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People > Founders > ​​​​​​​​​Georg and Maria Viktoria Hegwald

Johann Georg and Maria Viktoria Hegwald

Johann Georg Hegwald and his wife Viktoria had five children (all born in Wiedermus) according to the Eckartshausen parish records: Johann Friedrich, born 8 August 1751; Anna Margaretha, born 6 August, 1754; Johannes, born 20 June 1757; Wilhelmina, born 1 June 1760; and Gabriel born 14 April 1763.  The family arrived in Russia on 9 August 1766.  They settled in Norka and are recorded on the First Settler's List in Family #11. 

Researched by Maggie Hein.

Sources

Hein, Maggie. Research in the German parish records.
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Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg. Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical U, 2010. Print.

Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in Das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Kolonien Laub- Preuss. Gottingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005. Print.

Stumpp, Karl. The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862. 1997. Page 155.
Last updated December 30, 2017. 
Copyright © 2002-2021 Steven H. Schreiber
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      • Ship Transport 1766
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    • Founding of Norka 1767
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    • Norka 1769
    • Pallas Report 1773
    • Pugachev Raid 1774
    • Norka 1775
    • Norka 1798
    • Norka 1811
    • Napoleons Soldiers
    • Norka 1834
    • Daughter Colonies 1850s >
      • Neu-Norka
      • Oberdorf
      • Brunnental
      • Rosenfeld (am Jeruslan)
      • Neu Hussenbach (Gaschon)
    • Privileges Lost 1871-1874
    • Immigration 1875-1924 >
      • To the United States >
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        • Globeville Colorado
        • Mason City, Iowa
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      • To Germany
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    • Famine 1891-1892
    • Norka 1898
    • War & Turnoil 1904-1906
    • World War 1914-1918
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    • A Culture in Peril
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    • Food and Drink
    • Clothing
    • Holidays >
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      • Fastnacht
      • Lent
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      • Norka Reformed Church 1767-1864
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      • Johann Heinrich Fuchs
      • Johann Georg Herwig
      • Johannes Baptista Cattaneo
      • Lukas Cattaneo
      • Emanuel Grunauer
      • Friedrich Börner
      • Christian Gottlieb Hegele
      • Christoph H Bonwetsch
      • Gottlieb N Bonwetsch
      • Wilhelm Staerkel
      • Woldemar Sibbul
      • David Weigum
      • Friedrich Alexander Wacker
      • Emil Pfeiffer
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