Peter Kuhn (1763 - 1816)

Born 1763 in Ebernburg, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Husband of Margaretha (Stierman) Kuhn — married before 1787 in Herzog, (Susly) Russia

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1816 at about age 53 in Herzog, (Susly), Russia

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Biography

Peter Kuhn was a Volga German.

Peter Kuhn was born in 1763, Ebernburg, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Peter Kuhn died 23 March 1816, Herzog, (Susly) Russia.^[1]

His parents: Johann Heinrich Kuhn (1727- bef 1798) and Anna Margareth 'Surname Unknown' (1726-bef 1785).

Peter's father and mother brought their family to Herzog, (Susly) Russia in 1766. They are found on the First Settler's List, in household #32, Johann Kuhn was 41, Anna Margaretha was 41, Heinrich was 12, PETER was 7, Margareta was 9, and Margaretha was 3.^[2]

1798, Herzog, (Susly) Russia, household #12, Peter Kuhn is 35 years old, his wife is Margareta Stierman age 31, from the colony of Mariental. Their children: Michael age 11, Kasper age 10, Peter age 8, Johannes age 6, Andreas age 4, Baltasar age 1, and Elisabeta age 2. Peter's father and brother Johannes are in household #2. ^[3]

1834, Herzog (Susly) Russia, states Peter Kuhn died in 1816, Herzog, (Susly) Russia. His wife died before 1834. ^[4][5]

Children

1. Michael Kuhn 1787, married on 7 February 1811, Dorothea Beyer, the daughter of Martin Beyer and Katharina Kantner.^[6]
2. Kasper Kuhn 1788-1851 [married Anna Maria Frank on 7 December 1809 ]^[6]
3. Johann Peter Kuhn 1791-1848 [married Katharine Linenberger on 14 December 1813]^[6]
4. Johannes Kuhn 1792-aft 1857, married on 22 October 1812 Katharine Klocker
5. Andreas Kuhn 1795 [married Susanna Brungardt]
6. Elisabeta Kuhn 1796
7. Baltasar Kuhn 1797-aft 1857 [married Elisabeth Schmidtberger]
8. Wendelinus Kuhn 1808

Disputed Kansas Kuhn Records, prior to Census Records

Before the USSR fell, census records for the Volga area were not readily available, since it's fall, the census records have been translated and made available to researchers. The census records have proven to be very revealing, and researchers have been finding that their family line isn't quite what they thought it would be. The Kuhn's are one of those lines, previously the family line was assumed to be: Johannes Kuhn/Katharina Denning to Michael Peter Kuhn/Anna M. Dinkel to Michael Kuhn/Agnes Dreiling, now the Herzog Russian Census records show that the line should be Peter Kuhn/Margaretha Stierman to Johannes Kuhn/Katharine Klocker to Michael Kuhn/Agnes Dreiling. This is supported by the 1798, 1834, 1850, 1857 Census records.

Sources

1. ↑ Volga Parish Records, deaths: https://volgaparishes.com/rohleder_parish/rohleder_death_1801-1857_alpha.htm
2. ↑ pg 96, Family #32, Kolonie Herzog, 14 Juli 1766, Book 2, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, by Igor Pleve
3. ↑ p 477, 478, Herzog, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga, Vol 1, Brent Alan Mai, 1999
4. ↑ p 84, Peter Kuhn 1763-1816, Herzog, (Susly) Russia, Revision List of the Colony, Dec 12, 1834, Translated by Pavel (Paul) M. Leus, Compiled by Kevin D. Rupp, 2002
5. ↑ Revision List of the colony of Herzog, (Susly) Russia, Dec 12, 1834, Translated by Pavel (Paul) M. Leus, Compiled by Kevin D. Rupp, 2002 p. 76, 77, 78, 81, 83, 84,
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Russian Church Marriage Records, accessed 2020