Johann Friedrich Lauber and Eva Elisabeth

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Johann Friedrich Lauber (last name also spelled Laaber, Laber, Labere, and Labert) was born about 1741 or 1743 in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Friedrich married first Eva Elisabeth —. Eva Elisabeth was born about 1742, probably also in Copenhagen.

Friedrich and Eva Elisabeth settled in Graf, Samara, Russia 14 Feb 1767. Friedrich was listed as a Catholic and a Handwerker (craftsman).

Friedrich married second Anna Christina Shvikish (b. 1763, of Schwed, Russia).

Friedrich and Eva Elisabeth’s children are:

1	Possibly Anna Maria Lauber, reportedly in her forties in the 1798 census (though her recorded age is said to be difficult to read), from Herzog, Samara, Russia, married 1) — Hofstetter and 2) Friedrich Jäkel, her family lost their livestock to plague in 1798 and they hired out as cattle herders in the colonies of Stahl am Karaman and Schwed. Husband: Friedrich Jäkel, b. 1744 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, a Catholic and a farmer, m. 1) Maria Margaretha Wulff, settled in Graf, Samara, Russia 10 June 1766.
2	Possibly Conrad Lauber, appeared as a baptismal witness in Graf, Samara, Russia in 1792.
3	Possibly Mariana Lauber, appeared as a baptismal witness in Graf, Samara, Russia in 1795.
4	Possibly Maria Eleonora Lauber, born about 1756, of Herzog, Samara, Russia, married Johannes Kreutzer, appeared as the mother in a baptismal record in Herzog, Samara, Russia 25 Mar 1793. Husband: Johannes Kreutzer, b. abt. 1752 in Herzog, Samara, Russia, listed as invalid in 1798. Child: Andreas Kraitser (m. Gertrude Hoffman), Michael Kraitser, Johannes Kraitser, Kasper Kraitser, Adam Kraitser, and Johannes Peter Kreutzer.
5	Possibly Maria Elisabeth Lauber, married Peter Meier 13 Nov 1794 in Graf, Samara, Russia (last name spelled Majer in their marriage record and Meier in baptismal records for their children). Husband: Peter Meier. Children: Erasmus Anton Meier, Anna Barbara Meier, Johann Peter Meier, Johann Anton Meier, and Ursula Meier.

Friedrich and Anna Christina's children are:

6	Johann Tobias Lauber, born about 1784 in Graf, Samara, Russia, married Anna Elisabetha Frank 1804 in Rohleder parish, Samara, Russia, died 1834 in Graf, Samara, Russia. Wife: Anna Elisabetha Frank. Children: Maria Elisabetha Lauber, Anna Margaretha Lauber, Margaretha Lauber, Magdalena Lauber, Adam Lauber, Katharina Lauber, and Conrad Lauber.
7	Ignatius Lauber, born about 1785 in Graf, Samara, Russia, married Anna Maria Gerber by 1806, died 1834 in Graf, Samara, Russia. There are several records of a Johann Adam Lauber, who married an Anna Maria Gerber 7 Feb 1805 in Graf, had a son Henricus baptized in 1810 in Graf, and died 22 May 1834 (age 50) in Graf. A comparison of many of the facts about Johann Adam and Ignatius raises the possibility that they were actually the same person (wives have the same name, the 1834 census records that Ignatius had a son Heinrich (born in 1810) and died in 1834). If they were the same, perhaps Ignatius was an Ignatius Johann Adam (or Johann Adam Ignatius) or else there was an error in the record. Wife: Anna Maria Gerber, born about 1780. Children: Nicolaus Tobias Lauber, Christina Lauber (m. Franz Knoll, son of Franz Knoll and Elisabetha Hochweiss), Heinrich Lauber, Georg Peter Lauber, Elisabetha Lauber, Johannes Lauber, Peter Lauber, and Georg Lauber.
8	Johannes Georg Lauber, born 1808 in Graf, Samara, Russia, died 1824 in Graf, Samara, Russia.
9	Maria Anna Lauber, born 1814 in Graf, Samara, Russia.

May be the son of Friedrich (or grandson of Friedrich, if either Conrad was indeed his son and old enough to have children of this age or if Friedrich had an unrecorded son old enough to have children of this age):

10	Johan Frideric Lauber, married Ludovica Hardinger by 1805. Wife: Ludovica Hardinger. Children: Maria Elisabetha Lauber, Mathias Samuel Lauber, Johann Georg Lauber, Magdalena Lauber, and Maria Catharina Lauber.

