879 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 5 Jun 1958 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA; was buried after 5 Jun 1958 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elisabeth Felsing
• Name: Elizabeth Felsing
• Name: Elizabeth Felsing
• Reference Number: 389
• Birth: 1880, Russia
• Birth: 1880, Russia
• Birth: 1880, Russia
• Arrival: 1891
• Residence: 1910, Liberty, Coffey, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Sims-Whitney Cemetery

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• Name: Philipp Felsing
• Reference Number: 1091
• Birth: 1845, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39

Johann married Katharina Margaretha Baum in 1868 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Katharina (daughter of Johann Konrad Baum and Maria Margaretha Bell) was born on 18 Jun 1847 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 3 Jan 1928 in Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Katherine Margaret Felsing
• Reference Number: 4727
• Residence: Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1846, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1847, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1848, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1848, Russia
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33
• Death: 3 Jan 1928, Whitney, Arenac County, Michigan, USA

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• Name: Philipp Reitz
• Reference Number: 467
• Birth: 1855, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH143

Notes:

Died:
not on Kukkus1886 Family List

Johann married Anna Margaretha Maser. Anna (daughter of Konrad Maser and Anna Margaretha Heinrich) was born on 17 Sep 1855 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 22 Oct 1944 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 294
• Birth: 1855, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH103

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• Name: Johannes Falsinger
• Reference Number: 1434
• Birth: 1812
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH62
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39

Johannes married Maria Elisabeth Kisselman. Maria (daughter of Johann Martin Kisselman and Anna Barbara Maser) was born in 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elisabeth Kieselmann
• Name: Elisabeth Kisselmann
• Name: Elisabeth Unknown
• Name: Maria Elisabeth Kiselmann
• Reference Number: 1435
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39

Notes:

We strongly suspect that Maria Elisabeth is the daughter of Johann Martin Kisselman and Anna Barbara Maser based on the following facts:

1) The Johann Martin household is the only other Kisselman Family in Kukkus in 1834.

2) The 1798 census shows only 4 other Kisselman households in the Volga German colonies. Mathias (Johann Martin's brother) in the nearby village of Anton. Mathias (Johann Martin's father in the nearby village of Balzer. Ludwig (No known relation) in the more distant village of Donhof. And Johannes (no known relation) in the more distant village of Grimm.It is certainly possible that Maria Elisabeth came from one of the households in Anton or Balzer. It is much less likely that she came from the more distant villages of Donhof or Grimm. I know of no Kukkus intermarriages from those last two villages.

3) Johann Martin lives within 2 households from the Felsings, according to the 1834, 1850 and 1857 census records.

4) Johann Martin was having children from 1796 to at least 1812 that we know of. It is possible then that he had a child in 1814.

Records from this time and place are simply incomplete. But based on what we know, it is most likely that Maria Elisabeth is the daughter of Johann Martin. Perhaps eventually we will find records to confirm or to dispute that, but for now I am listing Maria Elisabeth in the genealogy under Johann Martin Kisselman.

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• Name: Conrad Baum
• Name: Konrad Baum
• Reference Number: 675
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH15
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33

Johann married Maria Margaretha Bell. Maria (daughter of Johannes Bell and Anna Katharina Mende) was born in 1827 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 30 Dec 1888 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Katherine Bell
• Reference Number: 756
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33

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• Reference Number: 474
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH94
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH131
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH143

Notes:

Died:
not on Kukkus1886 Family List

Johannes married Anna Margaretha Weigandt. Anna (daughter of Johannes Weigandt and Anna Margaretha Kukkus) was born in 1823 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died before 1886 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Margaretha Weigand
• Reference Number: 546
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH38
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH131
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH143

Notes:

Possibly the same person as Anna Margaretha Weigandt b. 1823 married to Johannes Reitz

We do not have definitve proof that the Anna Margaretha Weigandt born 1823 in Kukkus to Johannes Weigandt is the same person as the Anna Margaretha Weigandt born 1823 who married Johannes Reitz.However, circumstantially it makes sense. We have the same name, the same birth year, the same village and the continuity of that name and age through the 3 Kukkus censuses of 1834, 1850 and 1857.

