Caroline was born on July 7, 1835 in the village of Neudorf in the Glückstal district of the Odessa area and Black Sea region of South Russia to Johann Friedrich Helm and Maria Margaretha (Krein) Helm. She was the last of her father's 13 children and the last of her mother's 12 children. Caroline was baptized on July 11, 1835.[1]
Family
On October 20, 1853, at the age of 18, Caroline married Gottfried Adam (1831-unknown) in Neudorf.[2]
Children:
unnamed (1855-1855)
Friedrich (1856-1901)
Martin (1859-1940)
Carolina (1861-1875)
Johann (1863-1883)
Gottfried (1866-unknown)
Jacob (1869-unknown)
Census Data
1858 Neudorf Census: Age 25, living in Neudorf, South Russia with her husband, 1 child, her husband's parents and their extended families.[3]
↑ "Россия, дубликаты Лютеранских метрических книг, 1833-1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRK-YVM6 : 11 February 2018), Caroline Margaretha Helm, 11 Jul 1835, Baptism; citing p. 195, volume 828-14/10, Kassel, Kassel, Tiraspol′, Kherson, Russia, Russland Historischen Staatsarchiv, St. Petersburg (Russian State Historical Archive, St. Petersburg); FHL microfilm 1,882,645. Entry #104
↑ "Россия, дубликаты Лютеранских метрических книг, 1833-1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DT67-K2C : 21 May 2014), Kherson > Tiraspol′ > Glückstal: Neudorf > 1853: Births, marriages, deaths ( 828-14/78) > image 33 of 33; Russland Historischen Staatsarchiv, St. Petersburg (Konsistorium Petersburg. Russian State Historical Archive), St. Petersburg. Entry #23
↑Black Sea German Russian Census Volume I, A supplement to the "Stumpp Book"; Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Bismarck, ND, Published 2003; Neudorf, gegr. 1808 (Evang.); Glückstal Gebiet; Revisionliste 1816/58 (Census List) – Stumpp page 699; 10th Revisionliste – 1 January 1858
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caroline by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Caroline: