Johannes Pelletier and Anna Maria Schneider

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Johannes Pelletier was born about 1758 in France to Andreas Pelletier and Magdalena --. He arrived in Russia 9 August 1766 at the age of eight with his parents and brother, arriving from Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka. His family settled at  Köhler, Saratov, Russia 21 August 1767.

Johannes married Anna Maria Schneider. Anna Maria was born about 1761 in Morbach, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany to Matthias Schneider and Anna Maria --. She arrived in Russia 31 July 1766 at the age of six with her parents and brother, arriving from Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Her family settled at Seewald, Saratov, Russia 20 August 1767.

Johannes died 18 Dec 1829 in Köhler, Saratov, Russia.

Johannes and Anna Maria’s children are:

1 Catharina Elisabetha Bellentier, born about 1780, married Georg Anton Schäfer in 1803 in Köhler, Saratov, Russia.

Husband: Georg Anton Schäfer, b. abt. 1759 to Konrad Schäfer and Elisabeta Schrill, arrived in Russia from Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 8 Aug 1766, settled in Köhler, Saratov, Russia 21 Aug 1767, m. 1) Maria Katharina Leister.

Children: Catharina Schäfer, Franz Xavier Schäfer (m. Barbara Resch), Johannes Schäfer, Maria Elisabetha Schäfer, and Anna Maria Schäfer.
2 Franz Bellentier, born about 1785, married Cunegunda Walter 12 Feb 1807 in Köhler, Saratov, Russia.

Wife: Cunegunda Walter.

Children: Anton Belentier (twin; d. young), Nicolaus Belentier (twin), Barbara Belentier, Joannes Georgius Belentier, Johan Belentier, Catharina Belentier, and Anna Maria Belentir.
3 Johann Georg Bellentier, about 1790, married Elisabetha Köhler.

Wife: Elisabetha Köhler.

Children: Theophilus Belentier (d. young) and Johan Peter Belentier.
4 Nicolaus Bellentier, born about 1792, married Sophia Brost 30 Jan 1811 in Köhler, Saratov, Russia.

Wife: Sophia Brost.

Children: Anna Margarethe Belentier, Elisabetha Belentier (d. young), Johan Heinrich Belentier, Jacobus Belentir, and Petrus Joannes Belentir.
5 Jakob Bellentier, born about 1795.
6 Margaretha Bellentier, born about 1796.
7 Eva Elisabeta Bellentier, born about 1798.
8 Joannes Bellentier, baptized 1 Mar 1803 in Köhler, Saratov, Russia, married Otilia Gallinger.

Wife: Otilia Gallinger.

Children: Maria Belentir, Joannes Pelentir, and Henricus Belentir.

Summary of Sources

  1. Pleve, Igor, List of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg, Saratov, Russia:  Saratov State Technical University, 2010.
  2. Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2 (Kolonien Reinhardt - Warenburg), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2008.
  3. Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 4 (Kolonien Reinhardt - Warenburg), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2008.
  4. 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.
  5. Church records of Semenovka parish from Saratov Province State Archive. Retrieved by Wadim Eichmann and extracted by Michelle Boyd.
  6. Boyd, Darryl et al. (trans.), Semenovka Parish Records, 1803-1895, Concord, CA, 2021.


Source Materials

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Church Records of Semenovka Parish

Births and Baptisms
Image: 180804
Line: 34
Birth date: 1808    Sep 27
Baptism date:         Sep 27
Child: Anton
Father: Belentier    Franciscus
Mother: Walterinn    Cunegundis
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka
Note: Twin   

Image: 180804
Line: 33
Birth date: 1808    Sep 27
Baptism date:         Sep 27
Child: Nicolaus
Father: Belentier    Franciscus
Mother: Walterinn    Cunegundis
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka
Note: Twin   

Image: 1809_06
Line: 8
Birth date: 1809    Sep 2
Baptism date:         Sep 5
Child: Barbara
Father: Belentier    Franz
Mother: Walterinn    Cunegundis
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka   