Records from this time and place are simply incomplete. But based on what we know, it is most likely that Anna Margaretha Weigandt is the daughter of Johannes Weigandt. Perhaps eventually we will find records to confirm or to dispute that, but for now I am listing Anna Margaretha in the genealogy under Johannes Weigandt.

Died:
not on Kukkus1886 Family List

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• Name: Konrad Masser
• Reference Number: 12
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH64
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH64
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH90
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH103

Konrad married Anna Margaretha Heinrich between 1850 and 1855. Anna (daughter of Wilhelm Anton Heinrich and Eva Elisabeth Keil) was born in 1822 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 17 Oct 1896 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3149
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH10
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH87
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH103

Notes:

We strongly suspect that The Anna Margaretha Heinrich born 1822 and showing on the Kukkus 1834 census as the daughter of Wilhelm Anton Heinrich is the same person as the Anna Margaretha Heinrich born 1822 and showing on the Kukkus 1850 census as spouse of Johann Heinrich Krumm and also the same person as the Anna Margaretha Heinrich born 1822 and showing on the 1857 Kukkus census as the wife of Konrad Maser based on the following facts:

1) Joahnn Heinrich Krumm died 1849 and his widow Anna Margaretha is living in 1850 in household 87 with two Krumm children, Johannes and Christina.Konrad Maser, a widower, is living in HH 90. All of this per the 1850 Kukkus census.

2) In 1857 the Krumm children, Johannes and Christina are living in what was household 87 (called HH 100 in 1857) alone, aged 14 and 12. Anna Margaretha is living three Households away in HH 103 with Konrad Maser. In 1850, Konrad Maser lived in HH 90 as a widower. In 1857 HH 90 is relabeled as HH 103. In 1850 the widow and widower are living 3 households apart. In 1857 the children are still in the same Krumm household, but Anna has moved in with the widower in the Maser household.

3) The continuity of the same name, same birth year and same village on 3 consecutive censuses in Kukkus, 1834, 1850 and 1857 strongly suggests that all 3 entries refer to the same person.

Records from this time and place are simply incomplete. But based on what we know, it is most likely that Anna Margaretha is the daughter of Wilhelm Anton. Perhaps eventually we will find records to confirm or to dispute that, but for now I am listing Anna Margaretha in the genealogy under Wilhelm Anton Heinrich.

Notes:

Married:
2nd wife

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• Name: Georg Felsing
• Name: Johann Georg Falsinger
• Name: Johann Georg Feleing
• Reference Number: 1408
• Birth: 1784
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH38
• Residence: 1811, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH30
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH62
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32

Notes:

Johannes Felsing was the deceased husband of the deceased first wife of Johann Peter Debus according to the note on the entry for his son Johann Georg (who was living in the household of Johann Peter Debus) in the 1798 census. Johann Peter Debus had a son with his second wife in 1791, which implies that his first wife died before 1791. His first wife only married Johann Peter after her first husband Johannes had died, therefore Johannes had to die before 1791, most likely a few years before. As his son was born 1784, his death date had to be between 1784 and 1791.

Johann married Maria Charlotte Heizenraeder before 1811 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Maria (daughter of Johann Thomas Heizenraeder and Anna Margareta Becker) was born in 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Charlotta Heizenraeder
• Name: Charlotte Heizenraeder
• Name: Maria Charlotta Unknown
• Reference Number: 2188
• Birth: 1783
• Birth: 1791
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH30
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32

Notes:

The 1783 birth year on the 1834 census and the surname chart appears to be in error. Her mother would have been 13 when she was born! The age on the 1798 census and the 1850 census is more like it. Perhaps the 1834 entyry was a transcription error and that was then picked up in the surname chart.

Notes:

Married:
age of 1st child and living in Heitzenrader houshold in 1811.

