Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "Johann Friedrich Mehler and Maria Agnes Dreitz," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."
Johann Friedrich Meler was born in 1783 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia to Franz Michael Mehler and Margareta Ewald.
Friedrich married Maria Agnes Dreitz 7 February 1805 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia. Agnes was born in 1784.
Agnes' parents are not currently known but it is likely that she was the granddaughter of a Johannes Treutz/Dreitz who settled in the colony of Sewald with his wife Elisabeth (his second wife) and children. The most likely candidates to be Agnes’ father are Johannes’ sons by his first wife, Maria Elisabetha Lützyn: Johannes Jakob Dreitz and Heinrich Dreitz (who married Elisabeth Lang). Agnes is not found in Heinrich’s household in the 1798 census (when she was 14) nor in any of the village censuses at all. Johannes Jakob is not found in the census at all. It is possible that he had died by then or that he was missed somehow. So, the question is:
- Was Agnes the daughter of Johannes Jakob and her entire family was missed?
- Was she the orphan of Johannes Jakob and was missing in the household where she was living?
- Was she the daughter of Heinrich and was accidentally omitted from his household?
Friedrich died 27 December 1845 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia. Agnes apparently died before 1850, as she does not appear on the census that year.
Friedrich and Agnes’ children are:
| 1 | Johann
Georg Meler, born 26 Aug 1806 in Leichtling, Saratov,
Russia, baptized the same day in Semenovka, Saratov, Russia,
married Elisabeta Diehl 10 Feb 1827 in Leichtling,
Saratov, Russia, died 9 Jun 1852 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia of
fever. Wife: Elisabeta Diehl, b. abt. 1808. Children: Barbara Mehler, Anna Margarita Mehler, Nicolaus Mehler (m. Elisabetha —), Jacob Mehler, Peter Mehler, Michael Mehler, and Elisabetha Mehler. |
| 2 | Anna
Elisabetha Mehler, born 12 Feb 1809 in Leichtling, Saratov,
Russia, baptized 13 Feb 1809 in Semenovka, Saratov, Russia. |
| 3 | Elisabetha Mehler,
born 8 Mar 1811 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia, baptized 9 Mar
1811 in Semenovka, Saratov, Russia, died 8 Mar 1812 in Leichtling,
Saratov, Russia. |
| 4 | Franz
Meler, born about 1812 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia,
married Anna Maria Haberkorn. Wife: Anna Maria Haberkorn, b. 2 Jun 1812 in Göbel, Saratov, Russia to Anton Haberkorn and Magdalena Grimm, ch. 3 Jun 1812 in Semenovka parish, Saratov, Russia. Children: Johannes Mehler (m. Elisabetha Schäfer), Anna Maria Mehler (d. young), Elizabeta Mehler, Barbara Mehler, Jacob Mehler (d. young), Anna Maria Mehler, Franz Mehler, Eva Elisabeta Mehler (m. Gottfried Schäfer), Franz Peter Mehler, Georg Mehler, Johann Jacob Mehler, and Elisabetha Mehler (d. young). |
| 5 | Johannes Meler, born
27 Apr 1815 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia, baptized 2 May 1815 in
Semenovka, Saratov, Russia, died 17 Jul 1848. He was probably the
Joannes Mehler who married Marianna Senger 23 Nov 1836 in
Leichtling, Saratov, Russia. Probable wife: Marianna Senger. |
| 6 | Peter Meler, born
about 1821 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia, married Christina
Steinbock. Wife: Christina Steinbock, b. abt. 1823. Children: Peter Mehler, Matthias Mehler, Andreas Mehler, and Jakob Mehler. |
| 7 | Jacob Meler, born
about 1825 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia, married Anna Maria
Müller 15 Nov 1849 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia. Wife: Anna Maria Müller, b. abt. 1831 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia to Adam Müller and Magdalene Kühn. Children: Anna Maria Mehler (m. Nicolaus Sommer), Michael Mehler (m. Catharina Senger), and Elisabeth Mehler (m. Peter Schulz). |
| 8 | Margaritha Mehler,
born 27 Jun 1825 in Leichtling, Saratov, Russia, baptized the same
day in Semenovka, Saratov, Russia. |
Summary of Sources
- Boyd, Darryl et al. (trans.), Köhler Parish Records, 1803-1895, Concord, CA, 2021.
