Hill

Associated Colonies
Place of origin
Altheim, Münster, Hessen, Germany
Description

Georg Wilhelm Hill was born 18 October 1712 in Altheim near Dieburg. He married Anna Sybilla Roth. She b 14 April 1710, also in Altheim. They had six children. The birth of their son Johann Wendel is recorded there on 6 October 1745 and son Johann Helfrich on 26 April 1747.

The two boys arrived in the port at Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766. They arrived in Walter on 10 September 1767 with their wives and are listed there in Households No. 96 & 97 respectively.

One Hill family from Walter relocated to Brunnental in 1859. 

Sources

- Altheim Familienbuch.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 316.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): 408, 412.

Researchers
Mary Mills
Jean Roth