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• Name: Johann Martin Kisselmann
• Name: Martin Kesselman
• Name: Martin Kisselman
• Reference Number: 10
• Residence: 1775, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH12
• Arrival: 1793, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH40
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH17
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH17

Notes:

1798 Census notes that he is from Balzer. He is probably the son of Matthias Kisselmann who is the only Kisselmann family on the 1767 Balzer Census.

Johann married Anna Barbara Maser in 1793 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Anna (daughter of Gottfried Maser and Anna Eva Lutz) was born in 1775 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died before 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3860
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH40

Notes:

The gap in children's ages may imply that Anna Barbara died and is not the mother of the younger children.

Died:
not on 1834 census

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• Name: Philipp Baum
• Reference Number: 689
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH24
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH15
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH15

Johann married Maria Barbara Hergenroeder. Maria (daughter of Johannes Hergenroeder and Philippina Unknown) was born in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Barbara Unknown
• Reference Number: 778
• Birth: 1771
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH24
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH15

Notes:

We strongly suspect that Maria Barbara is the daughter of Johannes and Philipina Hergenroeder of Kukkus based on the following facts:

1) The Philipina Hergenroeder household is the only other Hergenroeder Family in Kukkus in 1798.

2) The 1798 census does list the village a spouse came from if not from the current village. The 1798 Kukkus Census does not list Maria Barbara as being from another colony, so it is presumed that she was born in Kukkus. Which implies she could only be the daughter of Johannes as this is the only Hergenroeder family in Kukkus.

3) Johannes was having childen that we know of from 1769 to 1793. There is a 9 year gap from 1772 to 1783 where no children are known. It is possible that Maria Barbara was born in this gap in 1775.

Records from this time and place are simply incomplete. But based on what we know, it is most likely that Maria Barbara is the daughter of Johannes Hergenroeder. Perhaps eventually we will find records to confirm or to dispute that, but for now I am listing Maria Barbara in the genealogy under Johannes Hergenroeder.

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• Reference Number: 3337
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH102
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH41
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH49

Johannes married Anna Katharina Mende. Anna was born in 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Katharina Minde
• Name: Anna Katharina Unknown
• Name: Anna Margaretha Minde
• Reference Number: 3339
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH41
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH49

Notes:

There is a Mindt (Georg HH88) household in Schilling on the 1798 census, perhaps that is her correct surname. Her husband's parents were from Schilling. The Mindt spelling is from Brent Mai's 1798 census translation. The AHSGR translation of both the 1775 and 1798 census spells it as Mende. It seems likely that Anna Katharina is the daughter of one of Georg Minde's sons who were born in 1777 and 1780.

Name:
This may be the correct spelling of the surname.

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• Reference Number: 387
• Residence: 1789, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH37
• Birth: 1790, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH94

Konrad married Barbara Unknown. Barbara was born in 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 555
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH94

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• Name: Johannes Weigand
• Reference Number: 2469
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH11
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH38
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH53
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH62

Johannes married Anna Margaretha Kukkus. Anna (daughter of Johann Philipp Kukkus and Maria Barbara Paul) was born in 1800 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Margaretha Unknown
• Name: Anna Maria Kukkus
• Reference Number: 2473
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH38
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH53
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH62

Notes:

We strongly suspect that The Anna Margaretha Kukkus born 1800 is the daughter of Johann Philip Kukkus based on the following facts:

1) On the 1798 census their was only one Kukkus surnamed family in the Volga colonies. That was Johann Philip Kukkus of the village of Kukkus. That is the only family she could have come out of.

2) However, within that family, Johann Philip did have some teenage sons. Konrad age 19 in 1800 and Johannes age 16 in 1800. It is possible that one of them could have been the father. Then Johann Philip would be the grandfather.

But with that possibility in mind, i think that it is more likely that Anna Margaretha was the daughter of Johann Philip.

Records from this time and place are simply incomplete. But based on what we know, it is most likely that Anna Margaretha is the daughter of Johann Philip. Perhaps eventually we will find records to confirm or to dispute that, but for now I am listing Anna Margaretha in the genealogy under Johann Philip Kukkus.