- Meininger, Dr. Robert (trans.), No. 2841, The 1798 Description of the Saratov Colony of Illavlya also known as Leichtling, No. 122, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1996.
- Boyd, Darryl (compiler) & Gartner, Angela (translator), Leichtling, Russia 1834 Census, Concord, CA, 2006.
- Boyd, Darryl (compiler) & Gartner, Angela (translator), Leichtling, Russia 1850 Census, Concord, CA, 2006.
- Eichmann, Wadim (translator), Leichtling, Russia 1857 Census, Concord, CA, 2019.
- Church records of Semenovka parish from Saratov Province State Archive. Retrieved by Wadim Eichmann and extracted by Michelle Boyd.
Source Materials
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Köhler Church Records
Line number Year
Birth
Baptism Given name
Father
Mother
Colony
Parish of record
59 1806 Aug 26 Aug 26 Johann Georg Friderich Mehler Agnes Dreitz Leichtling Semenovka
12 1809 Feb 12 Feb 13 Anna Elisabetha Friderich Mehler Agnes Dreitz [Treitz] Leichtling Semenovka
19 1811 Mar 8 Mar 9 Elisabetha Friderich Mehler Agnes Dreitz Leichtling Semenovka
9 1815 Apr 27 May 2 Johan Friderich Mehler Agnes Dreitz Leichtling Semenovka
4 1829 Jun 27 Jun 27 Margaritha Friderich Mehler Agnes Dreitz Leichtling Semenovka
46 1844 Apr 13 Apr 15 Petrus Peter Meller Christina Steinbock Leichtling Köhler
Line number Marriage date
Groom
Bride
Bride's village
Colony where married
Groom's parents
Bride's parents
Parish of record
47
1805 Feb
7
Johann Friderick Mehler Maria Agnes
Dreiz
Semenovka
3
1827 Feb
10
Joannes Georg Mehler Elisabetha
Diehlin
Leichtling
Semenovka
1
1831 Nov
23 Franciscus
Mehler
Anna Maria Haberkorn
Leichtling
Semenovka
46
1836 Nov
23 Joannes
Mehler
Marianna Senger
Leichtling
Semenovka
27
1849 Nov
15 Jacob
Mehler (age 23) Maria Müller (age 18)
Leichtling
Leichtling
Friedrich Mehler Agnes
Dreiz
Adam
Müller Magdalene
Kühn
Köhler
53
1869 Nov
20 Franz
Mehler
Catharina
Haas
Hildmann
Leichtling
Friedrich Mehler Agnes
Dreiz
Georg
Gottfried Elisabeth Werbach
Köhler
39
1877 Nov
18 Michael
Mehler
Catharina
Senger Leichtling
Köhler
Jacob Mehler Anna Maria
Müller
Peter Senger Apollonia
Ziegler
Köhler
40
1877 Nov
18 Peter
Schulz
Elisabeth
Mehler
Leichtling
Köhler
Johannes Schulz A. Margarethe
Kämmerer
Jacob
Mehler Anna Maria
Müller Köhler
15
1874 Oct
29 Nicolaus
Sommer
Maria Mehler
Leichtling
Leichtling
Johannes Sommer Theresia Götte
Jacob Mehler Anna Maria
Müller
Köhler
Image Line
number Age
Death date
Name
Village
Parish of record
Cause
31 11 months 1812 Mar 8 Elisab. Mehler Leichtling Semenovka
1845D (22) 108 61 1845 Dec 27 Friedrich Mehler Leichtling
1852D (18)
87
47
1852 Jun 09 Heinrich Georg Meler
Leichtling
fever
Additional information from the record: Widow Elisabezha born Til
[Diehl], children Nicolaus, Jacob, Peter, Michael, Elisabetha
1848D (20) 99 34 1848 Jul 17 Joannes Meller
Source: Boyd, Darryl et al. (trans.), Köhler Parish Records, 1803-1895, Concord, CA, 2021.
