Person:Johann Johann (3)

From cvgs/origins website: Johann Michael Johann was born on 28 February 1739 in Ober-Schönmattenweg (east of Weinheim), today in Baden-Württemberg. He immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) and settled in the colony of Veltenhof. He married on 26 May 1760 in the colony of Fredericia (Denmark) to Eva Margaretha Sattler. She was born in about 1736 in Affolterbach. They immigrated to Russia in 1763, and arrived in the colony of Anton on 7 September 1764. They and their children are recorded on the 1767census of Anton where Michael is serving as the Vorsteher (mayor) in Household No. 1. Researchers Gerhard Lang Sources - Lang, Gerhard. German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga. - Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 51.

From http://www.russia-colonists.eu/wandere.htm by Gerhard Lang MIGRATION OF COLONISTS FROM GERMANY IN 1761 TO SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN AND LATER TO THE VOLGA IN 1763. In 1761, the Danish king (Duke of Schleswig-Holstein) recruited people from souther Germany to settle in Schleswig-Holstein, to drain the bogs and swamps and make the land productive. Many Germans answered the appeal. Later the worsening economic situation and resentment by local domestic workmen caused some colonists to break their contract with the king and desert. As the number of desertions increased, provision was made for colonists to apply for permission to leave. At the same time, czarina Katharina the Great issued the manifesto that encouraged people to come to Russia. Among the inducements was provision for advance payment of colonist costs for the journey. There was a resident recruiter of colonists in Kiel. The colonist records in Schleswig show that many colonists left, some requesting permission to do so while others simply deserted without a trace. Transport lists of those leaving from Travemünde and Lübeck are not to be found. The Kuhlberg lists do provide listings of colonists arriving in Russia. The Volga village census records are another source. By comparing family names and ther names and ages of family members, I come to the conclusion that there is a high probability that many of the families that left Schleswig-Holstein became colonists on the Volga.

Pasted from <http://www.russia-colonists.eu/namen-Dateien/FAMJe.htm> JOHANN Johann Michael 28.02.1739 Oberschönmattenweg oo 26.05.1760 Fredericia SATTLER Eva Margaretha * 1736 Affolterbach Ober-Schönmattenweg - Veltenhof - Anton

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Lang, Gerhard. German Colonists of Denmark on the Volga.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Igor Pleve. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebeit 1764-1767 Band 1 (1).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 1798 Anton, Russia Census.
4. ↑ Dr. Igor Pleve. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebeit 1764-1767 Band 1.
5. ↑ Notes on file Brent Mai Website
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