Ernst and Anna Margaretha Gerlach
Johann Ernst Gerlach and his wife Anna Margaretha Heeg married on February 10, 1752 in Meerholz. The baptisms of six children are recorded in the Meerholz records: Johann George, born March 21, 1753, Georg Philipp, born May 5, 1755, an unnamed daughter born February 4, 1758, Anna Catharina, born April 20, 1759, Anna Elisabeth, born April 10, 1762 (died October 16, 1764), and Ernst Heinrich, born June 4, 1765.
In 1766, the Gerlach's decided to accept the offer described in Catherine's Manifesto and migrate to Russia. They first made their way to Büdingen, a recruitment center and gathering place for Russian colonists. The family sailed with other colonists from the north German port of Lübeck aboard arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia on August 9, 1766. They were passengers aboard the Russian pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Perepechin.
Over a year later the family were among the founders who arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census as Household No. 124.
In 1766, the Gerlach's decided to accept the offer described in Catherine's Manifesto and migrate to Russia. They first made their way to Büdingen, a recruitment center and gathering place for Russian colonists. The family sailed with other colonists from the north German port of Lübeck aboard arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia on August 9, 1766. They were passengers aboard the Russian pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Perepechin.
Over a year later the family were among the founders who arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census as Household No. 124.
Sources
Hein, Maggie. Research in the German parish records. The Meerholz church records include a Familienbuch. Here is the page reporting the Gerlach family in that book.
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 October 4, 2017.
