Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "Johannes Pfeifer and Katerina Jäger," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."
Johannes Pfeifer was baptized 25 January 1746 in St. Martin's Church, Orb (now Bad Orb), Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany to Valentin Pfeifer and Catharina —.
Johannes married Katharina Jäger. Katerina was born about 1745, possibly also in Orb.
Johannes and Katharina arrived at the port of Oranienbaum (near St.
Petersburg), Russia 22 July 1766 from Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany aboard the pink Lev. Johannes was listed as a stonemason
from the region of Mainz (Orb was then part of the Bishopric of Mainz).
They settled in Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia 20 August 1767. In the 1767
census, Johannes was listed as a farmer from Orb.
Johannes and Katharina’s children are:
| 1 | Marianna
Pfeifer, born about 1766. As she was born in 1766 but was
not listed in the Kulberg lists, she was probably born in or near
St. Petersburg, Russia while the family was waiting to be sent to
a colony. |
| 2 | Heinrich
Pfeifer, born about 1770, of Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia,
married 1) Anna Maria Schwab and 2) probably Katharine
–. Wife 1: Anna Maria Schwab, b. abt. 1773 to Matthias Schwab and Maria Anna Bassian, of Semenovka, Saratov, Russia Probable wife 2: Katharine –. Children (by Anna Maria): Mathias Pfeifer, Peter Pfeifer, probably Johannes Pfeifer, and probably Johann Adam Pfeifer. |
| 3 | Barbara Pfeifer, born
about 1773, of Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia, married Baltasar
Oberst. Husband: Baltasar Oberst, b. abt. 1768 (perhaps in Semenovka, Saratov, Russia) to Johann Oberst. Children: Heinrich Oberst, Johann Oberst, and Katarina Oberst. |
| 4 | Katarina Pfeifer, born
about 1775, of Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia, married Adam Ikers. Husband: Adam Ikers, b. abt. 1768 in Pfeifer, Saratov to Matthias and Anna Maria Ikers. |
| 5 | Anna Maria Pfeifer,
born about 1780, of Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia, married Michael
Baümtrog in 1794 in Neu-Kolonie, Samara, Russia, may have
been the Anna Baumtrog alive in 1857 (even though she is listed as
"née Pracht"). Husband: Michael Baümtrog, b. abt. 1768, adopted by the widow Margareta Saperin and living in her household in 1798, d. bef. 1830. Child: Barbara Baumtrog, Heinrich Baumtrog (m. Maria Anna Anthes), Michael Baumtrog (m. Appolonia Marié), and Johannes Baumtrog (m. Anna Maria Ickes). Note: The source for Appolonia and Anna Maria's maiden names are the 1857 Neu-Kolonie census (households 55 and 56). |
Summary of Sources
- Kirchenbuch (Taufe, Trauung, Tod), Parish: Bad Orb, St. Martin, Fulda, r.k. Bistum, Deutschland, Archival identifier: 1-02, Date range: Jan. 1, 1714-Dec. 31, 1772, Taufen 1714-1767. Available on Matricula, https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/fulda/bad-orb-st-martin/.
- Kertel, Karola, Ortsfamilienbuch Bad Orb, Online OFB, https://online-ofb.de/bad_orb/?lang=de, last accessed 21 January 2023.
- 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.
- Kholmatov, Bachtiar (trans.), No. 2836, Description of the Saratov colony of Gnilushka also known as Pfeifer, No. 117, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995.
- Meininger, Dr. Robert (trans.), No. 2823, The 1798 Description of the Saratov colony of Kustarevo-Krasnorynovka also known as Neu-Kolonie, No. 104, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1996.
- Leus, Pavel M. (Trans.), Rupp, Kevin D. (Comp.), and Leiker, Anthony (Comp.), Revision List (Census) of the Colony of Herzog, Russia (Susly): A Census of the Village in 1834, Hays, KS, 2002.
- Mai, Brent (trans.), 1834 Census of Neu-Kolonie in the District of Saratov, Russia, Beaverton, OR: Dynasty Publishing, 2010.
- Mai, Brent (trans.), 1850 Census of Neu-Kolonie in the District of Saratov, Russia, Fairfield, CT: Dynasty Publishing, 2010.
- Mai, Brent (trans.), 1857 Census of Neu-Kolonie in the District of Saratov, Russia, Fairfield, CT: Dynasty Publishing, 2010.
Records related to the Pfeifer family but not copied below due to copyright considerations:
- Mai, Brent, "Pfeifer (Pfeifer /
Luzern)," Volga German Institute at University of North
Florida website,
https://volga.domains.unf.edu/surnames/pfeifer-pfeifer-luzern,
last accessed 21 January 2023.