Church Records of Semenovka Parish
[Feb 1805]
Marriage date: 7
Marriage parties: johan[n] Friderich Mehler cel. cu[m] cel. Ma. Agnes
Dreiz
Marriage place: Ilavla
Witnesses: Mathaus Koch et philipp Beider
Married by: idem [p. j. M. I. T.]
Year collection: 1804-05
Image: 4
[Aug 1806]
Birth date: 26
Baptism date: 26
Child: johan[n] georg
Parents: Fridericus Mehler et Agnes Dreiz
Godfather: johan[n] Georg Mehler
Baptized by: id [p. joan[n] Mayer]
Birthplace: Ilavla
Year collection: 1805-06
Image: 2 [right side]
[Feb 1809]
Birth date: 12
Baptism date: 13
Child: Anna Elisabetha
Parents: CC LL Fridrich Mehler et Agnes Treitzinn
Godmother: An[n]a Elisab. Mehlerinn
Baptized by: qui Supra [p. Ignatius Zacharewicz]
Birthplace: Ilavla
Year collection: 1808-09
Image: 3
Place of birth: Ilavla
Text: Anno 1811 die 9 martij. Ego qui Sup baptis infant Nni Elisab:
natam 8 huis CC LL Friderici Mehler et Agnetis Dreitzinn Ilavla habit:
Matrina fuit Elisab. Mehler ex eadem Colonia
Translation: Year 1811, 9th day of March. I, aforenamed [Ignatius
Zacharewicz], baptized the infant named Elisabetha born this 8th.
Legitimate spouses Fridericus Mehler and Agnetis Drietz residing in
Ilavla [Leichtling]. Godmother was Elisabetha Mehler from the same
colony.
Nomen et cognomen [names]: Elisabetha Mehlerin[n]
Year collection: 1810-11
Image: 3 [right side]
Place of birth: Ilavla
Text: Anno 1815 die Secunda. Ego qui Supra baptis: Infantem Nne
Joannem natum Vigesima Septima Aprilis CC LL Friderici Mehler et
Agnetis Dreitz Ilavla habit. Patrinus Joannes Hofmann ex eadem Colonia
Translation: Year 1815, the second. I, aforenamed [Ignatius
Zacharewicz], baptized the infant named Johannes born 27 April.
Legitimate spouses Fridericus Mehler and Agnetis Drietz residing in
Ilavla [Leichtling]. Godfather Johannes Hofmann from the same colony.
Nomen et cognomen [names]: Johan Mehler
Year collection: 1814-15
Image: 8
Source: Church records of Semenovka parish from Saratov Province State
Archive. Retrieved by Wadim Eichmann and extracted by Michelle Boyd.
1798
Leichtling, Russia
Register made for the Office [Kontora] of
Immigrant Oversight by Deputy of the Chief Justice, Court Counsellor
Popov, in the Colony of Illavlya [Leichtling], listing the male and
female foreign residents, with and indication of their ages, which
males between the ages of 16 to 60 years are able to work, and remarks
by the colonists about the colony.
October 7, 1798.
| No. |
Names of Foreigners |
Age |
No. of
Souls |
Able or
not to work |
Remarks* | ||
| M |
F |
Y |
N |
||||
| 1. |
Franz Meler [Meller?] |
49 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
wife Margareta Ewald
|
35 |
1 |
|||||
|
son: Friedrich
|
15 |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
daughters:
|
|||||||
|
Barbara
|
13 | 1 | |||||
|
Elisabeta
|
8 | 1 | |||||
|
son by deceased wife: Georg
|
19 | 1 | 1 | ||||
* Remarks about those disabled, those discharged with or without passports; information about 3-ruble debt payments
Source: Meininger, Dr. Robert (trans.), No. 2841, The 1798
Description of the Saratov Colony of Illavlya also known as
Leichtling, No. 122, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of
Germans from Russia, 1996.