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• Name: Gottfried Masser
• Reference Number: 3
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH40
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH64
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH64

Notes:

Surname chart by Pleve lists 1st wife as unknown and 2nd wife as Barbara Rothermel.
1834 Census lists wife as Anna Elisabeth.
1850 and 1857 Census lists wife as Barbara Rothermel
All children would be from first wife.

Gottfried married Anna Elisabeth Unknown. Anna was born in 1784; died between 1834 and 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 11
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH64

Notes:

Surname chart by Pleve lists 1st wife as unknown and 2nd wife as Barbara Rothermel.
1834 Census lists wife as Anna Elisabeth.
1850 and1857 Census lists wife as Barbara Rothermel


Died:
analysis of census records

Notes:

Married:
1st wife

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• Reference Number: 1057
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH20
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH10
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH10
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH16

Wilhelm married Eva Elisabeth Keil. Eva (daughter of Johann George Keil and Maria Johanna Baumgaertner) was born in 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Eva Elisabeth Unknown
• Reference Number: 1061
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH10
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH16

Notes:

George Keil/Maria Johanna Baumgaertner of Anton HH02 in 1798 has daughter Elisabeth born 1784.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1407

Notes:

We only know this person by name through a note in the 1798 census as the deceased father of Johann Georg. Based on the date of birth of Johann Georg, 1784, his father had to be born prior to 1767, thus he had to be listed on the 1767 census. There were two Felsing(er) familes on the 1767 census and each has one possible match to Johannes. Johann Georg Felsinger born 1761, appears on the 1798 Krasnoyar census as the deceased father of Konrad Felsinger born 1784. Johann Konrad Felsing born 1759, appears on the 1767 Paulskaya census, but appears nowhere in 1798.

Johannes Felsing was the deceased husband of the deceased first wife (name unknown) of Johann Peter Debus according to the note on the entry for his son Johann Georg (who was living in the household of Johann Peter Debus) in the 1798 census. Johann Peter Debus had a son with his second wife in 1791, which implies that his first wife died before 1791. His first wife only married Johann Peter after her first husband Johannes had died, therefore Johannes had to die before 1791, most likely a few years before. As his son was born 1784, his death date had to be between 1784 and 1791.

Birth:
based on son born 1783

Died:
his widow had child in 1791 with Peter Debus

Johannes married Unknown Unknown. Unknown was born before 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 10198

Notes:

Birth:
based on spouse's age

Notes:

Married:
1st husband

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• Name: Johann Thomas Heitzenraeder
• Name: Thomas Hergenroeder
• Reference Number: 2185
• Birth: 1764
• Birth: 1765
• Arrival: 4 Jul 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia; "Love and Unite" skipper Thomas Fairfax
• Residence: 1767, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH75
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Balzer, Saratov, Russia
• Residence: 1775, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH70
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH30
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH62

Notes:

Balzer movement chart: Christoph Heizenrader and family moved to Kukkus in 1790.

As the first child was born in 1790 or 1791 that could imply that he married in Balzer, shortly before the family movement. Margareta Becker, dau of Weis Becker, b. 1770 would be the only Balzer possibility. As we do not have a 1775 Kukkus census, we do not know if there are any Kukkus possibilities. If he married a Kukkus girl, they would have to have been married very shortly after moving to Kukkus.

Johann married Anna Margareta Becker about 1789. Anna (daughter of David Becker and Anna Maria Steckenmesser) was born in 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2186
• Birth: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH31
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH30

Notes:

Kukkus birth records include the following:
#31, 32. Twins Cath. Magd. [Catharina Magdalena] and Maria Charl. [Charlotta] Beker [Becker], born 13, baptized 20 November 1799.
Parents: Conrad Beker and Catharina Haase from the village Volskoye.
Godparents and witnesses: Joh. Horch, Magd. Beker, Thom. Heizenroeder, M. Charl. Fuchs.

