Katarina (Frank) Wittman (1750 - 1834)

Born 1750 in Bruchsal, Karisruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Wife of Johann Michael Wittman — married about 1775 in Herzog, (Susly) Russia

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1834 at about age 84 in Herzog, (Susly), Russia

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Biography

Katarina (Frank) Wittman has German Roots.

Katarina (Frank) Wittman was a Volga German.

Katarina Frank was born in 1750, Bruchsal, Karisruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, and died 10 July 1834 in the colony of Herzog (Susly) Russia.^[1]

She is the daughter of Michael Frank and Anna Eva 'Unknown Surname'.

Katharina was 16 when she was recorded on the First Settlers List of Herzog, Russia. The Frank family was in the last household #35. Michael Frank was 56 years old, Anna Eva was 40, and her brother Georg was 15.^[2]

Katharina's brother Georg moved from Herzog to Louis in 1795.

Katharina Frank married Michael Wittman, in 1798 they had eight sons and three daughters. Their eldest son Georg is listed as age 22, insane. Their youngest son is 2 years old. ^[3] Katarina and husband Michael both died before 1834.

Sources

1. ↑ Volga Parish Records, deaths: https://volgaparishes.com/rohleder_parish/rohleder_death_1801-1857_alpha.htm
2. ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 96.
3. ↑ Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999), Herzog Family #9