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Baptisms in the Kirchenbuch of St. Martin's, Bad Orb, Hesse
Johannes Peiffer
25 Jan 1746
Link to image on
Matricula
Source: Kirchenbuch (Taufe, Trauung, Tod), Parish: Bad Orb, St. Martin, Fulda, r.k. Bistum, Deutschland, Archival identifier: 1-02, Date range: Jan. 1, 1714-Dec. 31, 1772, Taufen 1714-1767. Available on Matricula, https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/fulda/bad-orb-st-martin/.
Ortsfamilienbuch Bad Orb
Familienbericht
Valentin PFEIFER [1]
auch genannt: Valentinus Pfeiffer
✶ um 1705
Religion: röm kath
Beruf: Bürger, Schmied ( faber ferrarius)
Wohnsitz: Orb
- Ergänzungen -
Traubuch vom 7. Januar 1761: viduus, faber ferrarius
Trauzeugen am 7. Januar 1761 Joes Adamus Geiger et Joes Adamus Ullrich
Taufpate am 31. Oktober 1753 bei Valentin Ritter
Ehen / Partnerschaften
Ehegatte: Catharina PFEIFER (GEB.?)
✶ um 1705
⚭ um 1732
Kinder
Johannes Heinrich PFEIFER ✶ 2.10.1733 in
Orb, † 14.10.1733 in Orb
Anna Maria PFEIFER ✶ 4.03.1735 in Orb, † 29.05.1809 in Orb
Catharina PFEIFER ✶ 1.12.1737 in Orb
Johannes Heinrich PFEIFER ✶ 11.07.1740 in Orb, † 31.08.1740 in Orb
Georg PFEIFER ✶ 11.07.1740 in Orb, † 15.10.1741 in Orb
Johannes Jacob PFEIFER ✶ 30.09.1742 in Orb
Johannes PFEIFER ✶ 25.01.1746 in Orb
Maria Margaretha PFEIFER ✶ 25.03.1750 in Orb
Philipp PFEIFER ✶ 23.01.1753 in Orb, † 16.08.1760 in Orb
Ehegatte: Elisabetha NN
✶ um 1725
⚭ 7.01.1761 in St. Martins - Kirche Orb Keine Kinder
gefunden!
Quellen
[1] Kirchenbücher Orb (matricula)
Johannes PFEIFER [1]
✶ 25.01.1746 in Orb
Taufe: 25.01.1746 Orb
Religion: röm kath
Ereignisse: Paten: Joannes Brasch civi (Bürger)
Eltern
Vater: Valentin PFEIFER
✶ um 1705
Mutter: Catharina PFEIFER (GEB.?)
✶ um 1705
Quellen
[1] Kirchenbücher Orb (matricula)
Source: Kertel, Karola, Ortsfamilienbuch Bad Orb, Online OFB, https://online-ofb.de/bad_orb/?lang=de, last accessed 21 January 2023.
List of Colonists to Russia in 1766
22
of July 1766.
Public colonists, arrived from Luebeck
by the pink "Lev" under the Command
of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov
...
Pfeifer Johannes, Cath., stonemason from Mainz, doc. No. 2348, wife:
Catharina.
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 Pfeifer
(russischer Ortsname: Gniluška)
gegründet am 15. Juni 1767
6. Pfeifer, Johannes, 28, kath., Ackerbauer aus Orb
Frau: Katharina, 22
Tochter: Marianna, 3/4
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 15.6.1767
erhalten von der Voevodenkanzlei in Saratov 25 Rbl., 2 Zäume, 5 Sažen'
Seil, 2 Pfd.
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 2 Pfd., gepflügt: 1,5 Des.
Source: Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767,
Band 3 (Kolonien Laub - Preuss), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2005.
Pfeifer Census, Oct 1798
Register made for the Office [Kontora] of Immigrant Oversight by Fellow of the Chief Justice, Court Counsellor Popov, in the colony of Gnilushka [Pfeifer], about the number of foreigners residing therein, males and females; with an indication of their ages, who among them from the age of 16 to 60 years is able to work, and remarks about the colony, by personal observation. October 1798.
| No. | Names of Foreigners | Age |
No. of Souls |
Able or not to work |
Remarks | ||
| M |
F |
Y |
N |
||||
| 35. | Widow Anna Maria Ikers [?] | 52 | 1 | ||||
| children by deceased husband Matthias Ikers, sons: | |||||||
| Adam | 30 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| wife Katarina Pfeifer | 23 | 1 | |||||
| Matthias | 16 | 1 | 1 |
||||
| Johann Georg | 14 | 1 | 1 |
||||
| daughter: Anna Maria | 10½ | 1 | |||||
| 40. | Johannes Pfeifer | 60 |
1 |
1 |
|||
| wife Katerina Jäger | 50 |
1 |
|||||
| son: Heinrich | 28 |
1 |
1 |
||||
| wife Anna Maria Schwab from Semenovka | 25 |
1 |
|||||
| sons: | |||||||
| Matthias | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Peter | ½ | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 69. | Johann Oberst, widower, from Semenovka | 65 | 1 | 1 | |||
| son: Baltasar | 30 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| wife Barbara Pfeifer | 25 | 1 | |||||
| sons: | |||||||
| Heinrich | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Johann | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| daughter: Katarina | ½ | 1 | |||||
Register made for the Office [Kontora] of Immigrant Oversight by Fellow of the Chief Justice, Court Counsellor Popov, in the colony of Gnilushka [Pfeifer], of those foreigners departing for various places, and those widows and maidens given in marriage in other colonies. October 1798.
