Carl Strackbein Jr. (1731 - aft. 1798)

Born 20 Jan 1731 in Eggenstein, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Christina (Jahraus) Strackbein — married 26 May 1761 in Kropp, Schleswig, Danmark

Descendants

Died after 1798 after age 66 in Schilling, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Germany-Denmark-Russia

Carl Strackbein Jr. was a Volga German.

Carl Strackbein Jr. has German Roots.

A20-17 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

B-1667 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Rus-27-27 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family #44 in the 1775 Schilling census.

Family #45 in the 1798 Schilling census.

Per email from Sigrun Heger, Sekr. > Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Eggenstein, Germany

Carl Strackbein, Jr. born January 20, 1731 in Eggenstein, Germany

Father: Carl Strackbein, Senior

Mother: Eva Schnürer

married:

Christina Jahraus born November 14, 1735 in Eggenstein, Germany

Father: Georg Michael Jahraus

Mother: Catharina Schreck from present day Leopoldshafen.

Carl Strackbein was born in Eggenstein, Germany during a time when many families in that area were struggling to survive. The economic conditions were poor, due to war, famine, high taxes and burdensome tithing expected by the local Church.

In 1759, the Danish government offered these disadvantaged Germans a chance for a new life in Denmark, helping to farm what was currently unfarmable land. Those who chose to immigrate would be given an opportunity for a brighter future via homesteaded land or through a land lottery.

Carl Strackbein Jr. and Christine Jahraus did not have permission to leave Germany for Denmark, but they left anyway. This was illegal and they were subject to arrest without official approval and without payment of fees. Properties left behind were confiscated. The couple arrived in the city of Altona, the processing site for Germans immigrating to Denmark, on 20 April 1761. They were married shortly thereafter on 26 May 1761, in Kropp, Schleswig, Denmark. They took their oath of allegiance to Denmark on 24 July 1761. A month later that year they were recorded as living at Number 18 Brockenhaus in Colony G2 Friedrichsfeld in the region of Gottorf.

Denmark had offered immigrants good terms for settling in Denmark, but the land was not suitable for farming. The Strackbeins were there for three years but left for Russia in 1764 after Catherine the Great made another offer to the German settlers to settle among the Volga.

It took approximately a year to travel from Denmark to Schilling in the southern Volga, Russia region, They traveled mostly on foot, even in winter, since the wagons were too crowded with supplies to ride in them, and many settlers died along the way, Others died the first year in the new colonies because they arrived too late for planting and the Russians were slow to send them the seed and promised livestock.

They are not listed in the 1767 Schilling census found in Einwanderung in das Wolgagebeit, so they may have lived somewhere else first. Several colonies were settled earlier than the rest in 1767, and they may have lived temporarily in one of those villages.

According to notes from others, the Strackbeins are listed in the 1775 Schilling census. I do not have a copy of this census available to me, so I can't extract any information to this profile directly from that source. jam 02-26-2017

Karl Strackbein is listed in the 1798 Schilling census in family #Sg045 as a 68-year-old widower living with his son Jakob Friedrich, age 29, and his family.

• Karl Strackbein, head of household, age 68, widower
• Jakob Friedrich Strackbein, head of household, age 29
• Susanna Harres Strackbein, wife of Jakob Friedrich, age 26
• Johann Nikolaus Strackbein, son of Jakob Friedrich & Susanna, age 4
• Christina Margaretha Strackbein, daughter of Jakob Friedrich & Susanna, age 2

The two daughters that were recorded as living with the family in the 1775 census are not included in household #Sg045: Eva Katarina, born 1767, and Anna Christina, born 1773. By 1998, they were old enough to be married and living with other families.

Additional notes reveal that Karl Strackbein died in 1798, some time after the census was taken. I do not know the source of this information so I can't document it yet. / jam 02-26-2017

On May 18, 2013 a Memorial Stone, honoring the colonists in Denmark who went on to Russia, was dedicated at Jorl, Schleswig, Germany. The inscription at the top of the stone reads:

"They came as colonists of King Frederick V and followed the call of Empress Catherine II".

