Johann Peter Wasenmüller was born 4 August 1741 in Kirch-Beerfurth, Hessen, to Johann Philipp Wasenmüller (21 July 1712 - 17 March 1771) & Eva Keil (24 October 1716 - 11 January 1770). He married 19 April 1766 in Büdingen to Elisabeth Margaretha Weinheimer.
They immigrated to Russia, arriving at the port in Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766. They arrived in Shcherbakovka on 7 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 46.
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