1834
Leichtling, Russia
| Number |
Name |
Age (1834) |
Moved or Died or Information |
Age At Last Census (1815) |
| 14 |
Friedrich Meler |
51 |
32 |
|
|
wife: Agnesia Treghtsen
|
50 |
|||
|
sons:
|
||||
|
1. George Meler
|
27 |
8 |
||
|
wife: Elizabeta Teil
|
26 | |||
|
daughters: a. Barbara
Meler
|
4 | |||
|
b. Margarita Meler
|
2 | |||
|
2. Franz Meler
|
22 | 3 | ||
|
wife: Anna Maria Hoberkofn
|
22 | (Hoberkofen, Goberkfn?) | ||
|
son: Johannes Meler
|
2 | |||
|
daughter: Elizabeta Meler
|
1 month | |||
|
3. Johannes Meler
|
20 | 1 | ||
|
4. Peter Meler
|
13 | |||
|
5. Jakob Meler
|
9 |
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) |
| 18 |
Friedrich Meler |
-- |
Died 1846 |
51 |
| wife: not listed |
||||
| sons: |
||||
| 1. George Meler |
43 |
27 |
||
|
wife: Elisabeta
|
40 |
|||
|
sons:
|
||||
|
a. Nikolaus Meler
|
15 |
|||
|
b. Jakob Meler
|
11 |
|||
|
c. Peter Meler
|
9 |
|||
|
d. Michael Meler
|
1 | |||
|
daughters:
|
||||
|
a. Barbara Meler
|
20 | |||
|
b. Anna Margarita Meler
|
18 | |||
| 2. Franz Meler | 38 | 22 | ||
|
wife: Anna Maria
|
38 | |||
|
sons:
|
||||
|
a. Johannes Meler
|
18 | 2 | ||
|
b. Peter Meler
|
2 | |||
|
daughters:
|
||||
|
a. Anna Maria Meler
|
10 | |||
|
b. Eva Elisabeta Meler
|
5 | |||
| 3. Johannes Meler | -- | Died 1848 | 20 | |
| 4. Peter Meler | 29 | 13 | ||
|
wife: Christina
|
27 | |||
|
son:
|
||||
|
a. Peter Meler
|
7 | |||
| 5. Jakob Meler | 25 | 9 | ||
|
wife: Anna Maria
|
19 |
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 |
| 18 |
20 |
Georg Mehler | 43 |
Died 1852 | - |
|
Georg's wife Elisabetha
|
- |
47 |
|||
|
Georg's sons:
|
|||||
|
1. Nikolaus Mehler
|
15 |
22 |
|||
|
Nikolaus' wife Elisabetha
|
- |
21 |
|||
|
Nikolaus' daughter:
|
|||||
|
1) Katharina Mehler
|
- |
½ |
|||
|
2. Jakob Mehler
|
11 |
18 |
|||
|
3. Peter Mehler
|
9 |
16 |
|||
|
4. Michael Mehler
|
1 |
8 |
|||
| Georg's brother Franz Mehler | 38 |
45 |
|||
|
Franz's wife Anna Maria
|
- |
45 |
|||
|
Franz's sons:
|
|||||
|
1. Johannes Mehler
|
18 |
25 |
|||
|
Johannes' wife Elisabetha
|
- |
27 |
|||
|
Johannes' sons:
|
|||||
|
1) Jakob Mehler
|
- |
5 |
|||
|
2) Peter Mehler
|
- |
2 |
|||
|
2. Peter Mehler
|
2 |
9 |
|||
|
3. Georg Mehler
|
- |
7 |
|||
|
4. Johannes Mehler
|
- |
4 |
|||
|
Franz's daughter:
|
|||||
|
1. Elisabetha Mehler
|
- |
13 |
|||
| Georg's brother Peter Mehler | 29 |
36 |
|||
|
Peter's wife Christina
|
- |
34 |
|||
|
Peter's sons:
|
|||||
|
1. Peter Mehler
|
7 |
14 |
|||
|
2. Matthias Mehler
|
- |
4 |
|||
|
3. Andreas Mehler
|
- |
1¼ | |||
|
4. Jakob Mehler
|
- |
1¼ | |||
| Georg's brother Jakob Mehler | 25 |
32 |
|||
| Jakob's wife Anna Maria | - |
26 |
|||
| Jakob's daughters: | |||||
| 1. Anna Maria Mehler | - |
3 |
|||
| 2. Elisabetha Mehler | - |
1 |
Source: Eichmann, Wadim (translator), Leichtling, Russia 1857 Census, Concord, CA, 2019.
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