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Maria Magdalena —," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."
Johann Rekowski was born 1744 in Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
to Joseph Rekowski and Christina
Nielsdr.. Johann married Maria Magdalena —. Maria Magdalena
was born about 1747. It is not currently known where she was born or
whether she was Danish, German, or otherwise.
They settled in Kamenka, Saratov, Russia 6 Jul 1765. He was listed as a
shoemaker and a Catholic. By 1775, he had taken over his father's farm
in Kamenka.
Johann and Maria Magdalena had apparently died by the time of the 1798
census.
Johann and Maria Magdalena’s children are:
1
Nikolaus
Rekowski, born about 1767 in Kamenka, Saratov, Russia,
married Christina Gal.
Wife: Christina Gal, b. abt. 1766.
2
Maria
Elisabetha Rekowski, born about 1772 in Kamenka,
Saratov, Russia, married Michael Wiesner in 1792 in
Volmer, Saratov, Russia.
Husband: Michael Wiesner, b. abt. 1768 in Volmer,
Saratov, Russia, probably son of Johannes Wessner and
Katharina --, m. 2) Elisabetha Lang, d. 1840.
3
Anna Maria Rekowski,
born about 1773 in Kamenka, Saratov, Russia, married Samuel
Maurer.
Husband: Samuel Maurer, b. abt. 1766 to --
Maurer and Barbara --.
4
Susanna Rekowski, born
about 1775 in Kamenka, Saratov, Russia, worked in Saratov,
Saratov, Russia in 1798.
5
Magdalena Rekowski,
born about 1784 in Kamenka, Saratov, Russia.
Summary of Sources
Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band
2 (Kolonien Galka - Kutter), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2001.
Rye, Richard (trans. 1775) and Kholmatov, Bachtiar (trans. 1798), The
1775 and 1798 Census Revisions of the Volga German Colony of Kamenka,
Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995.
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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Kolonie Kamenka
gegründet am 7. Juli 1765
…
96. Rekowski, Johann, 21, kath., Schuhmacher aus Kopenhagen
Frau: Maria Magdalena, 18
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 6.7.1765
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 2 Pfd., 1 Kuh, 2 Ziege, gepflügt: 1/2
Des., gesät: 1 Četvert' und 1 Četverik Roggen
Source: Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767,
Band 2 (Kolonien Galka - Kutter), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2001.
1775
Kamenka, Russia
Male Female Age
75. Johann
Rekovski
1
29
wife
Magdalena
1
27
son:
Nikolaus
1
8
Elizabeta
1
4
Anna
Maria
1
2
Worker in this colony. His father's farm was taken over by his
brother, Johann Rekovski.
Source: Rye, Richard (trans. 1775) and Kholmatov, Bachtiar (trans.
1798), The 1775 and 1798 Census Revisions of the Volga German
Colony of Kamenka, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of
Germans from Russia, 1995.
1798
Kamenka, Russia
Km042 Samuel
Maurer
h 32
Anna Maria Rekowsky sp
25
Michael
s 6mo
Anna
Margaretha
d 4
Elisabeth
d 2
Barbara
m
57
widow; his mother; surname not listed
Elisabeth
sis
22
his sister; working in Kopenka
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.