Karl Maul
In the spring of 1766, Karl Maul was a 19 year old living in the county of Isenburg and working as a farmer. By the early spring of 1766, Karl decided to take advantage of Catherine the Great's Manifesto which promised the opportunity of a better life in Russia. He likely joined other would be colonists who were gathering in the city of Büdingen. In Büdingen, the colonists were organized into transport groups. Karl traveled with the group led by Johann Conrad Weigandt.
In 1766, their transport group departed from the port of Lübeck on the north German coast and arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia (now Lomonosov) on August 9, 1766 aboard the sailing ship Elephant (Slon in Russian) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov. A large group of people who would settle in Norka were traveling on this same ship. Most were from Isenburg and Hessen. Karl appears to have been traveling with two other single men from Isenburg.
After more than a year of travel, Karl was among the first group to arrive in Norka colony on August 15, 1767.
At the time of the 1767 census, Karl was living in the household of Johann Conrad and Christina Weigandt and it is likely that he was serving as an apprentice to Johann. An orphan, Thomas Bauer, was also living in the Weigandt household at that time.
Karl married Anna Maria Dörr about 1769. Anna was the sister of Georg Friedrich Dörr. These two young siblings lived in the same household (#119) in 1767. Their parents, Johannes and Anna Maria Dörr, died enroute to the Volga region.
Karl and Anna Maria had three children. Anna Maria died about 1777.
Karl then married Anna Margaretha Weigandt, Johann Conrad's sister, around 1778. There were five children from this marriage.
Karl died in Norka in 1799.
In 1766, their transport group departed from the port of Lübeck on the north German coast and arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia (now Lomonosov) on August 9, 1766 aboard the sailing ship Elephant (Slon in Russian) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov. A large group of people who would settle in Norka were traveling on this same ship. Most were from Isenburg and Hessen. Karl appears to have been traveling with two other single men from Isenburg.
After more than a year of travel, Karl was among the first group to arrive in Norka colony on August 15, 1767.
At the time of the 1767 census, Karl was living in the household of Johann Conrad and Christina Weigandt and it is likely that he was serving as an apprentice to Johann. An orphan, Thomas Bauer, was also living in the Weigandt household at that time.
Karl married Anna Maria Dörr about 1769. Anna was the sister of Georg Friedrich Dörr. These two young siblings lived in the same household (#119) in 1767. Their parents, Johannes and Anna Maria Dörr, died enroute to the Volga region.
Karl and Anna Maria had three children. Anna Maria died about 1777.
Karl then married Anna Margaretha Weigandt, Johann Conrad's sister, around 1778. There were five children from this marriage.
Karl died in Norka in 1799.
Sources
Hein, Maggie. The Volga Germans website (6 Aug 2020).
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.
Pleve, Igor. The Descendants of Karl Maul.
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.
Pleve, Igor. The Descendants of Karl Maul.
Last updated August 6, 2020.