Hohnstein Families
Johann Adam Hohnstein, the son of Johann Caspar and Anna Catharina Hohnstein, was baptized in Eckartshausen on 20 April 1717. He married Anna Margaretha, daughter of Johann Heinrich Kraft, in Eckartshausen. This couple had several children, including: Johann Heinrich (baptized January 30, 1744 in Eckartshausen), Johann Adam (baptized October 20, 1747 in Eckartshausen), Catharina (born about 1746), Anna Catharina (born about 1746), Anna Maria (born about 1752), Johann Caspar (born about 1758), and Johann Philipp (born about 1760).
Johann Nicolaus Hohnstein, son of Jacob and Magdalena Hohnstein, was baptized in Eckartshausen on February 21, 1733. He married there on December 20, 1764 to Johanna Maria Siebold from Vonhausen. They had one daughter, Anna Margaretha, who was baptized on June 4, 1766 in Büdingen. Büdingen was one of the primary places of recruitment for people wishing to become colonists in Russia.
In 1766, these two Hohnstein families decided to accept the offer described in Catherine's Manifesto and migrate to Russia. The couple sailed with other colonists from the north German port of Lübeck aboard the Russian ship Slon (Elephant) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov and arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia on August 9, 1766.
Over a year later, these two families were among the founders who arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census at Household No. 47 and 49. Defying the odds, all members of the family, including mother-in-law of Nicolaus, survived the journey to the lower Volga.
A third member of the Hohnstein family, Johannes, the son of Adam and Elisabeth Hohnstein, was baptized in Vonhausen on December 17, 1741. He married Anna Maria Reichert on August 13, 1766 in the Reformed Church in Lübeck prior to sailing to the Russian port of Oranienbaum. This couple arrived in Norka on September 2, 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 201. Johannes and Anna Maria had taken in a nine year-old orphan, Maria Katharina Kirchenhein, the daughter of Friedrich Kirchenhein who likely died in route.
Johann Nicolaus Hohnstein, son of Jacob and Magdalena Hohnstein, was baptized in Eckartshausen on February 21, 1733. He married there on December 20, 1764 to Johanna Maria Siebold from Vonhausen. They had one daughter, Anna Margaretha, who was baptized on June 4, 1766 in Büdingen. Büdingen was one of the primary places of recruitment for people wishing to become colonists in Russia.
In 1766, these two Hohnstein families decided to accept the offer described in Catherine's Manifesto and migrate to Russia. The couple sailed with other colonists from the north German port of Lübeck aboard the Russian ship Slon (Elephant) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov and arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia on August 9, 1766.
Over a year later, these two families were among the founders who arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census at Household No. 47 and 49. Defying the odds, all members of the family, including mother-in-law of Nicolaus, survived the journey to the lower Volga.
A third member of the Hohnstein family, Johannes, the son of Adam and Elisabeth Hohnstein, was baptized in Vonhausen on December 17, 1741. He married Anna Maria Reichert on August 13, 1766 in the Reformed Church in Lübeck prior to sailing to the Russian port of Oranienbaum. This couple arrived in Norka on September 2, 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 201. Johannes and Anna Maria had taken in a nine year-old orphan, Maria Katharina Kirchenhein, the daughter of Friedrich Kirchenhein who likely died in route.
Sources
Bonner, Wayne H. Volga German Settlers Identified in Isenburg and Other German Church Records Part I (Gardena, CA: Wayne Bonner, 2007): 54-55.
Mai, Brent Alan, and Dona B. Reeves-Marquardt. German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767): Origins and Destinations. Lincoln, Neb.: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2003. p. 74. Print.
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.
Mai, Brent Alan, and Dona B. Reeves-Marquardt. German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767): Origins and Destinations. Lincoln, Neb.: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2003. p. 74. Print.
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.
Last updated May 30, 2017.
