Göbel
Sebastian Göbel, a tailor (Schneider), married on November 24, 1723 to Anna Elisabeth Meyer in the city of Büdingen, then part of the county of Isenburg. Anna Elisabeth was baptized on October 15, 1702 in Büdingen. They had at least two known children who would become colonists in Russia.
A son, Johann Peter Göbel, was baptized in Büdingen on January 16, 1740.
A daughter, Catharina Elisabeth Göbel was born about 1747. Her baptism record has not been found.
Johann Peter Göbel married Catharina Elisabeth Scheibel on January 9, 1766 in Niedermittlau. She is the daughter of Gottfried Melchior Scheibel and Anna Elisabeth Wentzel of Niedermittlau. Catharina Elisabeth was baptized in Niedermittlau on November 6, 1735.
The patriarch, Sebastian Göbel, died before the other family members decided to become Russian colonists.
Just before embarking on their Baltic Sea voyage to Russia, Catharina Elisabeth Göbel married Johann Ludwig Fink in the north German port city of Lübeck on May 21, 1766. Pastor Petersen of St. Jacob's church performed the ceremony in his home.
The matriarch, Anna Elisabeth Göbel (née Meyer), her son Johann Peter Göbel, her daughter-in-law, Catharina Elisabeth Scheibel, her daughter Catharina Elisabeth Göbel, and her son-in-law, Johann Ludwig Fink, sailed from Lübeck and arrived at Kronstadt, Russia on July 28, 1766. They traveled as public colonists aboard the Russian pink Vologda under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Bartenyev.
Aboard the same ship was Johann Georg Ruppel, his wife Elisabeth (née Scheibel), and her sister, Catharina. Both women are sisters of Catharina Elisabeth Scheibel, the wife of Peter Göbel.
After a year long journey to the settlement area, Peter and Catharina Elisabeth were recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 46. Johann Ludwig Fink, his wife Catharina Elisabeth (née Göbel), and mother-in-law, Anna Elisabeth Göbel (née Meyer) were living next door in Household No. 45. They had all settled in Norka on August 15, 1767.
Peter Göbel, his wife Catharina Elisabeth, and children: Anna Elisabeth, age 7; Catharina Louisa, age 5; Catharina, age 2½, are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 35. Peter's wife, Catharina Elisabeth, died sometime after the 1775 census and he married again to Anna Maria Spady.
Peter apparently died before the 1798 census of Norka. As a result, the Göbel family is not recorded on the 1798 census of Norka.
Peter's sons, Conrad Göbel (age 26) and his brother Heinrich (age 23) are recorded on the 1811 census of Norka in Household No. 35 along with their stepfather Nicolaus Wacker. The Norka parish register records that Nicolaus Wacker married Anna Maria Spady (the widow of Peter Göbel) on April 3, 1798. This is clear evidence that the four children of Nicolaus Wacker who are recorded on the 1798 census of Norka in Household No. 35 are actually his "stepchildren" and their true surname of Göbel was not recorded.
Jost Göbel and his brother Conrad Göbel and their families are recorded on the 1857 census of Norka in Household No. 90 along with a note that Conrad Göbel moved from Norka to the daughter colony of Oberdorf in 1852.
Conrad Göbel from Norka and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Oberdorf in Household No. 72.
A son, Johann Peter Göbel, was baptized in Büdingen on January 16, 1740.
A daughter, Catharina Elisabeth Göbel was born about 1747. Her baptism record has not been found.
Johann Peter Göbel married Catharina Elisabeth Scheibel on January 9, 1766 in Niedermittlau. She is the daughter of Gottfried Melchior Scheibel and Anna Elisabeth Wentzel of Niedermittlau. Catharina Elisabeth was baptized in Niedermittlau on November 6, 1735.
The patriarch, Sebastian Göbel, died before the other family members decided to become Russian colonists.
Just before embarking on their Baltic Sea voyage to Russia, Catharina Elisabeth Göbel married Johann Ludwig Fink in the north German port city of Lübeck on May 21, 1766. Pastor Petersen of St. Jacob's church performed the ceremony in his home.
The matriarch, Anna Elisabeth Göbel (née Meyer), her son Johann Peter Göbel, her daughter-in-law, Catharina Elisabeth Scheibel, her daughter Catharina Elisabeth Göbel, and her son-in-law, Johann Ludwig Fink, sailed from Lübeck and arrived at Kronstadt, Russia on July 28, 1766. They traveled as public colonists aboard the Russian pink Vologda under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Bartenyev.
Aboard the same ship was Johann Georg Ruppel, his wife Elisabeth (née Scheibel), and her sister, Catharina. Both women are sisters of Catharina Elisabeth Scheibel, the wife of Peter Göbel.
After a year long journey to the settlement area, Peter and Catharina Elisabeth were recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 46. Johann Ludwig Fink, his wife Catharina Elisabeth (née Göbel), and mother-in-law, Anna Elisabeth Göbel (née Meyer) were living next door in Household No. 45. They had all settled in Norka on August 15, 1767.
Peter Göbel, his wife Catharina Elisabeth, and children: Anna Elisabeth, age 7; Catharina Louisa, age 5; Catharina, age 2½, are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 35. Peter's wife, Catharina Elisabeth, died sometime after the 1775 census and he married again to Anna Maria Spady.
Peter apparently died before the 1798 census of Norka. As a result, the Göbel family is not recorded on the 1798 census of Norka.
Peter's sons, Conrad Göbel (age 26) and his brother Heinrich (age 23) are recorded on the 1811 census of Norka in Household No. 35 along with their stepfather Nicolaus Wacker. The Norka parish register records that Nicolaus Wacker married Anna Maria Spady (the widow of Peter Göbel) on April 3, 1798. This is clear evidence that the four children of Nicolaus Wacker who are recorded on the 1798 census of Norka in Household No. 35 are actually his "stepchildren" and their true surname of Göbel was not recorded.
Jost Göbel and his brother Conrad Göbel and their families are recorded on the 1857 census of Norka in Household No. 90 along with a note that Conrad Göbel moved from Norka to the daughter colony of Oberdorf in 1852.
Conrad Göbel from Norka and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Oberdorf in Household No. 72.
Sources
Based upon research by Roger Burbank and Herb Femling. Edited and published on this website with the permission of Roger Burbank.
Parish records of Dekanat Büdingen and Gelnhausen - Niedermittlau accessed on Archion.de.
Parish records of St. Jakob Kirche in Lübeck accessed on Archion.de.
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 312.
Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in Das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Kolonien Laub- Preuss. Gottingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005. Print. Pages 240-241, Household Nos. 45 and 46.
Rye, Rick, translator. The 1775 and 1798 Censuses of the German Colony on the Volga, Norka: Also Known as Weigand. American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995. 1775, Page 7, Household No. 35; 1798, Page 43, Household No. 35.
Parish records of Dekanat Büdingen and Gelnhausen - Niedermittlau accessed on Archion.de.
Parish records of St. Jakob Kirche in Lübeck accessed on Archion.de.
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 312.
Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in Das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Kolonien Laub- Preuss. Gottingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005. Print. Pages 240-241, Household Nos. 45 and 46.
Rye, Rick, translator. The 1775 and 1798 Censuses of the German Colony on the Volga, Norka: Also Known as Weigand. American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995. 1775, Page 7, Household No. 35; 1798, Page 43, Household No. 35.
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