Engelhardt and Anna Margaretha Berger
Engelhardt Berger, son of Daniel and Anna Maria Berger from Himbach, was baptized on 7 December 1726. Anna Margaretha Runkel, daughter of Paul Runkel, was born 18 April in Gondsroth and baptized 23 April 1724. Engelhardt and Anna Margaretha married on 26 October 1752 in Eckartshausen. The couple had five children: Anna Catharina (baptism not found); Johann Peter, baptized 13 February 1756 in Himbach; Johann Conrad, baptized 30 November 1757 in Wolf; Anna Kunigunda, baptized 11 November 1759 in Wolf; and Johann Heinrich, baptized 11 July 1762 in Wolf. Wolf was part of the county of Isenburg at this time.
The couple and three of their children arrived as public colonists from Lübeck at the island fortress of Kronstadt, Russia on July 29, 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Detleff Mörenberg. By the time they arrived in Norka, they have one surviving child, Catharina. They are reported on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 50, along with the orphaned Michael Marquardt.
The couple and three of their children arrived as public colonists from Lübeck at the island fortress of Kronstadt, Russia on July 29, 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Detleff Mörenberg. By the time they arrived in Norka, they have one surviving child, Catharina. They are reported on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 50, along with the orphaned Michael Marquardt.
Sources
Hein, Maggie and Bonner, Wayne. The Volga Germans website (16 Nov 2020).
Idt, Andreas and Rauschenbach, Georg. Auswanderung deutsche Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Second edition). Moscow: 2019: Page 33.
Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg. Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical U, 2010. Print. Page 319.
Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in Das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Kolonien Laub- Preuss. Gottingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005. Print. Page 242. Household Nos. 50 and 50a.
Idt, Andreas and Rauschenbach, Georg. Auswanderung deutsche Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Second edition). Moscow: 2019: Page 33.
Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg. Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical U, 2010. Print. Page 319.
Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in Das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Kolonien Laub- Preuss. Gottingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005. Print. Page 242. Household Nos. 50 and 50a.
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