Joseph Berger and Katharina

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Joseph Berger was born about 1723 in Bühlertann, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Joseph married Katharina —. Katharina was born about 1740 in Bühlertann, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They arrived in Russia from Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 18 June 1766 on the ship Die Perle. They settled in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia 14 May 1767.

Joseph and Katharina do not appear in the 1798 census. The only Bergers in Leichtling are the family of Peter Berger and one Katharina (Berger) (Groh) Bauer. If Peter Berger's age is correct in the 1798 census, then he should have appeared in the First Settlers List, about age 6. However, he does not appear in any Berger/Burger/Borger/Burghardt family in any colony. The possibility exists that Peter was either inadvertently unrecorded or recorded in later records with an inaccurate age. Because of the fact that they lived in the same colony, Joseph and Katharina were the most likely parents for Peter. While Joseph and Katharina did have a daughter named Katharina, it is not absolutely certain if Katharina (Berger) (Groh) Bauer is the same person as this daughter (as the daughter of Joseph and Katharina was born in about 1764 while Katharina (Berger) (Groh) Bauer would have been born about 1762) but it is likely.

Joseph and Katharina’s children are:

1	Katharina Berger, born about late 1764 in Bühlertann, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, probably the Katharina Bauer who appeared in the 1798 census and married 1) Sebastian Groh and 2) Franz Bauer. Husband 1: Sebastian Groh, d. bef. 1798. Husband 2: Franz Bauer, b. abt 1777.
2	Eva Maria Berger, born about 7 May 1767 in Russia.
3	Possibly Peter Berger, born about 1761 (according to the 1798 and 1834 censuses but may or may not be accurate), married Maria Dorothea Biehn, died in 1818. Wife: Maria Dorothea Biehn, b. abt. 1775, prob. dau. of Johannes Biehn and Katherina Säger.

Summary of Sources

Pleve, Igor, List of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg, Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical University, 2010.
Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 3 (Kolonien Laub - Preuss), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005.
Mai, Brent Alan, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture, Volumes 1 and 2, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999.
Boyd, Darryl (compiler) & Gartner, Angela (translator), Leichtling, Russia 1834 Census, Concord, CA, 2006.

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List of Colonists to Russia in 1766

18 of June 1766.
Public colonists arrived from Luebeck
by the Luebeck's ship "Die Perle" with the Skipper Thomson
...
Berger Joseph, Cath., farmer from Schwaben, doc. No. 1025, wife: Catharina, daughter: Catharina, 1,5.

Source: Pleve, Igor, List of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg, Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical University, 2010.

First Settlers List

Kolonie Leichtling
(russicher Ortsname: Ilavlja)
gegründet am 14. Mai 1767
…
41. Berger, Joseph, 44, kath., Ackerbauer aus Schwaben, Bühlertann
Frau: Katharina, 27
Kinder: Katharina, 2,5; Eva Maria, 1 Woche
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 14.5.1767
erhalten vom Vormundschaftskontor in Saratov 75 Rbl.
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 3 Pfd., gepflügt: 1 Des., gesät: 5 Četverik Roggen

Source: Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 3 (Kolonien Laub - Preuss), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005.

1798

Leichtling, Russia

Lg08     Franz Bauer                   h        21
             Katharina Berger          sp      36          deceased husband: Sebastian Groh
             Melchior Groh              ss        7            father: Sebastian Groh
             Valentin Groh               ss        5            father: Sebastian Groh

Workers: 1
Horses: 3
Cows: 8
Sheep: 9
Swine: 5
Chickens: 10
Planted - 1796/1797
Rye: 2 chetvert
Wheat: 2 chetvert
Barley: 4 chetverik
Oats: 2 chetvert
Millet: 2 chetverik
Potatoes: 4 chetverik
Harvested - 1797
Rye: 3 chetvert
Wheat: 5 chetvert
Barley: 3 chetvert
Oats: 5 chetvert
Millet: 4 chetvert
Potatoes: 5 chetvert

Lg15     Peter Berger                  h        37
             Dorothea Biehn            sp       23
             Anna Maria                   d        1/4

Workers: 1
Horses: 7
Cows: 10
Sheep: 13
Swine: 10
Chickens: 20
Planted - 1796/1797
Rye: 1 chetvert 4 chetverik
Wheat: 3 chetvert 6 chetverik
Barley: 1 chetvert 2 chetverik
Oats: 2 chetvert 4 chetverik
Millet: 2 chetverik
Potatoes: 2 chetvert 2 chetverik
Harvested - 1797
Rye: 6 chetvert 2 chetverik
Wheat: 7 chetvert 4 chetverik
Barley: 3 chetvert 6 chetverik
Oats: 10 chetvert 7 chetverik
Millet: 7 chetvert 4 chetverik
Potatoes: 6 chetvert 4 chetverik

Source: Mai, Brent Alan, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture, Volumes 1 and 2, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999.
Note: The Leichtling census was dated 7 October 1798.

1834

Leichtling, Russia

No.	Names	Age (1834)	Moved or died	Age at last census (1815)
33	Peter Berger	--	Died 1818	55
	wife: not listed
	sons:
	1. Johannes Berger	28		9
	wife: Elizabeta	29
	sons:
	2. Nikolaus Berger	23		4
	wife: Katerina	20
	daughters:
	a. Anna Margarita Berger	3
	b. Elizabeta Berger	1
	3. Baltizar Berger	20		1
	daughters:
	1. Barbara Berger	10
	2. Elizabeta Berger	7
	3. Teresia Berger (twins)	4
	4. Katerina Berger (twins)	4
	5. Elisabeta Berger	1 ¾

Source: Boyd, Darryl (compiler) & Gartner, Angela (translator), Leichtling, Russia 1834 Census, Concord, CA, 2006.