Schwab

Associated Colonies
Place of origin
Bruchenbrücken, Friedberg, Wetteraukreis, Hessen, Germany
Ober-Mockstadt, Ranstadt, Wetteraukreis, Hessen, Germany
Description

Johann Hartmann Schwab son of Johann Valentin and Maria Catharina Schwab) was born 16 April and baptized 19 April 1730 in Bruchenbrücken. Anna Elisabeth Krusel (daughter of Johann Henrich and Elisabeth Krusel) was baptized 6 September 1722 in Ober-Mockstadt. Johann Hartmann and Anna Elisabeth married in Ober-Mockstadt on 15 February 1759. They had three children, all baptized in Ober-Mockstadt on the following dates: Barbara Catharina, 17 September 1760; Eva Maria, 22 April 1762; Anna Elisabeth, 7 February 1764.  

Johann Hartmann, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and daughter Eva Maria arrived in Russia on 4 July 1766. They settled in Moor and are reported there on the First Settlers List in Family #62. 

Sources

- Parish records of Bruchenbrücken on Archion.de and FHL Film #1195360
- Parish records of Ober-Mockstadt, FHL Film #1346201
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010) p. 120
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Nordost-Institute, 2005): p. 171

Researchers
Wayne H. Bonner
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