Katharina (Heineman) Batz (abt. 1746 - bef. 1834)

Born about 1746 in Germany

Wife of Johannes (Batts) Batz — married after 1775 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Died before 1834 before about age 88 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Katharina (Heineman) Batz was a Volga German.

Katharina (Heineman) Batz has German Roots.

Family #113 in the 1798 census.

Family #195 in the 1834 census.

Katharina Heineman was the second wife of Johannes Batz. She was born around 1746 in Germany, and she immigrated to the Volga region of Russia in the mid 1760s. She was probably married once before she married Johannes Batz. She was also Johannes Batz's second wife. It's not known if Heineman was her last name at birth or her first husband's surname.

There were no Heinemans in the 1775 Grimm census, so she must have come from another village. There is a Jakob Hennemann in the 1798 Wittmann census, but it shows that he was a widow at 63 years of age. He is not old enough to be Katharina's father, so there is a possibility that he was her first husband. Although divorce occurred in the Volga colonies, it was still frowned upon by most Volga Germans.

There is also the possibility that they were siblings, but I've found no documents to support that. The Kulberg Reports list three Heineman families, but her name is not in any of them. There was no Heineman family in the Danish records. I checked three of the 1767 census records and found nothing. I don't have a copy of the second volume, Band 2, so that remains to be reviewed.

Note: By the time of the 1834 census, both she and her husband had passed away. She is not specifically named in the census, but her children are.

Sources

• 1834 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 2 February 1835; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2011; family #113 in the 1798 census, Katarina Heineman Batz, age 52.

• Eichhorn, Alexander, Dr., and Dr. Jacob and Mary Eichhorn. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766,, Druck and Bindung: Druckerei and Verlap Steinmeier GmbH & Co. KG, 86738, Deiningen, Germany; Published 2012.

• Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766, "Reports by Ivan Kulberg," Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, Saratov State Technical University; Published in Saratov, Russia, in 2010.

• Pleve, Igor; Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 1; Der Goettinger Arbeitskreis - 37085 Goettingen, Published 1999.

• Pleve, Igor; Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 3; Der Goettinger Arbeitskreis - 37085 Goettingen, Published 1999.

• Pleve, Igor; Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 4; Der Goettinger Arbeitskreis - 37085 Goettingen, Published 1999.