HH 43 in 1798 - these are the parents
HH 42 contains Maria Charlotta Fuchs, a sponsor
HH 30 contains Thomas Hei..., another sponsor, married to Anna Margaretha Becker
HH 31 has a Becker wife named Magdalena that I suspect is another sponsor

These sponsors might suggest that Maria Charlotta (Becker) Fuchs, Anna Margaretha (Becker) Hei..., and Wilhelm Becker were siblings of Johann Conrad Becker. We know from the 1811 Kukkus census HH43 that Konrad and Wilhelm were brothers. Most likely Anna Margaetha was the child of Dvid on the 1767 1st settler list. It is possible that child died and David had another female in 1770 named Anna Margaretha.

HH 24 in Stahl am Tarlyk has a Johannes Horch, but I don't see how he'd be connected. I suspect it must be some other Horch that perhaps had a Becker wife.

Notes:

Married:
est. based on 1st child

Other Events:

• Name: Matthias Kieselmann
• Name: Matthias Kiselmann
• Reference Number: 10643
• Birth: 1731
• Immigration: 1731
• Birth: 1732, Kieselbronn, Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Residence: 1764, Friedrichfeld, Denmark
• Arrival: 28 Aug 1765, Balzer, Saratov, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH 22
• Residence: 1775, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH12
• Residence: 1798, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH 41

Notes:

Matthias Kisselman was born abt 1732. He married Maria Elisabeth Huber. By 1764 they had emigrated from Kieselbronn, Baden-Württemberg to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) and settled in the colony of Friedrichfeld. They immigrated to Russia in 1763, and arrived in the colony Balzer on 28 August 1765.
Sources
- Lang, Gerhard. German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga.

From http://www.russia-colonists.eu/wandere.htm by Gerhard Lang
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 worsening 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. Among the inducements was provision for advance payment of colonist costs for the journey. There was a resident recruiter of colonists 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.

7 KIESELMANN Matthias * 1732 oo HUBER Maria Elisabeth * um 1732
7 Kieselbronn - Friedrichsfeld - Balzer

1767 First Settlers List for Balzer
Matthias Kiselmann, 36, luth, farmer from Wittenberg
Wife: Elisabeth, 36
Children: Johann Philipp 12, Matthias 6

Matthias married Marie Elisabeth Huber. Marie was born in 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Elisabeth Unknown
• Reference Number: 10644
• Birth: 1732, Kieselbronn, Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Residence: 1764, Friedrichfeld, Denmark
• Residence: 1767, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH 22
• Residence: 1775, Balzer, Saratov, Russia; HH12

Other Events:

• Name: Gottfried Masser
• Reference Number: 1
• Birth: 1741
• Birth: 1741, Loehnfeld(?), Kurpfalz, Germany
• Birth: 1741
• Birth: 1742
• Arrival: 8 Aug 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH24
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH40
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH64

Notes:

1766 Kuhlberg List #3384
Unknown Luebeck ship, skipper Johann Gottfried Seelender 8 Aug 1766
Gottfried Maser
Ref, farmer from Pfalz
Wife: Anna
Pleve's Maser Surname Chart lists wife as Anna Eva

1767 Kukkus First Settler List #24
Gottfried Maser
Age 26, ref, farmer from Loehnfeld?, Kurpfalz
Wife: Eva 25
Son: Konrad 1

It would appear that Konrad was born after arriving in Russia

Stumpp has Gottfried Maser from Ortzberg(Ortenberg)/Stockheim/Buedingen

From the AHSGR website: Maser: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from Loehnfeld(?), Kurpfalz. Eleanor Sissell (2010) has proven the place is Lengfeld, which in modern times is in Hessen. She has the Maser family, prior to their coming to Lengfeld in church records of Switzerland. The children born in Kurpfalz were spelled Maaser while the FSL spells it Maser.

Also from the AHSGR website:Loehnfeld(?), Kurpfalz: Alton Sissell (2005) using an LDS film and a visit to the village, proved this is Lengfeld. It is said by the Kukkus FSL to be home to Hoefner, Maser, Schaefer, and maybe Houg? families. Alton Sissell (2005) in the same fashion as the earlier sentence proved this to be the place which the Maser/Maaser family left to go to Russia.