Image: 1811_04
Line: 31
Birth date: 1811    Jul 25
Baptism date:         Jul 26
Child: Joannes Georgius
Father: Belentier    Francisci
Mother: Walterinn    Cunegundis
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1814_03
Line: 4
Birth date: 1814    Jan 23
Baptism date:         Jan 25
Child: Johan
Father: Belentier    Francisci
Mother: Walterinn    Cunegundis
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1816_10
Line: 14
Birth date: 1816    Aug 20
Baptism date:         Aug 20
Child: Catharina
Father: Belentier    Francisci
Mother: Walter        Cunigundis
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1828B_05
Line: 5
Birth date: 1828    Mar 11
Baptism date:         Mar 12
Child: Anna Maria
Father: Belentir    Franciscus
Mother: Walterin    Conegunda
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1812_08
Line: 2
Birth date: 1812    Oct 29
Baptism date:         Oct 29
Child: Anna Margarethe
Father: Belentier    Nicolai
Mother: Brostinn    Sophia
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1814_03
Line: 6
Birth date: 1814    Feb 1
Baptism date:         Feb 1
Child: Elisabetha
Father: Belentier    Nicolai
Mother: Brostinn    Sophia
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1816_06
Line: 5
Birth date: 1816    Apr 6
Baptism date:         Apr 8
Child: Johan Heinrich
Father: Belentier    Nicolai
Mother: Brost    Sophia
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1829B_20
Line: 5
Birth date: 1829    Oct 28
Baptism date:         Nov 1
Child: Jacobus
Father: Belentir    Nicolaus
Mother: Brostin    Sophia
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka        

Image: 1834B_04
Line: 17
Birth date: 1834    Jan 21
Baptism date:         Jan 22
Child: Petrus Joannes
Father: Belentir    Nicolaj
Mother: Brostin    Sophia
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka   

Image: 1814_07
Line: 8
Birth date: 1814    Jul 11
Baptism date:         Jul 12
Child: Theophilus
Father: Belentier    Joannis Georgy
Mother: Köhler    Elisab.
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka   

Image: 1816_05
Line: 6
Birth date: 1816    Mar 16
Baptism date:         Mar 16
Child: Johan Peter
Father: Belentier    Joannis  Georgy
Mother: Köhler    Elisab:
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1827B_10
Line: 4
Birth date: 1827    Aug 27
Baptism date:         Aug 28
Child: Maria
Father: Belentir [Bellentier]    Joannes
Mother: Kalinger [Gallinger]    Otilia
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1830B_08
Line: 5
Birth date: 1830    May 30
Baptism date:         May 30
Child: Joannes
Father: Pelentir [Bellentier]    Joannes
Mother: Gelingerin [Gallinger]        Otilia
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1832B_22
Line: 5
Birth date: 1832    Nov 29
Baptism date:         Nov 29
Child: Henricus
Father: Belentir [Bellentier]?    Joannes
Mother: Kelerin [Köhler]    Otilia
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Marriages
Image: 180303
Line: 28
Date: 1803    [day and month not known]
Groom: Antonius Schäfer
Bride: Catharina Elisabetha Bellentier
Where married: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 180704
Line: 27
Date: 1807    Feb 12
Groom: Franz Bellentier
Village: Köhler
Bride: Cunegunda Walter
Village: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1811_06
Line: 18
Date: 1811    Jan 30
Groom: Nicolaus Belentier
Bride: Sophia Brostinn or Brestinn?
Where married: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Deaths
Image: 1829D_07
Line: 5
Date: 1829    Dec 18
Age: 77
Name: Joannes Belentir
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 180807
Line: 26
Date: 1808    Oct 3
Age: ½ month
Name: Anton Belentier
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1815_20
Line: 5
Date: 1815    Feb 19
Age: 1
Name: Elisab. Belentier
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Image: 1814_16
Line: 20
Date: 1814    Aug 8
Age: 4 weeks
Name: Theophilus Belentier [Bellentier]?
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Source: Boyd, Darryl et al. (trans.), Semenovka Parish Records, 1803-1895, Concord, CA, 2021.



