Johann David Bleichroth (abt. 1734 - bef. 1798)

Born about 1734 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany

Husband of Juliana Sophia (Müller) Zimmermann — married 9 Feb 1756 (to 1766) in Mannheim, Baden, Germany

Husband of Elisabeth (Unknown) Bleichroth — married about 1771 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Descendants

Died before 1798 before about age 64 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

David Bleichroth was a Volga German.

David Bleichroth has German Roots.

Family #35 in the 1767 Grimm census.
Family #113 in the 1775 Grimm census.
Family #133 in the 1798 Grimm census.

Johann David Bleichroth was born 02 June 1733 in Manheimm, Baden-Württemberg, Prussia, to parents Georg Heinrich and Anna Catharina Bleichroth.

Birth Record ^[1]

Name: Johann David Bleichroth

Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)

Birth Date: 2 Jun 1733

Baptism Date: 4 Jun 1733

Baptism Place: Mannheim, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Preußen (Germany)

Father: Georg Heinrich Bleichroth

Mother: Anna Catharina Bleichroth

Parish as it Appears: Mannheim

Page Number: 124

Marriage Records

Record #1 ^[2]

Name: Johann David Bleichroth

Gender: männlich (Male)

Event Type: Heirat (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1756

Marriage Place: Mannheim, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Preußen (Germany)

Father: Georg Henrich Bleichrods [sic]

Spouse: Juliana Sophia Müllerin [sic]

Parish as it Appears: Mannheim

Page Number: 29

Record #2 ^[3]

This record names Juliana Müller's father, Hartmann Müler.

Name Johann David Bleichrod [sic] Bleichroth

Spouse's Name Juliana Sophia Mueller

Event Date 09 Feb 1756

Event Place Evangelisch, Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden

Father's Name Georg Henrich Bleichrod

Spouse's Father's Name Hartmann Mueller

The couple had three children, Johann Hartmann, Friedrich David and Johann Philipp.

Birth Record for Son Johann Hartmann Bleichroth ^[4]

Name: Johann Hartmann Bleichroth

Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)

Birth Date: 7 Mrz 1758 (7 Mar 1758)

Baptism Date: 9 Mrz 1758 (9 Mar 1758)

Baptism Place: Mannheim, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Preußen (Germany)

Father: Joh. David Bleichroth

Mother: Juliana Sophia Bleichroth

Parish as it Appears: Mannheim

Birth Record for Son Friedrich David Bleichroth ^[5]

Name Friederich David Bleichroth

Event Date 1760

Gender Male

Birth Date 29 Jan 1760

Birth Year 1760

Christening Date 30 Jan 1760

Christening Place Speyer, Bayern, Germany

Father's Name Johann David Bleichroth

Mother's Name Julianna Sophia Müller

Birth Record for Son Johann Philipp Bleichroth ^[6]

Name Johann Philipp

Event Date 1762

Gender Male

Birth Date 26 Oct 1762

Birth Year 1762

Birthplace Speyer, Pfalz, Bavr, Germany

Christening Date 26 Oct 1762

Christening PlaceSpeyer, Bayern, Germany

Father's Name Johann David Bleichroth

Mother's Name Julianna Sophia Muller

After Catherine the Great issued her Manifesto which invited Germans to immigrate to Russia, Johann David wanted to immigrate to Russia, but his wife did not want to leave Germany. This is one of the rare times when a couple probably divorced.

By 1766, Johann David Bleichroth, Lutheran, a farmer from Pfalz, appeared in the Kulberg Reports on page 212. He traveled under document #3202 as a single male. ^[7] Some kind of dissolution of his marriage occurred before he left Germany. He departed with others from Luebeck and arrived in St. Petersberg on 08 August 1766.

Although I could not find a divorce record for the couple, his wife, Juliana Sophia Müller remarried Johann Martin Zimmermann and the couple had their first child in December of 1766. ^[8] The couple went on to have three more children.

Back in Russia, either in St. Petersburg or shortly after arriving in Grimm, Johann David remarried a woman named Elisabeth, last name at birth unknown for now. She was most likely the daughter of a fellow traveler and perhaps a fellow Grimm resident. The couple was married before the 1767 Grimm census was taken in August of that year.

1767 Grimm Census ^[9]

Family # 35

Head of the Household Johann David Bleichroth, age 32, Lutheran craftsman from Mannheim

Wife Elisabeth, age 19

By 1775, the couple had survived the raids by Pugachev and expanded their family by two: son Johann Heinrich and daughter Maria Christina.

1775 Grimm Census ^[10]

Family # 35

Head of the Household Johann David Blaikhron [sic?] should be Bleichroth, age 41

Wife Elisabeth Blaikhron [sic], age 24

Child #1 Johann Heinrich Blaikhron [sic], age 3

Child #2 Maria Christina Blaikhron [sic], age 6 months

Their daughter Anna Maria was born after the 1775 census in 1777, but she married before the 1798 census. This means she was never listed under her maiden name with her birth family in a census. There is a gap of 6 years between daughter Maria Christina and the next oldest sibling in the 1798 census, Johann Konrad, age 18. It's possible the couple had one or two more daughters between the ages of 24 and 18 who were also married by 1798.

Johann David's name does not actually appear in the 1798 census, but his widow and his children do. The children are listed as being from Elisabeth Bleichrot's [sic] deceased husband David Bleichrot [sic]. Their youngest child was born in 1791, so he must have passed away between 1791 and 1798.

1798 Grimm Census ^[11]

Family # 133

Head of the Household Elisabeth Bleichrot [sic], widow, deceased husband and father of children was David Bleichroth

Child #1 Johann Heinrich Bleichrot, age 26

Wife of Child #1 Katharina Elisabeth Weber age 24

Grandchild #1 Johann Heinrich Bleichrot, age 2

Grandchild #2 Johann Konrad Bleichrot, age 6 months

Child #2 Johann Konrad Bleichrot, age 18

Child #3 Maria Christina Bleichrot, age 24

Child #4 Sophia Magdalena Bleichrot, age 15

Child #5 Anna Margaretha Bleichrot, age 12

Child #6 Maria Magdalena Bleichrot, age 7

Sources

1. ↑ Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1502-1985. Mikrofilm Sammlung. Familysearch.org. Ancestry.com. Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Mikrofilm Sammlung, Familysearch.org. Originale: Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1502-1985; page 29.
3. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCBW-QJ7 : 11 February 2018), Johann David Bleichrod and Juliana Sophia Mueller, 09 Feb 1756; citing Evangelisch, Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden; FHL microfilm 1,192,145.
4. ↑ Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1502-1985. Mikrofilm Sammlung. Familysearch.org. Ancestry.com. Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
5. ↑ Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
6. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NC58-F88 : 28 November 2014), Johann David Bleichroth in entry for Johann Philipp , 26 Oct 1762; citing Speyer, Pfalz, Bavr, Germany; FHL microfilm 193,140.
7. ↑ 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 212, Johann David Bleichroth.
8. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NC5D-WMY : 28 November 2014), Juliana Sophia Muller in entry for Johanna Maria Elisabetha Zimmermann, 16 Dec 1766; citing ; FHL microfilm 193,144.
9. ↑ 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 78, family #35.
10. ↑ 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, NE, USA; Published 1995; family #113 in the 1775 census.
11. ↑ 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, NE, USA; Published 1995; family #133 in the 1798 census.

See also:

• Ancestry.com. Speyer, Germany, Civil Registry Vital Records, 1798-1875 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Zivilstandsregister, 1798-1875. Stadtarchiv Speyer, Speyer, Deutschland; #15.