Summary of Sources

Boyd, Darryl and Dreiling, Trecil (comp.), Mariental Parish Records 1789 to 1810, https://volgaparishes.com/mariental_page.html, 2022.
Boyd, Darryl and Dreiling, Trecil (comp.), Rohleder Parish Records 1801 to 1857, https://volgaparishes.com/rohleder_page.html, 2022.
Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2 (Kolonien Galka - Kutter), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2001.
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.
Rye, Richard (trans.), Raskaty/Rohleder 1798 Census, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995.
Leus, Pavel M. (trans.) and Rupp, Kevin D. (comp.), Graf, Russia (Krutoyarovka): A census of the colony, December 10, 1834, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001.

Source Materials

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Mariental Parish Records 1789 to 1810

Births and Baptisms

Photo: 139.1-2
Line: 40
Birth date: 29 Dec 1791
Baptismal date: 31 Dec 1791
Child: Maria Magdalena
Father: Jeckel Frideric
Mother: Lauber Anna Maria
Village: Graf
Witnesses: Michael Heyn & Maria Magdalena Greitzer

Photo: 139.16-1
Line: 26
Birth date: 28 Mar 1796
Baptismal date: 30 Mar 1796
Child: Maria Theresia
Father: Jeckel Friderick
Mother: Lauber Anna Maria
Village: Graf
Witnesses: Maria Theresia Schoenberger & Jacob Schoenberger

Photo: 139.2-1
Line: 9
Birth date: 29 Jan 1792
Baptismal date: 1 Feb 1792
Child: Maria Catharina Maria Anna
Father: Wasinger Caspar
Mother: Sander Elisabeth Dorothea
Village: Graf
Witnesses: Conrad Lauber & Maria Anna Donat?

Photo: 139.3-2
Line: 8
Birth date: 24 Mar 1793
Baptismal date: 25 Mar 1793
Child: Johannes Peter
Father: Kreutzer Johannes
Mother: Lauber Maria Leonora
Village: Herzog
Witnesses: Peter Becker & Catharina Becker

Photo: 139.15-1
Line: 55
Baptismal date: 7 Oct 1795
Child: Anna Christina
Father: Wasinger Joseph
Mother: Klephan Maria Magdalena
Village: Graf
Witnesses: Franciscus Donat & Mariana Lauber

Marriages

Photo: 153-1
Line: 12
Date: 13 Nov 1794
Groom: Majer    Peter
    Marital status: S
Bride: Lauber    Maria Elisabeth
    Marital status: nl
Where married: Graf

Source: Boyd, Darryl and Dreiling, Trecil (comp.), Mariental Parish Records 1789 to 1810, https://volgaparishes.com/mariental_page.html, 2022.

Rohleder Parish Records 1801 to 1857

Births and Baptisms

Photo Line Birth date Baptismal date Child Father Mother Village Witnesses

31-1 21 24 May 1809 Maria Elisabetha Henry Jaekel Anna Maria Donau Graf Anton Donau & Elisabetha Meyer

51-1 42 5 Oct 1812 6 Oct 1812 Anna Catharina Henry Jaekel Anna Maria Donau Graf Anton Graff & Catharina Bauer

120-2 29 17 Jul 1816 19 Jul 1816 Nicolaus Henry Jaekel Anna Maria Donau Graf Nicolaus Schaefer & M Anna Schaefer

Note: A look at the original records show that Henry Jaekel in the above three records should be transcribed as Henricus Jaekel. MB

31-2 5 8 Feb 1805 10 Feb 1805 Ignatius Tobias Lauber Anna Elisabetha Frank Graf Ignatz Lauber & Anna Margaretha Wasinger
† 5 May 1807

34-1 13 3 Apr 1807 3 Apr 1807 Maria Elisabetha Tobias Lauber Elisabetha Frank Graf Andreas Friedrich & Maria Gerber

31-2 23 2 Jun 1809 3 Jun 1809 Anna Margaretha Tobias Lauber Anna Elisabetha Frank Graf Francis Adam Frank & Niklasi? Niederquell

48-2 53 20 Oct 1811 21 Oct 1811 Margaretha Tobias Lauber Anna Elisabetha Frank Graf Peter Hartmann & Margaretha Niederquell

52-2 40 28 Jul 1814 29 Jul 1814 Magdalena Tobias Lauber Anna Elisabetha Frank Graf Jacob Bollig & Magdalena Hergert

446-2 26 12 Apr 1827 14 Apr 1827 Conrad Tobias Lauber Elisabetha Frank Graf Conrad Rohleder & Catharina Wagner

25-2 34 11 Sep 1806 Nicolaus Tobias Ignatius Lauber Anna Maria Gerber Graf Tobias Lauber & Elisabeth Gerber

34-2 46 21 Nov 1807 22 Nov 1807 Christina Ignatius Lauber Anna Maria Gerber Graf Anton Graf & Christina Niederquell

55-2 9 8 Mar 1810 8 Mar 1810 Henry Adam Lauber Anna Maria Gerber Graf Henry Gerber & Magdalena Graf?