Church Records of Semenovka Parish

[1803]
Birth date: [obscured]
Baptism date: Martij 1.
Name: joannes
Parents' names: joannes Bellentier et anna Maria Schneiderin.
Godmother: joannes Felte.
Baptized by: idem. [p. Antonius]
Birthplace: Karaulnoy Bujerak
Year collection: 1803
Image: 1

[1803]
Names of marriage parties: Antonius Schäfer Vid.
                                                Catharina Elisabetha Bellentier Virgo
Names of witnesses: jacobus Mensing
                                    joan[n]es Leister
Blessed by: p. joan[n]es Mayer
Name of colony: Karaulnoy Bujerak.
Year collection: 1803
Image: 3 (right side)

[Feb 1807]
Day: 12
Names of marriage parties: Franz Bellentier Celebs
                                                 cum Cel. Cunegunda Walter
Location of contract: Karaulnoy Bujerak.
Names of witnesses: Franz Jean   Mathias Dieser
Blessed by: qui Supra [p. joan[n]es Mayer]
Year collection: 1806-07
Image: 4 (right side)

[Jul 1814]
Birthplace: Karaulnoy Bujerak
Text: Anno 1814 die 12 Ego qui Supra baptis Infantem Nne Theophilus natum 11 huis. CC LL Joannis Georgij Belentier et Elisab Köhler in Karaulnoy Bujerak habit. Patrinus Theophilus Köhler ex eadem Colonia.
Translation: Year 1814, day 12. I, the abovenamed baptized the infant named Theophilus, born this 11. Legitimate spouses Johannes Georg Belentier and Elisabetha Köhler, residing in Karaulnoy Bujerak [Köhler]. Godfather Theophilus Köhler from the same colony.
Name: Theophilus Belentier
 
Source: Church records of Semenovka parish from Saratov Province State Archive. Retrieved by Wadim Eichmann and extracted by Michelle Boyd.


List of Colonists to Russia in 1766

31 of July 1766.
Colonists of Recruiter De Beuve and Precourt,
arrived from Luebeck by the Russian packet-boad
under the Command of Lieutenant Korsakov
...
Schneider Mathias, Cath., farmer from Trier, doc. No. 2784, wife: Anna, children: Michael, 10, Anna, 6.

9 of August 1766.
Public colonists, arrived from Luebeck
by the pink "Novaya Dvinka" under the Command
of Lieutenant Perepechin
...
Belodie Andreas, Cath., farmer from Frankreich, doc. No. 3842, wife: Magdalena, children: Johann Heinrich, 15, Johann, 8.

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 Köhler
(russicher Ortsname: Karaul'ny Buerak)
gegründet am 21. August 1767
…
47. Pelletier, Andreas, 52, kath., Ackerbauer aus Frankreich, Esse?
Frau: Magdalena, 51
Kinder: Johann Heinrich, 16; Johann, 10
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 21.8.1767
erhalten vom Vormundschaftskontor in Saratov 25 Rbl., 2 Zäume, 10 Sažen' Seil, 2 Pfd.
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 2 Pfd., gepflügt: 1/4 Des., gesät: 4 Četverik Roggen

Source: Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2 (Kolonien Reinhardt - Warenburg), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2008.


Kolonie Seewald
(russicher Ortsname: Verchov'e)
gegründet am 20. August 1767
…
25. Schneider, Matthias, 38, kath., Ackerbauer aus Trier, Morbach
Frau: Anna Maria, 32
Kinder: Michael, 12; Anna Maria, 8
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 20.8.1767
erhalten vom Vormundschaftskontor in Saratov 25 Rbl., 1 Zaum, 5 Sažen' Seil, 2 Pfd., 1 Kuh

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


1798 Census
Köhler, Russia

K141         Johannes Bolender          h       39
                 Anna Maria Schneider    sp      36
                 Franz                                  s        13       from Sewald
                 Johann Georg                  s        8
                 Nikolaus                             s        6
                 Jakob                                s         3
                 Katharina Elisabeth         d        18
                 Eva Elisabeth                   d         16
                 Margaretha                     d         2

Workers: 1
Horses: 3
Cows: 8
Sheep: 7
Swine: 6
Geese: 10
Chickens: 14
Planted - 1796/1797
Rye: 3 chetvert 2 chetverik
Wheat: 6 chetvert
Barley: 2 chetvert
Oats: 8 chetvert
Millet: 4 chetverik
Potatoes: 4 chetvert 1 chetverik
Harvested - 1797
Rye: 6 chetvert
Wheat: 10 chetvert
Barley: 5 chetvert
Oats: 12 chetvert
Millet: 7 chetvert
Potatoes: 12 chetvert 6 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.



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