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Church records of Semenovka parish from Saratov Province State
Archive
[October 1803]
Birthdate: 24.
Baptismal date: 25.
Name of infant: Elisabetha
Parents: Petrus Berger et Dorothea Pihnin
Godfather: Elisabeth Gölden
Baptized by: idem [Joannes Mayer]
Colony: Ilavla [Leichtling]
Year collection: 1803
Image: 3 [left side]
[April 1806]
Birthdate: 5
Baptismal date: 15
Name of infant: Johan[n]es Nepom.
Parents: Petrus Berger et Ma. Dorothea Bin
Godfather: Joannes Bin.
Baptized by: id. [J. Mayer]
Colony: Ilavla [Leichtling]
Year collection: 1805-06
Image: 2 [left side]
[February 1807]
Death date: 10
Name of deceased: Anna Maria Berger
Age: 7 years
Buried by: P. Joannes Meyer
Colony: Ilavla [Leichtling]
Year collection: 1806-07
Image: 5 [right side]
[March 1807]
Death date: 7
Name of deceased: Elisabetha Berger
Age: 3 years 6 months
Buried by: qui Supra P. Joannes Meyer
Colony: Ilavla [Ludi Magister]
Year collection: 1806-07
Image: 5 [right side]
[November 1808]
Birthdate: 11
Baptismal date: 13
Name of infant: Nicolaus
Parents: Peter Berger
Dorothea Bininn
Godfather: Nicholaus Käm[m]erer
Baptized by: qui Supra [Ignatius Zacharewicz]
Colony: Ilavla [Leichtling]
Year collection: 1808-09
Image: 1
[March 1812]
Colony: Ilavla [Leichtling]
Anno 1812 die 9. Ego qui Sup: baptis Inf: Nne Evam Elisab. natam eadem
die. CCLL Peter Berger et Doroth. Bininn Ilavla habit. Matrini fuit
Eva Elisab. Bininn ex eadem Col
Translation: Year 1812, 9th day. I, the abovenamed [Ignatius
Zacharewicz] baptized the infant named Eva Elisabetha, born the same
day. Legitimate spouses Peter Berger and Dorothea Bin residing in
Ilavla [Leichtling]. Godmother was Eva Elisabetha Bin from the same
colony.
Name: Eva Elis. Berger
Year collection: 1811-12
Image: 3
Colony: Ilavla [Leichtling]
Anno 1815 die Vigesima Secunda Martij. Ego qui Supra baptizari
Infantem Nne Balthasarum natum Vigesima prima. CCLL Petri Berger et
Dorothea Binn Ilavla habit. Patrinus fuit Balthasar Holzmann ex eadem
Colonia.
Translation: 1815, 22nd of March. I, the abovenamed [Ignatius
Zacharewicz] baptized the infant named Balthasar, born the 21st.
Legitimate spouses Peter Berger and Dorothea Binn residing in Ilavla
[Leichtling]. Godfather was Balthasar Holzmann from the same colony.
Name: Balthasar Berger
Year collection: 1814-15
Image: 7
[Jan 1828]
Colony: Ilavla [Leichtling]
Die 30. Ego qui Sup: Pramiss: 3bus bannis facto pravio examine nulloq
detecto impedimento benedicti Matrimonium contractum inter Sposum
Juvenam Nicolaum Berger et Catharinum Wisnerin Testes: Petrus Dieser
et Petrus Schneider.
Translation: 30th day. I the aforenamed [V. Schwartz] having read
banns 3 times found no impediments blessed the marriage contract
between young [unmarried] man Nicolaus Berger and Catharina Wisner.
Witnesses: Peter Dieser and Peter Schneider.
Name: Nicolaus Berger
Catharina Wisnerin
Year collection: 1828
Image: 4
Source: Church records of Semenovka parish from Saratov Province State
Archive. Retrieved by Wadim Eichmann and extracted by Michelle Boyd.