50-1 2 11 Jan 1812 11 Jan 1812 Peter Ignatius Lauber Anna Maria Gerber Graf Georg Heili & Barbara Bach

120-2 33 29 Jul 1816 30 Jul 1816 Elisabetha Ignatius Lauber Anna Maria Gerber Graf Michael Gertsner & Johanna Bach

33-2 48 29 Oct 1805 31 Oct 1805 Maria Elisabetha Johnn Frideric Lauber Ludovica Hardinger Graf Joh. Adam Rubsam & Elisabeth Rubsam

34-2 39 5 Oct 1807 7 Oct 1807 Mathias Samuel Johnn Lauber Ludovica Hardinger Graf Matheus Herrman & Maria Christina

31-1 8 23 Jan 1809 25 Jan 1809 Johann Georg Johnn Frideric Lauber Ludovica Hardinger Graf Johannes Georg Weber & Marie??? Marcianna Heili

50-1 55 4 Dec 1811 5 Dec 1811 Magdalena Johnn Frideric Lauber Ludovica Hardinger Graf Johannes Wals & Magdalena Wilhelm Wals from Louis

52-2 20 7 Apr 1814 8 Apr 1814 M Catharina Johnn Frideric Lauber Ludovica Hardinger Graf Johannes Geyer & M Anna Gerber

25-1 21 3 Jun 1806 Erasmus Anton Peter Meier Elisabetha Lauber Graf Anton Graf & Catharina Geier

28-1 19 10 May 1808 10 May 1808 Anna Barbara Peter Meier Elisabetha Lauber Graf Peter Wagner & Anna Wagner

55-2 18 7 Apr 1810 10 Apr 1810 Johann Peter Peter Meier Elisabetha Lauber Graf Johanes Peter Wilhelm & Margaretha Bollig

51-1 39 14 Sep 1812 15 Sep 1812 Johann Anton Peter Meier Elisabetha Lauber Graf Anton Donau & Margareta Niederquell

51-2 13 6 Apr 1815 6 Apr 1815 Ursula Peter Meier Elisabetha Lauber Graf Anton Schaefer & Ursula Bollig

Marriages

Photo: 34-1
Line: 2
Date: 31 Jan 1805
Groom: Jaekel    Henry
Bride: Donau    Anna Maria
    Marital status: S

Photo: 25-1
Line: 3
Date: 1804
Groom: Lauber    Tobias
    Marital status: S
Bride: Frank    Anna
    Marital status: S

Photo: 34-1
Line: 4
Date: 7 Feb 1805
Groom: Lauber    Joh. Adam
    Marital status: S
Bride: Gerber    Anna Maria
    Marital status: S
Where married: Graf
Witnesses: Anton Graf    Andreas Gerber

Deaths

Photo: 192-2
Line: 25
Date: 22 May 1834
Age: 50
Name of decedent: Lauber Adam
Village: Graf
Additional information in the record: left children Johannes Peter Johannes Georg
Translator's note: Ignatius not Adam in the census

Source: Boyd, Darryl and Dreiling, Trecil (comp.), Rohleder Parish Records 1801 to 1857, https://volgaparishes.com/rohleder_page.html, 2022.

First Settlers List

Kolonie Graf
(russischer Ortsname: Krutojarovka)
gegründet am 10. Juli 1766

...
41. Laaber [Laber]*, Friedrich, 24, kath., Handwerker aus Dänemark, Kopenhagen
Frau: Eva Elisabeth, 25
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 14.2.1767
erhalten von der Kanzlei in Petersburg 12 Rbl., vom Vormundschaftskontor in Saratov 82 Rbl.
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 2 Pfd., 1 Kuh, gesät: 4 Četverik Roggen

Source: Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2 (Kolonien Galka - Kutter), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2001.

