Anna Margaretha (Lutz) Leonhardt (abt. 1751 - bef. 1834)

Born about 1751 in Ruppichteroth, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Descendants

Died before 1834 before about age 83 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Margaretha (Lutz) Leonhardt was a Volga German.

Margaretha (Lutz) Leonhardt has German Roots.

Family #12 in the Appendix of the 1798 Grimm census.
Family #98 in the 1834 Grimm census.

Anna Margaretha Lutz was born in Germany about 1751.

"Getauft 21. Feb 1751 Taufort: Ruppichteroth, Rheinland, Vater Johann Peter L Mutter Anna Gertrud Happs."

She married Johann Jakob Leonhardt no later than 1781, when she was 30 years old. It's possible that she was married once before -- in one of the German colonies -- and her husband passed away by the late 1770s.

There is a note in the 1798 Grimm census that says Anna Margareta Lutz first settled in Norka before moving to Grimm and marrying Jakob Leonhardt. I can't find her in the 1767 or 1775 Norka censuses, nor can I find her in the Kulberg Reports. There were six Lutz households in Denmark, according to Danish records, and she was probably included in those totals Unfortunately none of the children are named, so a specific search for her is not possible.

It's possible that she lived in another village before moving to Norka after 1775. Because she married and moved to Grimm before 1798, she wouldn't have been listed officially in any Norka census.

1798 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # Appendix #12

Head of the Household Jakob Leonhardt, age 52

Wife Anna Margareta [sic] Lutz Leonhardt, age 47, from Norka

Child #1 Johann Philip [sic] Leonhardt, age 16

Child #2 Christina Margaretha Leonhardt, age 18

Husband of Child #2 Georg Christof [sic] Major, age 25

Grandchild #1 Georg Konrad Major, age 1

Child #3 Louisa Katarina [sic] Leonhardt, age 11

Anna Margaretha Lutz was probably related to Johann Lutz who already lived in Grimm, perhaps as an older sister or cousin. She is not mentioned in the 1834 census, but her husband and son are, indicating that she most likely passed away prior to 1834.

1834 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 98

Head of the Household Jakob Leonhardt, age 79

Child #1 Philipp Leonhardt, age 51

Wife of Child #1 Anna Margaretha [Trott] Leonhardt, age 47

Grandchild #1 Georg Friedrich Leonhardt, age 9 in 1816, banned from the colony, but he would have been 23 in 1834

Grandchild #2 Johann David Leonhardt, age 22

Wife of Grandchild #2 Charlotta Leonhardt, age 20

Great Grandchild #1 Karl Alexander Leonhardt, age 2

Great Grandchild #2 Anna Charlotta Leonhardt, age 3 months

Sources

1. ↑ The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Lesnoy Karamysh, also known as Grimm; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published date: 1995; 1798 Grimm census, family #12 in the Appendix, Jakob Leonhardt family.
2. ↑ 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; page 31, family #98.