Line number Year
Birth
Baptism Given name
Father
Mother
Colony Parish
10
1803 Oct
24 Oct 25
Elisabetha
Peter Berger
Maria Dorothea
Binn
Leichtling Semenovka
11
1806 Apr
5 Apr
15 Joannes Nepom
Peter Berger
Maria Dorothea
Bin
Leichtling Semenovka
6
1808 Nov 11 Nov
13 Nicolaus
Peter Berger
Maria Dorothea Binn
Leichtling Semenovka
25
1812 Mar
9 Mar 9
Eva Elis:
Peter Berger
Maria Dorothea Binn
Leichtling Semenovka
2
1815 Mar 21 Mar
22 Balthasar
Peter Berger
Maria Dorothea Binn
Leichtling Semenovka
10
1827 Aug
25 Aug 28
Elisabetha
Joannes
Berger Elisabetha
Wiesner
Leichtling Semenovka
9
1830 Jan 10 Jan
10
Catharina
Joannes Berger
Elisabetha Wiesner
Leichtling
Semenovka
8
1830 Jan 10 Jan
10
Theresia
Joannes
Berger Elisabetha
Wiesner
Leichtling Semenovka
8
1832 Nov 14 Nov
14 Elisabetha
Joannes Berger Elisabetha
Wiesner
Leichtling Semenovka
246
1837 Oct
15 Oct 15
Elisabetha
Joannes Berger
Elisabetha Wiesner
Leichtling
Semenovka
16
1839 Oct
26 Oct 26
Joannes
Joannes
Berger Elisabetha
Wiesner
Leichtling Köhler
163
1851 Dec
21 Dec 22
Peter
Johannes Berger Elisabeth
Müller
Leichtling Köhler
12
1854 Jan
11 Jan
11 Peter
Johannes
Berger Elisabeth
Müller
Leichtling Köhler
8
1829 Nov 7 Nov
7 Anna
Maria
Nicolaus Berger
Catharina
Wiesner
Leichtling Semenovka
7
1831 Oct 20 Oct
20 Anna
Margaretha Nicolaus Berger
Catharina Wiesner
Leichtling Semenovka
4
1833 Sep 9 Sep
9
Elisabetha
Nicolaus
Berger Catharina
Wiesner
Leichtling Semenovka
284
1836 Dec
20 Dec 20 Anna
Maria
Nicolaus Berger
Catharina Wiesner
Leichtling Semenovka
210
1838 Sep
31 Sep 31
Marianna
Nicolaus
Berger Catharina
Wiesner
Leichtling Semenovka
95
1840 Mar
28 Mar 28
Eva
Nicolaus Berger
Catharina Wiesner
Leichtling Köhler
61
1842 Mar
25 Mar 26
Nicolaus
Nicolaus
Berger Catharina
Wiesner
Leichtling Köhler
117
1845 Sep
3 Sep 6
Matthias
Nicolaus Berger Anna
Margaretha Simon Leichtling Köhler
212
1846 Dec
28 Dec 28
Barbara
Nicolaus
Berger Anna Margaretha Simon
Leichtling Köhler
24
1849 Feb
14 Feb 14
Johannes
Nicolaus
Berger Anna Margarethe Simon
Leichtling Köhler
25
1849 Feb
14 Feb 14
Peter
Nicolaus Berger Anna Margarethe
Simon Leichtling Köhler
42
1836 Feb
15 Feb 16
Sophia
Baltasar
Berger Catharina
Schechtel
Leichtling Semenovka
24
1838 Jan
24 Jan 24
Andreas
Baltasar
Berger Catharina
Schechtel
Leichtling Semenovka
125
1840 May
15 May 16
Catharina
Baltasar Berger
Catharina
Schachtel
Leichtling Köhler
123
1840 May
15 May 16
Josephus
Baltasar Berger
Catharina
Schachtel
Leichtling Köhler
124
1840 May
15 May 16
Margaretha
Baltasar Berger
Catharina
Schachtel
Leichtling Köhler
81
1841 Jun
20 Jun 21
Anna Maria
Baltasar Berger
Catharina Schachtel
Leichtling Köhler
122
1845 Sep
7 Sep 8
Elisabetha
Baltasar Berger Catharina
Schechtel
Leichtling Köhler
2
1848 Jan 1 Jan
3
Baltasarus
Baltasar
Berger Catharina
Schechtel
Leichtling Köhler
150
1850 Aug
13 Aug 13
Catharina
Baltasar
Berger Catharina
Schachtel
Leichtling Köhler
148
1852 Nov
12 Nov 13
Philipp
Baltasar Berger Catharina
Schachtel
Leichtling Köhler
143
1854 Sep
17 Sep 18
Peter
Baltasar Berger
Catharina Schachtel
Leichtling
Köhler
25
1857 Feb
11 Feb 12 Anna
Maria
Baltasar Berger
Catharina Schachtel
Leichtling
Köhler
22
1859 Jan
25 Jan 26
Johannes
Baltasar
Berger Catharina
Schachtel
Leichtling Köhler
Line number Marriage
date
Groom
Groom's village
Bride
Bride's
village
Colony where married
34
1835 Feb
10 Balthasar
Berger Leichtling
Catharina Schechtel
Köhler
Semenovka
5
1828 Jan 30
Nicolaus Berger
Catharina Wisnerin
Leichtling
Semenovka
Line number Age
Death date
Name
Village
37
7
1807 Feb 10 Anna Maria
Berger Leichtling
49
3.5
1807 Mar
7 Elisabetha
Berger Leichtling
Source: Boyd, Darryl et al. (trans.), Köhler Parish Records,
1803-1895, Concord, CA, 2021.
