Johann Wilhelm and Maria Katharina Stärkel
Johann Wilhelm Stärkel (also Störckel, Stöckel, and Sterkel) was baptized in Bönstadt in March 1744. He was the son of Johann Daniel Stärkel and Anna Elisabeth Steuler. Johann Wilhelm married Maria Katharina Jünger in Büdingen on May 24, 1766. Anna Maria was baptized in Bönstadt in October 1744.
Wilhelm and Maria Katharina accepted the offer described in Catherine's Manifesto and soon sailed with other colonists from the north German port of Lübeck aboard the Russian ship “Apollo.” They arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia on August 29, 1766.
Wilhelm and Maria Katharina were among the founders who arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767 and are recorded there in the 1767 Census as Household No. 122.
Researched by Ruth Schultz and Brent Mai.
Wilhelm and Maria Katharina accepted the offer described in Catherine's Manifesto and soon sailed with other colonists from the north German port of Lübeck aboard the Russian ship “Apollo.” They arrived in Oranienbaum, Russia on August 29, 1766.
Wilhelm and Maria Katharina were among the founders who arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767 and are recorded there in the 1767 Census as Household No. 122.
Researched by Ruth Schultz and Brent Mai.
Sources
Mai, Brent Alan and Dona Reeves-Marquardt. German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767) : Origins and Destinations. Lincoln, Nebraska: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2003.
Parish records for Bönstadt (LDS International Film # 1195346).
Pleve, I. R. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg. Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical U, 2010. Print. Note: This source incorrectly lists Lorenz Kuhn and Lorenz Kuch.
Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in Das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Kolonien Laub- Preuss. Gottingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005. Print.
Parish records for Bönstadt (LDS International Film # 1195346).
Pleve, I. R. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg. Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical U, 2010. Print. Note: This source incorrectly lists Lorenz Kuhn and Lorenz Kuch.
Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in Das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Kolonien Laub- Preuss. Gottingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005. Print.
Last updated July 3, 2018.