Johann Peter Bauer and Elisabeth

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Johann Peter Bauer was born about 1716 in Winterbach, Kreis St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany. He was Lutheran and a farmer.

Johann Peter married Elisabeth —. Elisabeth was born about 1721 in Winterbach, Kreis St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany.

The family arrived in the colony of Schäfer, Saratov, Russia 1 August 1766 and settled there.

Johann Peter and Elisabeth’s children are:

1	probably August Bauer, born about 1740 in Winterbach, Kreis St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany, married Julianna —, arrived with his wife and son at the colony of Schäfer, Saratov, Russia 1 August 1766. Wife: Julianna —, b. abt. 1736, presumably in Winterbach, Kreis St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany. Child: Johann Christian Bauer.
2	probably Conrad Bauer, born about 1746 in Winterbach, Kreis St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany, married Anna Margarethe —, arrived with his wife at the colony of Schäfer, Saratov, Russia 1 August 1766. Wife: Anna Margarethe —, b. abt. 1746 in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
3	Katharina Margarethe Bauer, born about 1752 in Winterbach, Kreis St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany.
3	Johann Peter Bauer, born about 1756 in Winterbach, Kreis St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany, married Anna Elisabeth Klunk. Wife: Anna Elisabeth Klunk, b. 1756 in Birkenfeld, Kreis Birkenfeld, Rhineland, Germany to Johann Michael Klunk and Anna Christina Eckstein. Children: Catharina Bauer (m. 1) Johann Peter Hoffman and 2) Anton Graf), Anna Elisabetha Bauer, and Maria Elisabetha Bauer.

Summary of Sources

Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 4 (Kolonien Reinhardt - Warenburg), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2008.
Rye, Richard (trans.), Lipovka/ Schäfer 1798 Census, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995.

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First Settlers List

Kolonie Schäfer
(russischer Ortsname: Lipovka)
gegründet am 1. August 1766

6. Bauer, August, 26, luth. Ackerbauer aus Zweibrücken, Winterbach
Frau: Julianna, 30
Sohn: Johann Christian, 1,5
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 1.8.1766
erhalten von der Kanzlei in Petersburg 12 Rbl., von der Voevodenkanzlei in Saratov 150 Rbl.
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 4 Pfd., 4 Kühe, gepflügt: 1 Des., gesät: 5 Četverik Roggen

7. Bauer, Johann Peter, 50, luth. Ackerbauer aus Zweibrücken, Winterbach
Frau: Elisabeth, 45
Kinder: Johann Peter, 10; Katharina Margarethe, 14
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 1.8.1766
erhalten von der Kanzlei in Petersburg 16 Rbl., von der Voevodenkanzlei in Saratov 150 Rbl.
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 4 Pfd., 4 Kühe, gepflügt: 1 Des., gesät: 5 Četverik Roggen

8. Bauer, Conrad, 20, luth. Ackerbauer aus Zweibrücken, Winterbach
Frau: Anna Margarethe, 20, aus der Kurpfalz, Mannheim
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 1.8.1766
erhalten von der Kanzlei in Petersburg 8 Rbl., von der Voevodenkanzlei in Saratov 150 Rbl.
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 3 Pfd., 1 Kuh, gepflügt: 3/4 Des., gesät: 5 Četverik Roggen

Source: Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 4 (Kolonien Reinhardt - Warenburg), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2008.

Schäfer Census, 10 June 1798

Peter Bauer                                     43           Able to work

Wife:
Anna Elisabeta Klunk                     41

Daughters:
Anna Elisabeta                                14
Maria Elisabeta                               10

1 worker
5 horses
7 cows
7 sheep
7 swine
50 chickens

In 1796 and spring 1797, he planted:
3 chetvert and 4 chetverik of rye
6 chetvert of wheat
4 chetverik of barley
1 chetvert of oats
1 chetverik of millet
1 chetvert and 4 chetverik of potatoes

In 1798, he had a harvest of:
9 chetvert of rye
15 chetvert of wheat
2 chetvert of barley
3 chetvert of oats
1 chetvert of millet
3 chetvert of potatoes

Peter Bauer
Amount of yearly payment 59 rubles 3 1/2 kopeks
Payment current up to the year 1796
Total state debt 649 rubles 38 1/2 kopeks

Source: Rye, Richard (trans.), Lipovka/ Schäfer 1798 Census, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995.