Katharina Elisabeth Metzger

1756 -

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• Name	Katharina Elisabeth Metzger  [1]
  Born	1756  [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Katharina Metzger  [3]
  Reference Number	3864
  Residence	1767	Anton, Saratov, Russia   [3]
  	HH24
  Residence	1798	Anton, Saratov, Russia   [3]
  Person ID	I3864	kukkusfamilies

  
  

  Family	Georg Leonhard Rothermel,   b. 14 Mar 1749, Lichtenklingen, Germany
  Married	Abt 1775  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Eva Katharina Rothermel,   b. 1777  [natural]
  Family ID	F856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Residence - HH24 - 1767 - Anton, Saratov, Russia Residence - 1798 - Anton, Saratov, Russia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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 Lichtenklingen - Jütland - Anton from http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/r/rothermel_anton.cfm Johann Georg Rothermel was born in Hammelbach (northwest of Weinheim) on 23 September 1713. He married on 13 February 1741 in Wald-Michelbach to Eva Margaretha Erhard. She had been born 14 October 1714 in Lichtenklingen. They have two sons who were born in Lichtenklingen: Georg Peter (born 4 February 1745) and Georg Leonhard (born 14 March 1749). The Rothermel family immigrated first to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) and then on to Russia in 1763. They arrived in the colony of Anton on 7 September 1764. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Households No. 6 (Georg), No. 16 (Peter), and No. 24 (Leonhard). Researchers Gerhard Lang Sources - Lang, Gerhard. German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga. - Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 53, 56, & 60. 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

  [S56] Brent Mai's Research-Germans from Russia, family 11572. http://www.berschauer.com/Genealogy/Total/ [S191] German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga, Lang, Gerhard. 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 [S245] 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga-Volume 1 & 2, Brent Alan Mai, (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.