-Reformed Faith, farmer from kurpfalz, Lenfel Village, arrived in Kukkus Colony on 26 Jul 1767. They arrived in Oranienbaum )not far from Saint Petersburg) on 8 Aug 1766 by the ship "Selender"

Gottfried married Anna Eva Lutz before 1766 in Germany. Anna was born on 20 Jan 1742 in Lengfeld, Kreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Eva Unknown
• Name: Anna Unknown
• Name: Eva Unknown
• Reference Number: 2
• Birth: 1741
• Birth: 1742
• Birth: 1743
• Arrival: 8 Aug 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH24
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH40

Notes:

on-line trees have her dying in 1849 at age 107, but she does not appear in the Maser household on the 1834 census. Unless she remarried, then she died by 1834.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 656
• Birth: 1750
• Birth: 1752
• Arrival: 8 Aug 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH50a
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH24

Notes:

1766 Kuhlberg List #3598
The Luebeck Ship, Skipper Wiebe Heinrichson 8 Aug 1766
Adam Baum
Cath, farmer from Mainz.
Widower
Children: Heinrich 14, Maria 16, Anna 10 ½

Children of Adam Baum
1767 Kukkus First Settler List #50a
Heinrich Baum
Age 17, cath, from Zeiskam, Kurmainz
Sister: Anna Maria 12
Orphans living in the household of Wilhelm Kloss

Maria 16 either did not survive transport or married.

Heinrich married Agnessa Kukkus. Agnessa (daughter of Abraham Kukkus and Anna Maria Unknown) was born in 1755 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 781
• Birth: 1757
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH1
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH24

Other Events:

• Name: Johann Hergenroeder
• Reference Number: 2288
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH19
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia

Notes:

1766 Kuhlberg List #3577
Johann Heizenroeder
Ref, farmer from Isenburg
single

probably not a match:
1766 Kuhlberg List- #1735
Johann Hergenroeder
Ref, farmer from Isenburg
Wife: Anna


Died:
wife is widow on 1798 census

Johannes married Philippina Unknown. Philippina was born in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2287
• Birth: 1749
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HHSupplemental 1

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 3824
• Residence: 1775, Schilling, Saratov, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH7

Notes:

Konrad Bell appears on the 1798 Kukkus Census in household #7 with his wife Margareta Heisner (Geisner?)(from Schilling). His birthdate is 1750. He has one daughter Maria Barbara from a prior deceased wife.

Bell does not appear to be a common name in the Volga Colonies. A check of the Kuhlberg Lists shows 1 Bell, Konrad Bell, a single man, from Stolberg, a servant of Ludwig Hoff, doc #1656.

A check of the index of first settler lists does not show any Bell's. However a Bell does show up on the 1775 census revision for Schilling (Schilling does not have a 1st Settler List). the 1775 Census Revision for Schilling states Konrad Bell, bachelor, born 1750, "farms with the aid of relatives"
It would appear that Konrad Bell was perhaps the only Bell to immigrate to the Volga Colonies, or at least one of very few.

The 1775 revision list for Schilling furthur notes that Konrad Bell, along with 2 other bachelors "Assigned to the colonies as laborers. According to testimony of the community they came alone to Russia and did not receive loans for farming. They were living in Lesnoy Karamysh (Grimm) with Grimm. They were in the colony of Gololobovka (Doenhof) and kinder (?) in that colony. They are currently engaged in farming, and with time will marry. Upon entering the economy they hope to be able to pay their debts. They are currently unable to assume the responsibility."

The 1798 census from Brent Mai's book listing all of the census records from 1798 shows only two Bell families, Konrad Bell in Kukkus and another Bell in Dinkel. The goal of this line of reasoning is to show that if we find any Bell's in Kukkus they are almost certainly without a doubt descendants of Konrad Bell.