| No. | Who, where left colony |
When (yr.) |
| 23. |
Anna Maria, daughter of Johannes Pfeifer, married
Michael Baümtrog [?] in Krasnorynovka* [Neu-Kolonie?] |
1794 |
* In 1774, Kustareva [Leitsinger] and Krasnorynovka [Keller] were destroyed by the Kirghiz. The survivors founded another colony, Kustareva-Krasnorynovka [Neu-Kolonie] in 1776. This probably the colony referred to here—ed.
Register made for the Office [Kontora] of Immigrant Oversight by Fellow of the Chief Justice, Court Counsellor Popov, in the colony of Gnilushka [Pfeifer], with an explanation of the number of workers, livestock and fowl in each family, and an indication of crops planted in the autumn of 1796 and the spring of 1797, and the harvests therefrom.*
| No. | Head of Household |
Workers | Livestock |
Fowl |
||||||
| Horses |
Cows |
Sheep |
Swine |
Geese |
Turkeys |
Ducks |
Chickens |
|||
| 35. | Widow Anna Maria Ickers [?] | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 40. |
Johannes Pfeifer |
1 |
5 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
12 |
|||
| 69. | Johann Oberst, widower | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | ||
| No. |
Planted in 1796 and 1797 |
|||||||||||||
| Rye |
Wheat |
Barley |
Oats |
Millet |
Peas |
Potato |
||||||||
| ¼ |
C |
¼ | C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
|
| 35. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 40. |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|||||
| 69. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| No. |
Harvest of grain and potatoes,
1797 |
|||||||||||||
| Rye |
Wheat |
Barley |
Oats |
Millet |
Peas |
Potato |
||||||||
| ¼ |
C |
¼ | C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
|
| 35. | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 40. |
6 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
|||||||
| 69. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||
* ¼=chetvert, C=chetverik.
Source: Kholmatov, Bachtiar (trans.), No. 2836, Description of the Saratov colony of Gnilushka also known as Pfeifer, No. 117, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995.
Neu-Kolonie Census, August 25, 1798
Register made for the Office [Kontora] of Immigrant Oversight by Deputy of Chief Justice, Court Counsellor Popov, in the colony of Kustarevo-Krasnorynovka [Neu-Kolonie], listing the male and female foreign residents and indicating their ages, which males between the ages of 16 to 60 years are able to work, and remarks by the colonists about the colony. August 25, 1798.
| No. | Names of Foreigners | Age |
No. of Souls |
Able or not to work |
Remarks | ||
| M |
F |
Y |
N |
||||
| 24. | Widow Margareta Saperin [Sapper?] | 52 | 1 | ||||
| adopted into household: | |||||||
| Michael Baimtrog [Baümtrog?] | 30 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| wife Anna Maria Pfeifer from Gnilushka [Pfeifer] | 18 | 1 | |||||
| daughter: Barbara | ½ | 1 |
|||||
Register made for the Office [Kontora] of Immigrant Oversight by Fellow of the Chief Justice, Court Counsellor Popov, in the colony of Kustarevo-Krasnorynovka [Neu-Kolonie], indicating the number of workers, livestock, and fowl in each family, and indicating the crops planted in the autumn of 1796 and the spring of 1797, and the harvests therefrom.*
| No. | Head of Household |
Workers | Livestock |
Fowl |
||||||
| Horses |
Cows |
Sheep |
Swine |
Geese |
Turkeys |
Ducks |
Chickens |
|||
| 24. | Widow Margareta Saperin [Sapper?] | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |||
| No. |
Planted in 1796 and 1797 |
|||||||||||||
| Rye |
Wheat |
Barley |
Oats |
Millet |
Peas |
Potato |
||||||||
| ¼ |
C |
¼ | C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
|
| 24. | 1 | 7 |
3 | 6 |
4 |
1 | 2 |
2 |
4 |
|||||
| No. |
Harvest of grain and potatoes,
1797 |
|||||||||||||
| Rye |
Wheat |
Barley |
Oats |
Millet |
Peas |
Potato |
||||||||
| ¼ |
C |
¼ | C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
¼ |
C |
|
| 24. | 5 | 16 | 3 |
14 | 4 |
1 | ||||||||
* ¼=chetvert, C=chetverik.
