Johann Peter and Elisabeth Klaus
Johann Peter Klaus, the son of Johann Caspar Klaus and Anna Barbara Gerlach, was baptized in Düdelsheim on December 18, 1727. Peter married Elisabeth Scheid, the daughter of Johannes Scheid and Catharina Hart, on January 30, 1750 in Düdelsheim. She was baptized February 15, 1728 in Düdelsheim.
Peter was one of two sets of siblings that share the same grandfather, Hartmann Claus, making them all first cousins. All four siblings became Russian colonists.
In 1766, Peter and Elisabeth decided to accept the offer described in Catherine's Manifesto. The couple sailed with other colonists from the north German port of Lübeck and arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia in late summer of 1766.
Over a year later, Peter and Elisabeth were among the founders who arrived in Norka on September 22, 1767 and are recorded there in the 1767 Census at Household No. 216, along with their children Johann Heinrich and Katharina. Johann Heinrich had been baptized in Düdelsheim on June 14, 1750 and Katharina on November 11, 1753.
Peter's brother, Johann Stephan Klaus, settled in the colony of Balzer. Peter's first cousins Johann Peter and Charlotta Klaus settled in the colony of Moor.
Peter died in 1787 in Norka.
Peter was one of two sets of siblings that share the same grandfather, Hartmann Claus, making them all first cousins. All four siblings became Russian colonists.
In 1766, Peter and Elisabeth decided to accept the offer described in Catherine's Manifesto. The couple sailed with other colonists from the north German port of Lübeck and arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia in late summer of 1766.
Over a year later, Peter and Elisabeth were among the founders who arrived in Norka on September 22, 1767 and are recorded there in the 1767 Census at Household No. 216, along with their children Johann Heinrich and Katharina. Johann Heinrich had been baptized in Düdelsheim on June 14, 1750 and Katharina on November 11, 1753.
Peter's brother, Johann Stephan Klaus, settled in the colony of Balzer. Peter's first cousins Johann Peter and Charlotta Klaus settled in the colony of Moor.
Peter died in 1787 in Norka.
Sources
Research by Wayne Bonner, Clarence Margheim, John Wall and Maggie Hein posted on The Volga Germans website on May 30, 2022 and copied here with their permission.
Bonner, Wayne H. Volga German Settlers Identified in Isenburg and Other German Church Records Part I (Gardena, CA: Wayne Bonner, 2007): 57.
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, I. R. 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.
Bonner, Wayne H. Volga German Settlers Identified in Isenburg and Other German Church Records Part I (Gardena, CA: Wayne Bonner, 2007): 57.
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, I. R. 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 June 14, 2022