Catharina Elisabeth (Klinger) Schäfer (1726 - bef. 1798)

Born 16 Dec 1726 in Brensbach, und Nieder Kainsbach, Hessen

Descendants

Died before 1798 before age 71 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Elisabeth (Klinger) Schäfer was a Volga German.

Elisabeth (Klinger) Schäfer has German Roots.

Family #17 in the 1767 Grimm census.
Family #13 in the 1775 Grimm census.
Family #121 in the 1798 Grimm census.

Birth Date and Place

• 17 December 1726
• Brensbach, und Nieder Kainsbach, Hessen, Germany

Parents

• Johann Nicolaus Klinger
• Anna Barbara (Götz) Klinger

Marriage

• Andreas Schäfer
• 08 Feb 1750
• Hoechst Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt

Immigration

• Immigrated from Germany to Russia in 1766
• Arrived 22 July 1776 on the Pink Lev
• Travel document #2435

Children

• Johann Daniel Schäfer, born 1749
• Johannes Schäfer, born 1751
• Anna Catharina Schäfer, born 1753
• Margaretha Schäfer, born 1756
• Andreas Schäfer, born 1765
• Anna Margaretha Schäfer, born 1768

Death Date and Place

• Before 1798
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Catharina Elisabeth Klinger was born 16 December 1726, in Brensbach, und Nieder Kainsbach, Hessen, Germany, to parents Johann Nicolaus and Anna Barbara Klinger.

Birth Record ^[1]

Name Catharina Elisabetha Klinger

Event Date 1726

Gender Female

Birth Date 16 Dec 1726

Birth Year 1726

Christening Date 17 Dec 1726

Christening Place Brensbach, und Nieder Kainsbach, Hessen, Germany

Father's Name Johann Niclaus Klinger

Mother's Name Anna Barbara

She married her husband Andreas Schäfer on 08 February 1750 and 12 February 1750. There are two marriage records; one in Hoechst Odenwald, Starkenburg and one in Brensbach Und Nieder Kainsbach. Presumably the bride and groom lived in different towns and there was a registration of their marriage and/or an actual marriage ceremony in each location. The two towns were only about 6 to 8 miles apart, both southeast of Darmstadt. ^{[2] [3]}

Marriage Record #1 ^[4]

Name: Andreas Schaefer

Spouse's Name: Catharina Elisabetha Klinger

Event Date: 08 Feb 1750

Event Place: Evangelisch, Hoechst Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt

Father's Name: Henrich Schaefer

Spouse's Father's Name: Johannes Nicolaus Klinger

Marriage Record #2 ^[5]

Name Andreas Schäfer

Spouse's Name Catharina Klinger

Event Date 12 Feb 1750

Event Place Brensbach Und Nieder Kainsbach, Hessen, Germany

Father's Name Heinrich Schäfer

Spouse's Father's Name Johan Nikel Klinger

In 1766, she and her husband Andreas made the decision to immigrate to Russia, hoping to be better able to provide for their family and give their children better opportunities. She and her family along with other colonists arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 22 July 1776. ^[6] They traveled from Luebeck on the Pink Lev which was captained by Lt. Fyodor Foydorov. ^[6]

The Kulberg Reports list her husband Andreas as a Lutheran farmer from Darmstadt. She traveled on document #2435 with her husband Andreas and their children: ^[6]

• Johann, age 17.5 [Johann Daniel]
• Johannes age 15
• Catharina, age 13 (Anna Katharina)
• Margaretha, age 10
• Andreas, age 1

Note: Her son Johann, age 17.5 in the Kulberg lists, is called Johann Anton in the 1767 Grimm census, but Johann Daniel in the 1775 and 1798 Grimm censuses. Unless he was given three names, as in Johann Anton Daniel, the Anton was probably an error on the part of the census taker. The birth years are all the same. Until I discover documentation proving otherwise, I'm using Johann Daniel as the name for her oldest child.

After registering in St. Petersburg, the colonists were transported to Oranienbaum to special barracks-type housing. They spent about 12 months in Oranienbaum before they were transported to the Volga region of Russia. Their final destination was Grimm, also known by its Russian name as Lesnoi Karamysch, a town officially established on July 1, 1767.

She is listed in the 1767 Grimm census in family #17.

1767 Grimm Census ^[7]

Family # 17

Head of the Household Andreas Schäfer, age 41, Lutheran farmer from Darmstadt

Wife Elisabeth Schäfer, age 32

Child #1 Anton [sic] Schäfer, age 19

Child #2 Johannes Schäfer, age 17

Child #3 Anna Katharina Schäfer, age 14

Two of his children, Margaretha, who would have been 11, and Andreas, who would have been 2 years old, are not listed with the family in this census. They probably did not survive the journey to Grimm.

Her age in all of the census records is off from her real age by about 10 years. In some respects that's a good thing, because it would have made her a mother at 13, which definitely doesn't sound right. I'm not sure if she wanted to appear younger, or if it was a consistent census error. It might help to see a copy of her death record from the local church, which may have her correct and full birth date. These records are not yet fully translated and are not available to the general public.

In 1775 Elisabeth was living in Grimm with her husband and three children. Youngest child Anna Margaretha was born in 1768, after the family settled in Grimm.

1775 Grimm Census ^[8]

Family # 13

Head of the Household Andreas Schäfer, age 49

Wife Elisabeth Schäfer, age 38

Child #1 Johann Daniel Schäfer, age 26

Child #2 Johannes Schäfer, age 24

Child #3 Anna Margaretha Schäfer, age 7

By 1798, both she and her husband had passed away and their son Johann Daniel had become the head of the household #121. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL4J-J9Q : 10 February 2018), Catharina Elisabetha Klinger, 17 Dec 1726; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,190,544.
2. ↑ Googlemaps.com, distance between Brensbach and Hoechst Odenwald, see:http://bit.ly/2AnsoVT
3. ↑ Googlemaps.com, distance between Nieder Kainsbach and Hoechst Odenwald, see: http://bit.ly/2EY5qJ0
4. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4G7-QDL : 26 December 2014), Andreas Schaefer and Catharina Elisabetha Klinger, 08 Feb 1750; citing Evangelisch, Hoechst Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; FHL microfilm 1,193,269.
5. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N8Z2-CVB : 11 February 2018), Andreas Schäfer and Catharina Klinger, 12 Feb 1750; citing Brensbach Und Nieder Kainsbach, Hessen, Germany; FHL microfilm 1,190,544.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} 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.
7. ↑ 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; family #17, Andreas Schäfer, 41, Lutheran farmer from Darmstadt; Wife: Elisabeth, 32; Son: Anton [sic], 19, Son: Johannes, 17, Daughter: Anna Katharina, 14.
8. ↑ 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 #13 in the 1775 census.
9. ↑ 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 #121.