In the 1834 census we do not find Konrad Bell, but we do find 3 Bell children all born between 1803 and 1810. Johannes, Konrad and Johann Philipp. They are living in the household of Philipp Neidhardt in 1816 (per the 1834 census-see household #102-P28) as step-children from his deceased wife. Based on our reasoning above we can conclude the following:

" These 3 children are sons of Konrad Bell.
" Konrad Bell died between 1810 and 1816. (1811 census shows he died in Kukkus in 1810)
" His widow Margareta Geisner remarried Philipp Neidhardt after 1810 and then herself died at some unknown date. (Phillip Neudhardt moved to Kukkus in 1811 to live in the Bell Houshold per the 1811 census)

Continuing with the same reasoning, we can conclude that any Bells whom we find on the 1857 census are the 3 sons of Konrad and their descendants. On the 1857 census we find the following Bell's and the household #:

" #18 Christina age 23 (spouse of Christian Reitz)
" #33 Maria Margaretha age 30 (spouse of Konrad Baum)
" #47 Konrad age 51 (one of the sons) along with 9 children and grand children
" #49 Johannes age 54 (one of the sons) along with 6 children and grand children
" #70 Phillip age 48 (one of the sons) along with 8 children and grand children
" #98 Anna Elisabeth age 26 (spouse of Johannes Heizenrader)
" #103 Katharina Margaretha age 26 (spouse of Andreas Maser)

Of the 4 females listed Christina born in 1834 does not appear on the 1834 census. Katharina Margaretha appears as the daughter of Johannes born 1830. Katharina Margaretha appears also as the daughter of Johannes born 1830. Maria Margaretha appears also as the daughter of Johannes born 1827.

I cannot find Konrad Bell on a transport list or a first settler list.

Kuhlberg list #1657 Conrad Bell. Lutheran from Stohberg. Single. Servant of Ludwig Hoff.
Ludwig Hoff, Lutheran, farmer from Stolberg. Single.
(cannot find Ludwig Hoff on a transport list or a first settler list.)

Residence:
1775 Census Revision for Schilling states Konrad Bell, Bachelor, age 25 "farms with the aid of relatives" The 1775 revision list for Schilling furthur notes that Konrad Bell, along with 2 other bachelors "Assigned to the colonies as laborers. According to testimony of the community they came alone to Russian and did not receive loans for farming. They were living in Lesnoy Karamysh (Grimm) with Grimm. They were in the colony of Gololobovka (Doenhof) and kinder (?) in that colony. They are currently engaged in farming, and with time will marry. Upon entering the economy they hope to be able to pay their debts. They are currently unable to assume the responsibility."

Konrad married Margaretha Geisner in 1797 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Margaretha (daughter of Jost Burkhardt Geisner and Elizabeth Dorotea Unknown) was born in 1779 in Schilling, Saratov, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Margaretha Heisner
• Reference Number: 2069
• Arrival: 1797, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH7

Notes:

1798 Schilling census revision movement chart- #38 Maiden Margaretha, daughter of Just Geisner, married Konrad Bell 1797 in Volskaya (Kukkus) .

Notes:

Married:
The movement table in the 1798 Schilling Census Revision says #2589 1797 Schilling; Margaretha, daughter of Just Heisner, married Konrad Dell in Kukkus (Kukkus household #7).

Other Events:

• Name: Johann Reitz
• Reference Number: 487
• Birth: 1757
• Arrival: 8 Aug 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH25
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH37

Notes:

Birth:
Y

Johannes married Anna Katharina Elisabeth Johann in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Anna (daughter of Johann Michael Johann and Eva Margaretha Sattler) was born in 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Elisabeta Johann
• Name: Katharina Elisabeth Johann
• Reference Number: 4109
• Arrival: 7 Sep 1764
• Residence: 1767, Anton, Saratov, Russia; HH1
• Residence: 1775, Anton, Saratov, Russia; HH 19
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH37

Other Events:

• Name: Johannes Weigand
• Reference Number: 2201
• Birth: 1771
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH11
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH11

Johannes married Anna Katharina Scheidt. Anna (daughter of Johann Philipp Scheidt and Catharina Knack) was born in 1772 in Balzer, Saratov, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Katharina Unknown
• Name: Katharina Scheib
• Name: Katharina Scheidt
• Reference Number: 2202
• Birth: 1772
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33
• Residence: 1834, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH11
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH18
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH23

Notes:

Descendant chart of Anna Barbara Weigandt has this person the child of Johann Heinrich Scheidt b. 1740-1741. Who would actually be her uncle.