Carl Strackbein's name is engraved on this memorial.

The names of colonists on the Memorial Stone were submitted and paid for by donors from Europe, Siberia and the USA. The Memorial Stone was the project of the Arbeitskreis Plaggenhacke, a Schleswig group dedicated to colonist history and genealogy. Director Christian Winkel spearheaded the project. See: http://www.dobrinka.org/assets/Memorial%20Jorl-2-May%2018,%202013.JPG

Research Notes

Immigration

Immigration:

Date: MAY 1761

Place: Schleswig, Schleswig Royal Duchy, Denmark

Emigration

Emigration:

Date: 1764

Place: Oranienbaum, Russia

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1765

Place: Schilling, Balzer District, Saratov Province, Russia

Census

Census:

Date: 1775

Source:

Note: Household 44

Census:

Date: 1798

Source:

Note: Household 45

Marriage: 26 May 1761 Kropp, Schleswig, Denmark

http://www.russia-colonists.eu/namen-Dateien/FAMSe.htm 39 STRACKBEIN Carl * 1731 Knecht oo JAHRAUS Christina * 1736 39 Durlach - Friedrichsfeld - Schilling

Memorial Stone: http://www.dobrinka.org/denmark.htm Germans to Denmark, then Russia On May 18, 2013 a Memorial Stone, honoring the colonists in Denmark who went on to Russia, was dedicated at Jorl, Schleswig, Germany. The inscription at the top of the stone reads "They came as colonists of King Frederick V and followed the call of Empress Catherine II". The names of colonists on the Memorial Stone were submitted and paid for by donors from Europe, Siberia and the USA. The Memorial Stone was the project of the Arbeitskreis Plaggenhacke, a Schleswig group dedicated to colonist history and genealogy. Director Christian Winkel spearheaded the project.

Strackbein is listed on the memorial stone.

Also listed on this sign: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/49712028/photo/257ZfJuWVbQrB0yWEJvyB8GKjFh2!RAjoR4JJgjNUVi9W6IuNJkahDB4qJF3dm3d

1775 census of Schilling, Russia - members of household Karl Strackbein age 44, wife Christina age 31. Son: Jakob Friedrich age 5-1/2 Daughters: Eva Katarine age 8-1/4 Anna Christina age 1-1/2

Biography

On 1/27/14, Gary Martens <gpmartlaptop2@gmail.com> wrote: > The Transport List of the colonists who departed on May 5, 1761 from > the processing site in Altona, Ducky of Holstein, Germany, under the > leadership of Johann Andreas Kirchhoif. The convoy arrived in the > city of Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig on May 9, 1761. > > Karl Strackbein, 30 (1761), Immigrant, ev-Lutheran, Margraviate of > Baden-Durlach. Wife: Christina 25, married on 26 May 1761 arrival in > the town of Schleswig (Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark) on May 9 in 1761. > Sworn in on 24 July in 1761. On August 8, 1761: living body No. 18 > Brockenhaus in the colony G2 Friderichsfeld, Office Gottorp. > Entlkassen in 1764. After Russia > emigrated: Volga colony Schilling.

Sources

• Eichhorn, Dr. Alexander, Dr. Jacob and Mary Eichhorn. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766; Bonn, Germany and Midland Michigan, USA; Drukerei und Verlag Steinmeier GmbH & Co. Kg, Deiningen, Germany, 2012; pages 253, 621, and 686.

• Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published in 1999 and 2005; page 895, family #Sg045, Karl Strackbein, age 68.

• The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Schilling; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published date: 1995; Karl Strackbein, age 44.

• Records and documents in the personal possession Sigrun Heger, Sekr., Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Eggenstein, Germany. Details for this record as per email from Sigrun Heger.

• http://www.russia-colonists.eu/namen-Dateien/FAMSe.htm

• http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/49712028/photo/257ZfJuWVbQrB0yWEJvyB8GKjFh2!RAjoR4JJgjNUVi9W6IuNJkahDB4qJF3dm3d