Johann Konrad Leonhard (1729 - bef. 1798)

Born 22 Feb 1729 in Sprendlingen, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Arnould) Leonhard — married 29 Jul 1755 (to about 1766) in Evangelisch, Sprendlingen, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt

Husband of Anna Margaretha (Unknown) Leonhard — married about 1770 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Descendants

Died before 1798 before age 68 in Grimm, Saratov, Volga, Russia

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Biography

Johann Konrad Leonhard was a Volga German.

Johann Konrad Leonhard has German Roots.

Family #80 in the 1767 Grimm census.
Family #155 in the 1775 Grimm census.

Please note that his name is spelled Konrad, not Conrad, in the 1775 Grimm census, but the spelling at the time of his birth was Conrad.

Conrad Leonhardt was born 22 February 1729 to Johannes Leonhard and his wife Elisabetha Schäfer.

Birth Record ^[1]

Name Johan. Conrad Leonhard

Event Date 1657 - 1751

Event Date 1729

Gender Male

Birth Date 22 Feb 1729

Birth Year 1729

Christening Date 25 Feb 1729

Christening Place Evangelisch, Sprendlingen, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt

Father's Name Johannes Leonhard

Mother's Name Elissabetha [sic]

Conrad's First Marriage Record ^[2]

Name Conrad Leonhard

Spouse's Name Rahel Arnould

Event Date 29 Jul 1755

Event Place Evangelisch, Sprendlingen, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt

Father's Name Johann Henrich Leonhard

Spouse's Father's Name Friedrich Arnould

Conrad was a Lutheran stocking maker from Isenberg, traveling under document number 5029. ^[3] With him were is wife Rachel, and four sons: ^[3]

• Jacob, born in 1757
• Conrad, born in 1759
• Zerjak, born in 1762
• Philipp, born in 1764

They departed from Luebeck on the ship Apollo, skippered by Detlov Merberg, and arrived in Russia on 29 August 1766. ^[3]

In the 1767 Grimm census, Konrad is listed as a widower. This means his wife did not survive the dangerous journey to the Volga River colonies.

1767 Grimm Census ^[4]

Family # 80

Head of the Household Konrad Leonhard, age 39, Lutheran farmer from Isenburg, widower

Child #1 Jakob Leonhard, age 12

Child #2 Philipp Leonhard, age 4

1775 Grimm Census ^[5]

Family # 155

Head of the Household Konrad Leonhard, age 46

Wife Anna Margareta [sic] Leonhard, age 62

Child #1 Johann Jakob Leonhard, age 19 years 6 months

Child #2 Philip Leonhard, age 10

Orphan Katarina [sic] Schikendans, age 19

At the time of the 1775 census, he and his wife had taken in an orphan, Katarina Schikendans. That surname is probably spelled wrong in the census. the only alternatives in German records are some form of Schikendanz, with a z at the end instead of an s. She does not appear in the Kulberg Reports or The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766. She may have been an orphan who was a part of their family from Germany, perhaps even the daughter of a relative.

Here is her likely birth information: ^[6]

Name Maria Elisabetha Catharina Schickedantz

Event Date 1657 - 1751

Event Date 1744

Gender Female

Birth Date 18 Sep 1744

Birth Year 1744

Christening Date 20 Sep 1744

Christening Place Evangelisch, Sprendlingen, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt

Father's Name Daniel Schickedantz

Mother's Name Elisabeth

Konrad is not mentioned in the 1798 census. He most likely passed away at some point before the census was taken.

Research Notes

Note: Conrad Leonhard traveled on the same ship from Germany to Russia as these Grimm residents:

• Valentin Prester/Brester, a stocking maker from Isenburg
• Conrad Leonard, a stocking maker from Isenburg
• Johann Happel, a stocking maker from Hessen
• Jacob Maus, a tailor from Darmstadt
• Adam Kraft, a farmer from Friedeburg
• Wilhelm Brungardt, a farmer from Friedeburg
• Johann Felde, a farmer from Darmstadt
• Johann Peter Walter, a farmer from Darmstadt
• Andreas Albrand, a farmer from Darmstadt
• Johann Valentin Kaiser, a farmer from Darmstadt
• Conrad Mueller, a farmer from Darmstadt
• Georg Waag/Wag, a farmer from Isenburg

It is an established fact that these families intermarried with each other throughout the generations in Russia. Most probably knew each other from their time in Germany.

From https://www.volgagermans.org/who-are-volga-germans/origins/surnames/leonhardt-0:

Johann Conrad Leonhard, a son of Johannes Leonhard & Elisabetha Schäffer, was born 22 February 1729 and baptized on 25 February 1729 in the Evangelical Church of Sprendlingen, today a constituent part of the town of Dreieich, located about 10 kilometers south of Frankfurt am Main, in Hesse.

He married to Rahel Arnould, a daughter of Friedrich Arnould, on 29 July 1755 in the same church. They had four known children, each baptized in Sprendlingen: (1) Johann Friedrich, born 13 May 1756 and baptized 16 May 1756; (2) Conrad, born 19 October 1759 and baptized 21 October 1759; (3) Cyriack, born 8 February 1762 and baptized on 10 February 1762; and (4) Johann Philipp, born 18 December 1764, and baptized 21 December 1764.

Johann Conrad Leonhard and his family emigrated to Russia, departing from Lübeck by the ship Apollo with the skipper Detlov Merberg. On 29 August 1766 the family arrived at the port in Oranienbaum, Russia.

The Leonhards settled in Grimm about 1 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 80, along with the orphan Maria Katharina Schicketantz, a daughter of Johann Georg Schicketantz, who had been born on 29 June 1760 in Sprendlingen.

At the time of 1798 Grimm census, Philipp is recorded in Household No. Gm178 and son Jacob is in Household No. Gm179.

This Leonhardt line has been traced back to Johann Wilhelm Leonhardt who was born about 1605 and died in 1681 in Sprendlingen.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4R2-LKT : 28 November 2014), Johan. Conrad Leonhard, 25 Feb 1729; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,193,263.
2. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCBW-KDP : 26 December 2014), Conrad Leonhard and Rahel Arnould, 29 Jul 1755; citing Evangelisch, Sprendlingen, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; FHL microfilm 1,193,263.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 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, 2010, page 318, 320.
4. ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2, Herausgegeben von Alfred Eisfeld under Mitarbeit von Sabine Eichwald, Published by the Nordost-Instsitut - 38085 Göttingen, 2005; page 84, family #80, Konrad Leonhard family.
5. ↑ 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; family #155 n the 1775 census, Konrad Leonhard family.
6. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4R2-VSC : 28 November 2014), Maria Elisabetha Catharina. Schickedantz, 20 Sep 1744; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,193,263.
7. ↑ Volga German Institute @ UNF, Surnames, Leonhardt (Frank & Grimm), Discussion and Documentation, Johann Wilhelm Leonhardt, born about 1605. see: https://volga.domains.unf.edu.

See also:

• Schmick, Henry. AHSGR Grimm VC, www.ahsgr.org, Ahnentafel Chart for Koreen Printz Goodman to 12th Gen Michael Meisner and Anna Katharina Haag. Eleventh Generation: #1808 Johann Conrad Leonhardt (b. 22 Feb 1729 in Sprendtingen, Hessen, Germany). He married #1809 Rachel Arnould (b. 1713 in Sprendtingen, Hessen, Germany. She died in 1766). Rachel, Konrad, and Zerjack died after arrival in Orienberg and before reaching Grimm in 1767. Emailed to Koreen Goodman 20 Apr 2018.