1798
Leichtling, Russia
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.
1850
Leichtling, Russia
No.
|
Names
|
Age (1850)
|
Moved or died
|
Age at last census (1834)
|
35 |
Johannes Berger |
44 |
|
28 |
|
wife: Elisabeta (2nd wife) |
29 |
|
|
|
son: |
|
|
|
|
1. Johannes Berger |
10 |
|
|
|
daughters: |
|
|
|
|
1. Katerina Berger |
20 |
|
|
|
2. Elisabeta Berger |
17 |
|
|
|
---------------------------------------- |
|
|
|
|
brothers: (to Johannes above) |
|
|
|
|
1. Nikolaus Berger |
39 |
|
23 |
|
wife: Margarita
|
46 |
|
|
|
son:
|
|
|
|
|
a. Johannes Berger
|
1 |
|
|
|
daughters:
|
|
|
|
|
a. Anna Margaretha Berger
|
18 ½ |
|
|
|
b. Anna Maria Berger
|
13 |
|
|
|
2. Baltazar Berger |
-- |
See #36 (same) |
20 |
36 |
2. Baltazar Berger |
36 |
|
20 (see #35) (lived with #35 in 1834) |
|
wife: Katerina
|
37 |
|
|
|
son:
|
|
|
|
|
a. Andreas Berger
|
12 |
|
|
|
daughters:
|
|
|
|
|
a. Sophia Berger
|
14 |
|
|
|
b. Anna Maria Berger
|
7 |
|
|
|
c. Elisabeta Berger
|
5 |
|
|
|
d. Katerina Berger
|
2 month |
|
|
Source: Boyd, Darryl (compiler) & Gartner, Angela (translator),
Leichtling, Russia 1850 Census, Concord, CA, 2006.
1857
Leichtling, Russia
No. in 1850 |
No. in 1857 |
Names |
Age in 1850 |
Moved or died |
Age in 1857 |
35 |
32 |
Johannes Berger |
44 |
|
51 |
|
|
Johannes' wife Elisabetha
|
|
|
|
|
|
Johannes' sons:
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Johannes Berger
|
10 |
|
17 |
|
|
2. Peter Berger
|
- |
|
4 |
|
|
Johannes' brother Nikolaus |
39 |
|
46 |
|
|
Nikolaus' wife Anna Margaretha
|
- |
|
53 |
|
|
Nikolaus' son:
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Johannes Berger
|
1 |
|
8 |
|
|
Nikolaus' daughter:
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Anna Maria Berger
|
- |
|
20 |
36 |
67 |
Balthasar Berger |
36 |
|
43 |
|
|
Balthasar's wife Katharina
|
- |
|
44 |
|
|
Balthasar's sons:
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Andreas Berger
|
12 |
|
19 |
|
|
2. Philipp Berger
|
- |
|
5 |
|
|
3. Peter Berger
|
- |
|
3 |
|
|
Balthasar's daughters:
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Anna Maria Berger
|
- |
|
14 |
|
|
2. Elisabetha Berger
|
- |
|
12 |
|
|
3. Katharina Berger
|
- |
|
7 |
|
|
4. Anna Maria Berger
|
- |
|
2 |
Source: Eichmann, Wadim (translator), Leichtling, Russia 1857 Census,
Concord, CA, 2019.