1798 Census notes she is from Balzer.

Birth:
from Balzer

Other Events:

• Name: Philipp Kukkus
• Reference Number: 2035
• Birth: 1761
• Birth: 1762
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH1
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH3
• Residence: 1816, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH44

Johann married Maria Barbara Paul. Maria (daughter of Anton Paul and Anna Maria Unknown) was born in 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Barbara Paul
• Reference Number: 2036
• Birth: 1759
• Birth: 1763
• Arrival: 7 Sep 1764, Anton, Saratov, Russia
• Residence: 1775, Anton, Saratov, Russia; HH5
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH3

Notes:

1798 census notes she is from Anton

Other Events:

• Name: Johann Georg Henrich
• Name: Johannes Heinrich
• Reference Number: 970
• Birth: 1728, Werdorf, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany
• Baptism: 8 Feb 1729, Werdorf, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany
• Birth: 1737
• Arrival: 8 Aug 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH20

Notes:

1766 Kuhlberg List #3507
The Luebeck Ship, Skipper Wiebe Heinrichson 8 Aug 1766
George Heinrich
Ref, farmer from Braunfels
Wife: Anna
Children: Georg 10, Johann 4

1766-1767 Transport List #498
Joseph Georg Heinrich, ref
Wife: Anna Elisabeth
Son: Georg Wilhelm 10 ¼ died enroute

1767 Kukkus First Settler List #39
Johann Georg Heinrich
Age 39, ref, weaver of floor carpets from Werdorf , Braunfels
Wife: Anna Elisabeth 39

Son Johann does not appear in the transport list, he may have died in Oranienbaum, whereas Georg Wilhelm died in transport.

Name Johann Georg Heinrich, from Wehrdorf, Braunfels appears in Solms-Braunfels Archives asking to be allowed to leave for Volga Russia in 1766.

Werdorf churchbook shows Johann Georg Henrich born 31 Jan 1729 to Hans Kaspar Henrich and Anna Christina Zimmerman. It also shows Anna Elisabeth Rupp born 12 Mar 1729 to Johann Philip Rupp and Anna Elisabeth Dietz. However the entries seem to run out in 1732 and there is no marriage or children information for either to tie these two records together.

From AHSGR German Origins Project Web SIte: Werdorf, [Solms-]Braunfels [Principality] is some 5 miles N of Braunfels city, and said by the Kukkus FSL to be home to a Heinrich family. Confirmed, with information provided by Eric Hahn who was hired by Joan Knizek, taken from Werdorf Reformed Lutheran Church records and from Solms-Branunfels Castle civil records in Braunfels, as home to both this Heinrich and his Rupp wife, in Werdorf Reformed Lutheran Church records and in Solms-Branunfels Castle civil records in Braunfels..........Joan has birth dates and parents for this couple as well as birthdates for their children; prior to leaving Germany the family name was normally spelled Henrichs.

Johann married Anna Elisabeth Rupp on 21 Jan 1756 in Werdorf, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johann Philip Rupp and Anna Elisabeth Dietz) was born on 12 Mar 1729 in Werdorf, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Elisabeth Unknown
• Reference Number: 1086
• Birth: 1728, Werdorf, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany
• Baptism: 20 Mar 1729, Werdorf, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany
• Arrival: 8 Aug 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia

Notes:

Werdorf churchbook shows Johann Georg Henrich born 31 Jan 1729 to Hans Kaspar Henrich and Anna Christina Zimmerman. It also shows his marriage with Anna Elisabeth Rupp born 12 Mar 1729 to Johann Philip Rupp and Anna Elisabeth Dietz.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 12222
• Birth: 1761

Notes:

Birth:
Emigrated from Heppenheim, Kurmainz

Johann married Maria Johanna Baumgaertner. Maria (daughter of Johannes Baumgaertner and Anna Katharina Unknown) was born in 1762 in Heidelberg, Kurpfalz, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 12223
• Birth: 1763