Source: Meininger, Dr. Robert (trans.), No. 2823, The 1798 Description of the Saratov colony of Kustarevo-Krasnorynovka also known as Neu-Kolonie, No. 104, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1996.
Herzog Census, 12 Dec 1834
Name: Pfeiffer
Other spouses: Katharine –
Spouse: ?
Children:
Adam Pfeiffer Male
Birth: 1800
Spouse: Katharine
Source: Leus, Pavel M. (Trans.), Rupp, Kevin D. (Comp.), and Leiker, Anthony (Comp.), Revision List (Census) of the Colony of Herzog, Russia (Susly): A Census of the Village in 1834, Hays, KS, 2002.
Neu-Kolonie 1834 Census (5 Sep)
| Line |
Household Number |
Name |
Head [Relationship to the head of householder] |
Age |
Notes | |
| 1816 |
1834 |
|||||
| 270 |
27 |
Anna Maria Baumtrog (Баумтрогъ) |
h |
54 |
||
| 271 |
Heinrich |
s |
16 |
35 |
||
| 272 |
Maria Anna |
dl |
27 |
|||
| 273 |
Maria |
gd |
12 |
by first wife |
||
| 274 |
Barbara |
gd |
10 |
" |
||
| 275 |
Theresia |
gd |
4 |
by 2nd wife |
||
| 276 |
Michael |
s |
6 |
25 |
||
| 277 |
Appolonia |
dl |
27 |
|||
| 278 |
Anna Elisabeth |
gd |
6 |
|||
| 279 |
Anna Maria |
gd |
4 |
|||
| 280 |
Magdalena |
gd |
1½ |
|||
| 281 |
Johannes |
s |
3 |
22 |
||
| 282 |
Anna Maria |
dl |
22 |
|||
| 283 |
Heinrich |
gs |
½ |
|||
| 284 |
Heinrich Böhm (Бемъ) |
o* |
24 |
to Household #34 |
||
* Husband of the sister of Heinrich Baumtrog's wife.
h = head
s = son
dl = daughter-in-law
gd = granddaughter
gs = grandson
o = other
Source: Mai, Brent (trans.), 1834 Census of Neu-Kolonie in the District of Saratov, Russia, Beaverton, OR: Dynasty Publishing, 2010.
Neu-Kolonie 1850 Census (1 Jul)
| Line |
Household Number |
Name |
Head [Relationship to the head of householder] |
Age |
Notes | |
| 1834 |
1850 |
|||||
| 403 |
50 |
Anna Baumtrog (Баумтрохъ) |
h |
70 |
||
| 404 | Heinrich | s | 35 | 51 | ||
| 405 | Maria Anna | dl | 43 | |||
| 406 | Theresia | gd | 20 | |||
| 407 | Johannes* Rau (Pay) | gsl | 23 | from Household #107 | ||
| 408 | Anna Maria (Baumtrog) | gd | 15 | |||
| 409 | Michael | gs | 5 | |||
| 410 | Johannes | gs | 4 | |||
| 411 | Heinrich | gs | 2 | |||
| 412 | Michael | s | 26 | from Household #51 | ||
| 413 | Johannes | s | 22 | to Household #52 | ||
| 414 | Heinrich | gs | ½ | " | ||
* Johannes Rau recorded here; Matthias Rau recorded at Household #107.
Source: Mai, Brent (trans.), 1850 Census of Neu-Kolonie in the District of Saratov, Russia, Fairfield, CT: Dynasty Publishing, 2010.
Neu-Kolonie 1857 Census (25 Oct)
| Line |
Household Number |
Name |
Head [Relationship to the head of householder] |
Age |
Notes | ||
| 1850 |
1857 | 1834 |
1850 |
||||
| 446 |
50 |
54 | Anna Baumtrog (Баумтрогъ) née Pracht (Прахтъ) |
h |
77 |
||
| 447 | Heinrich | s | 51 | 58 | |||
| 448 | Maria Anna née Anthes (Андесъ) | dl | 50 | ||||
| 449 | Theresia | gd | 27 | ||||
| 450 | Mattias Rau (Pay) | gsl | 23 |
30 | |||
| 451 | Friedrich | ggs | 6 | ||||
| 452 | Magdalena | ggd | 4 | ||||
| 453 | Anna Margaretha | ggd | 1 | ||||
| 454 | Michael (Baumtrog) | gs | 5 |
12 | |||
| 455 | Johannes | gs | 4 |
11 | |||
| 456 | Heinrich | gs | 2 | 9 | |||
| 457 | August | gs | 6 |
||||
Source: Mai, Brent (trans.), 1857 Census of Neu-Kolonie in the District of Saratov, Russia, Fairfield, CT: Dynasty Publishing, 2010.
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