Birth: 20 Dec 1772, Wernersdorf, Gross Werder, Prussia (citing Heubuden, Prussia Mennonite church records 1772-1900, page 4)
Baptism: 1792 (citing Mennonite Baptisms in Heubuden, West Prussia: 1770-1799)
Immigration: 1804 (citing Die niederlandisch-niederdeutschen Hintergrunde der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, page 348)
'Notes: ... In the 1808 Molotschna Colony Census he is listed as owning Ladekop #2 and #3, and is said to be from Kaminke, Prussia (B. H. Unruh, p. 348). The children listed in the 1808 Census are his stepchildren. In the 1835 Molotschna Census he is listed at Ladekop #23. Age 61 in 1835 census.'