Jakob Philip Kraft (abt. 1792 - abt. 1850)

Born about 1792 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Died about 1850 at about age 58 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Philip Kraft was a Volga German.

Philip Kraft has German Roots.

Family #112 in the 1798 Grimm census.
Family #196 and #263 in the 1834 Grimm census.
Family #291 in the 1857 Grimm census.

Birth Date and Place

• 1792
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Parents

• Johann Nikolaus Kraft
• Eva Katharina (Loeffler) Kraft

Marriage

• Eva Katharina (Asmus) Kraft
• before 1820
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Children

• Philipp Jakob Kraft, born 1821
• Christian Jakob Kraft, born 1823
• Johann Philipp Kraft, born 1828
• Katharina Margaretha Kraft, born 1828
• Johann Heinrich Kraft, born 1831

Death Date and Place

• 1850
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

1798 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 112

Head of the Household Nikolaus Kraft age 31

Wife Eva Katarina [sic] Lefler, age 31

Child #1 Andreas Kraft, age 9

Child #2 Jakob Philip Kraft, age 7

Child #3 Anna Margareta [sic] Kraft, age 5

Child #4 Katarina [sic] Kraft, age 2

Brother Jakob Philip Kraft, age 29, schoolmaster in Göbel

Child #6 Katarina Erdman [sic] age 22

1834 Grimm Census, Family #196 ^[2]

Family # 196

Head of the Household Nikolaus Kraft, age 48 in 1816, deceased 1834

Child #1 Andreas Kraft, age 45

Grandchild #1 Johannes Kraft, age 14

Grandchild #2 Anna Margaretha Kraft, age 12

Grandchild #3 Michael Kraft, age 10

Grandchild #4 Charlotta Kraft, age 8

Grandchild #5 Margaretha Barbara Kraft, age 6

Grandchild #6 Philipp Jakob Kraft, age 3

Grandchild #7 Katharina Margaretha Kraft, age 1 year 6 months

Child #2 Jakob Philipp Kraft, age 24 in 1816, to household #263

Brother Jakob Philipp Kraft, age 46 in 1816, to household #215

Nephew #1 Johann Philipp Kraft, age 5 in 1816, to household #215

Nephew #2 Johann Christian Kraft, age 2 in 1816, to household #215

1834 Grimm Census, Family #263 ^[3]

Family # 263

Head of the Household Jakob Philipp Kraft, age 43, from household #196

Wife Eva Katharina [Asmus] Kraft, age 41

Child #1 Philipp Jakob Kraft, age 13

Child #2 Christian Jakob Kraft, age 11

Child #3 Johann Philipp Kraft, age 6

Child #4 Katharina Margaretha Kraft, age 6

Child #5 Johann Heinrich Kraft, age 2 years 6 months

Jakob Philip Kraft died in 1850.

1857 Grimm Census ^[4]

Family # 291

Head of the Household Jakob Philipp Kraft, age 59 in 1850, deceased 1850

Child #1 Philipp Jakob Kraft, age 36

Child #2 Christian Jakob Kraft, age 34

Wife of Child #2 Elisabeth Kraft, age 31

Grandchild #1 Heinrich Jakob Kraft, age 4

Grandchild #2 Heinrich Peter Kraft, age 1 year 6 months

Child #3 Johann Heinrich Kraft, age 25

Wife of Child #3 Maria Katharina Kraft, age 22

Grandchild #3 Katharina Margaretha Kraft, age 1 year 6 months

Because of the timing of his death, there is a chance he may have succumbed to cholera. The third cholera pandemic swept across Russia from 1846 to 1860, killing more than 1 million Russians.^[5]

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; family #112 in the 1798 census.
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 60, family #196.
3. ↑ 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 78, family #263.
4. ↑ 1857 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 5 November 1857; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2005; page 105, family #291.
5. ↑ J. N. Hays (2005). Epidemics and pandemics: their impacts on human history. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-658-9. Retrieved 29 March 2011. Via Wikipedia List of epidemics, Russia, 1850-1860, third cholera pandemic, 1,000,000 deaths. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics.