Elisabetha Hofmann (abt. 1717)

Born about 1717 in Germany

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Doenhof, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Elisabetha Hofmann was a Volga German.

Elisabetha Hofmann has German Roots.

Germany-Denmark-Russia

A46-42 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

B-483 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Rus7-22 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family #9 in the 1767 Doenhof census.

Although Elisabeth Hofmann Gomer's family was well-documented in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766, I can't find much at all in the online German records with the surname Gomer. Hofmanns abound, including those born in 1717. It will take more research to track down her German birth record.

The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766 shows that her husband Andreas Gomer was born 11 August 1713 in Adelshofen, a town that is now part of Eppingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. ^[1] In the Danish records, the town was listed as being in Ritterlichter Kanton Kraichgau, under the rule of Count von Neipperg.^[1] It is likely, but not yet proven, that she was born in or near that area. Her birth year listed in Danish records is 1717.^[1] The couple had four children, all born in Adelshofen. ^[2]

• Catharina Elisabeth, born 04 May 1741
• Catharina Margaretha, born 05 September 1743
• Johann Friedrich, born 15 July 1747
• Johann Michael, born 20 August 1757

I found none of the children's birth records in multiple online searches, except for in the Danish records and reported by Corina Hirt for The Center For Volga German Studies at Concordia University. That collection of research was purchased the Family History Library and can now be found at VolgaGermans.org.^[2]

The family traveled to Denmark with a group led by Adam Saam.^[1] They departed the processing center in Altona, Holstein on 14 June 1762, and arrived in Flensburg, Schleswig on 19 June 1762.^[1] They took their oaths of allegiance to Denmark one month later and were considered reserve colonists in the region of Flensburg.^[1] As recorded on 09 November 1764, they lived at Number 1 Gott mit uns in Colony G5 Fridrichsanbau in the region of Gottorf.^[1] On 27 April 1765 the family left Denmark to immigrate to Russia, ending up on the Colony of Dönhof.^[1]

Ms. Hirt of The Center for Volga German Studies must have compared the Danish records to the Dönhof census records, which I do not have access to at this time. She notes on the website that while the family still lived in Denmark, daughter Katharina Margaretha married Johann Georg Stromberger, and daughter Katharina Elisabetha married Nikolaus Rutz.^[2] The entire Gomer family, including the sons-in-law, immigrated to Dönhof, arriving on 21 July 1766.^[2] By the 1767 Dönhof census, Andreas and Elisabetha Gomer are listed in household #9; their son Johann Friedrich was listed in household #48, probably because he married and was eligible to have his own home. ^[2]

By the 1798 census, only sons Johann Michael and Johann Friedrich were recorded in the Dönhof census as households #70 and #93. ^[3] I don't yet have the household numbers for the Stromberger and Rutz families. Two of the daughters of Nikolaus and Katharina Elisabetha Rutz married men from Grimm and moved to that village. ^[4] Her husband Andreas is no longer listed in the census and it is presumed that he passed away. If Elisabetha was still alive, she may have remarried and lived in another family. Otherwise, she, too, most likely passed away.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Eichhorn, Dr. Alexander, Dr. Jacob and Mary Eichhorn. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766; Bonn, Germany and Midland Michigan, USA; Drukerei und Verlag Steinmeier GmbH & Co. Kg, Deiningen, Germany, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} VolgaGermans.org online database, Georg Andreas Gomer and Elisabeth Hoffmann, Gomer in the village of Dönhof, see: , https://www.volgagermans.org/who-are-volga-germans/origins/surnames/gomer.
3. ↑ Mai, Brent Alan; 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga, Volumes 1 & 2; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska; Published 1999 and 2005; Johann Michael Gomer, family #70, and Johann Friedrich Gomer, family #93.
4. ↑ 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.

See also:

• https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Adelshofen_(75031_Eppingen),_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg,_Germany