Mennonite Migration to Molotschna: 1851-52

State Archive of the Odessa Region, Odessa, Ukraine
Fond 6 Opis 2 Delo 14467

Translated by Nikolai Mazharenko
June 2001
Edited and HTML by Richard D. Thiessen

The following table contains census information about Mennonite foreigners who arrived in the Molochansk Mennonite Colony, Berdyansk Uyezd, Tavrichesk Gubernia. The data was compiled on 2 June 1852. It appears that all of the newly arrived Mennonites had arrived from Prussia in 1851 and the first half of 1852. The following table is an amalgamation of separate entries in the original file, and the numbering is created for the purposes of this table. The GRANDMA numbers refer to the GRANDMA Vol. 3 database produced by the California Mennonite Historical Society.

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# Name of Mennonite Previous census Age Grandma
1 Halbstadt      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Aron Isaak Enns arrived after census 30  
  son Aron Newborn 1  
  Aron Isaak Enns' brother Peter Isaak Enns arrived after census 27  
  Aron Isaak Enns' wife Susanna Cornelius local Mennonite 24  
  Peter Isaak Enns' wife Maria Jakob local Mennonite    
         
2 Fischau      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Isaak Isaak Enns arrived after census 31  
         
3 Altonau      
  Staying on a permit since 1852      
  Daniel Peter Wiens arrived after census 45 3403
  sons Peter arrived after census 20 3400
  Daniel arrived after census 6 14468
  Daniel Peter Wiens' wife Maria Jakob   51 3404
  daughters Helena   12 3405
  Aganetha   10 22181
  Katharina died 1851 - 55152
         
4 Schoensee      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Heinrich Abraham Foth arrived after census 31  
         
5 Petershagen      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Johann Johann Wiens arrived after census 39  
  stepson Franz Franz Schroeder arrived after census 23  
  Johann Johann Wiens' wife Helena Gerhard   50  
  daughter Helena   11  
  stepdaughters Agatha Franz Schroeder   27  
  Margaretha Franz Schroeder   25  
  Katharina Franz Schroeder   17  
         
6 Tiege      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  They are attached to the family of Abraham Warkentin in Tiege #4      
  Jakob Peter Martens arrived after census 35  
  wife Anna Heinrich local Mennonite 28  
  daughters Anna   3  
  Helena   ¼  
         
7 Blumenort      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  He is attached to the family of Peter Epp in Blumenort #17      
  Franz Daniel Neuschtedter arrived after census 29  
         
8 Blumenort      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Peter Peter Braun arrived after census 28  
  wife Rael Alexandra local Mennonite -  
         
9 Furstenau      
  Staying on a permit      
  They are attached to the family of Johann Peter Harder in Furstenau #16      
  Jakob David Dick arrived after census 55  
  sons Heinrich arrived after census 15  
  Herman arrived after census 14  
  wife Anna Klaksova or Klakova   50  
  daughters Maria   18  
  Johanna   17  
  Augusta   7  
         
10 Rueckenau      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  They are attached to the family of Heinrich Friesen in Rueckenau #6      
  Johann Bernhard Wiebe arrived after census 44  
  wife Margaretha   60  
  her own sister Elisabeth Jakob Friesen died 1850 -  
  Margaretha Jakob's adopted daughter Agatha Dick   28  
         
11 Lichtfelde      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Simon Peter Reimer arrived after census 26

400681?

  wife Anna Aron local Mennonite -  
         
12 Neukirch      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Kornelius Heinrich Unger arrived after census 52 180949?
  son Kornelius arrived after census 13  
  wife Justina Gerhard   41  
  daughters Maria   15  
  Anna   11  
  Elisabeth   8  
         
13 Marienthal      
  Staying on a permit      
  They are attached to the family of Gerhard Schroeder in Marienthal #5      
  Peter Bernhard Fast arrived after census 34  
  wife Sara Gerhard local Mennonite 27  
  daughter Maria   ¾  
         
14 Marienthal      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Bernhard Bernhard Duerksen arrived after census 35  
  wife Katharina Peter   23  
         
15 Franzthal      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  They are attached to the family of Andreas Pankratz in Franzthal #16      
  Peter Peter Retzlaff arrived after census 36  
  stepson Karl Karl Pauls arrived after census 18  
  Maria Jakob   51  
  adopted daughters Agatha Buller   31  
  Sara Buller   27  
      3  
16 Furstenwerder      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  They are attached to the family of Isaak Fast in Fustenwerder #8      
  Martin Peter Fast arrived after census 35  
  his brother Isaak Peter Fast arrived after census 28  
         
17 Furstenwerder      
  Staying on a permit      
  They are attached to the family of Peter Teichgroeb in Furstenwerder #31      
  Hermann Hermann Froese arrived after census 48  
  son Johann arrived after census 16  
  wife Helena Jakob   48  
  daughters Maria   13  
  Anna   9  
  Katharina   7  
         
18 Halbstadt      
  Staying on a permit since 1851      
  Jakob Johann Stoess arrived after census 39  
  son Jakob arrived after census 4  
  wife Wilhelmina Peter   30  
  daughter Wilhelmina   1  

File created 21 December 2001

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