Graf Census, 1798

Gf05     Friedrich Jäkel               h              50           this family lost its livestock to plague and is currently located in Stahl am Karaman and
                                                                                    Schwed where they are herding cattle for the inhabitants there; they have been there since
                                                                                    the beginning of this year
             Anna Maria Laber        sp             4(?)        from Herzog; formerly married to Hofstetter; age illegible
             Heinrich                          s               19
             Barbara                          d              15
             Katherina                       d              13
             Magdalena                   d               6
             Andreas                          s               25          Burghard's [sic] [Jäkel's ?] son by his deceased wife
             Katherina Kohlner         dl              22          from Chasselois
             Anna Maria                   d               32          Burghard's [sic] [Jäkel's ?] daughter by his deceased wife; working in Louis
             Nikolaus Obermann     sl               39           from Katherinenstadt; working in Louis

Workers: 4
Horses: 3
Cows: 4
Swine: 4
Planted - 1796/1797
Wheat: 1 chetvert 2 chetverik
Millet: 1 chetverik
Harvested - 1797
Wheat: 8 chetvert 6 chetverik
Millet: 1 chetvert 4 chetverik
Potatoes: 2 chetvert 2 chetverik

...

Gf09     Johann Friedrich Lebere*     h              57
             Anna Christina Shvikish [?]    sp            35        from Schwed
             Johann Tobias                       s              14
             Ignatius                                    s             13

*Agricultural Census lists him as Johann Friedrich Labert.

Workers: 1
Horses: 2
Cows: 3
Swine: 3
Chickens: 7
Planted - 1796/1797
Wheat: 3 chetverik
Potatoes: 3 chetverik
Harvested - 1797
Wheat: 1 chetvert 5 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.

Rohleder Census, 1798

Johannes Kraitser (Kreitser?)             46           Not able to work               From Susly (Herzog); invalid
Wife:
Eleonora Laber                                   42                                                       From Susly (Herzog)

Sons:
Andreas                                               25           Able to work

Andreas’ wife:
Gertrude Hoffman                              23

Their daughters:
Maria Eva                                             3
Marianna                                             1

Michael                                                22           Able to work

Johannes                                             14           Not able to work

Kasper                                                  11           Not able to work

Adam                                                    7              Not able to work

2 workers
10 horses
5 cows
5 swine
12 chickens

In 1796 and 1797, he planted:
2 chetvert of rye
4 chetvert of wheat
1 chetvert of oats
1 chetverik of millet
1 chetvert of potatoes

In 1798, he had a harvest of:
6 chetvert of rye
25 chetvert of wheat
4 chetvert of oats
2 chetvert of potatoes

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

Graf Census, 1834

Friedrich Hekel
Birth: 1748
Wife: Anna Maria Lauber
Birth: From the colony of Herzog (Susly), Russia

Children:
1M: Henrich Hekel
        Birth: 1779
        Death: 1821                  Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
        Spouse: ??

2F:   Magdalena Hekel
        Birth: 1792                      Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
        Spouse: ??

Ignatheus Lauber
Birth: 1785
Death: 1834                         Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
Father: Johannes Friedrich Lauber (1732-1822)
Mother: Anna Christina Shvikish (1763- )
Spouse: Anna Maria ?
Birth: 1780

Children:
1M: Nickolaus Lauber
        Birth: 1806                    Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
        Death: 1818               Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

2M: Heinrich Lauber
        Birth: 1810                     Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
        Death: 1818                 Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

3M: Georg Peter Lauber
        Birth: 1812                     Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
        Death: 1818                 Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

4M: Johannes Lauber
        Birth: 1818                     Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

5M: Peter Lauber
        Birth: 1822                     Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

6M: Georg Lauber
        Birth: 1825                     Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

Johannes Friedrich Lauber
Birth: 1731
Death: 1822                         Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
Spouse: Anna Christina Shvikish (1763- )
Birth: 1763                             From the colony of Schwed, Russia

Children:
1M: Tobias Lauber
        Birth: 1784
        Death: 1827               Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
        Spouse: ?

2M: Ignatheus Lauber
        Birth: 1785
        Death: 1834                 Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
        Spouse: Anna Maria ?

3M: Johannes Georg Lauber
        Birth: 1808                     Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
        Death: 1824                 Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

4F: Maria Anna Lauber
        Birth: 1814                     Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

Tobias Lauber
Birth: 1784
Death: 1827                         Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia
Father: Johannes Friedrich Lauber (1732-1822)
Mother: Anna Christina Shvikish (1763- )
Spouse: ?

Children:
1M: Adam Lauber
        Birth: 1817                    Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

2F: Katharina Lauber
        Birth: 1818                    Graf (Krutoyarovka), Russia

Source: Leus, Pavel M. (trans.) and Rupp, Kevin D. (comp.), Graf, Russia (Krutoyarovka): A census of the colony, December 10, 1834, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001.