Carolus Legler (1747 - bef. 1816)

Born 23 Nov 1747 in Weiler, (OA. Brackenheim), Neckar, Württemberg

Descendants

Died before 1816 before age 68 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Karl Legler was a Volga German.

Karl Legler has German Roots.

Germany-Denmark-Russia

Family A 45-72 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family B-967 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family 7-27 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family #62 in the 1775 Grimm census.

Family #17 in the 1798 Grimm census.

Carolus Karl Legler was born on 23 November 1747 in Württemberg to parents Christoph and Christina Legler. He was baptized one day later in Weiler, Brackenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg.

Birth Record ^[1]

Name: Carolus Legler

Gender: Male

Baptism Age: 0

Birth Date: 23 Nov 1747

Baptism Date: 24 Nov 1747

Baptism Place: Weiler, (OA. Brackenheim), Neckar, Wrtt.

Residence Place: Württemberg, Germany

Father: Christoph Legler

Mother: Christina

FHL Film Number: 1184767

His parents were struggling farmers when they decided to immigrate to Denmark with their seven children. The family left the processing center in Altona in Holstein on 14 June 1762, arriving in Flensburg 5 days later. ^[2] The farming of the marshlands in Schleswig-Holstein was unsuccessful and many of the Germans immigrated from Denmark to Russia, as did the Leglers, sometime around 1764. They stayed in temporary housing, probably in Dobrinka, until the Volga villages were ready for occupation by the German immigrants. Carolus/Karl is recorded as living in Grimm at the time of the 1775 census, while his father and some siblings lived in neighboring Dönhof.

1775 Grimm Census ^[3]

Family # 62

Head of the Household Karl Legler, age no age listed [born about 1746 based on 1798 census]

Wife Johanna Legler, no age listed [deceased by 1798]

Child #1 Johann Philipp Legler, no age listed [estimated birth year 1770 based on younger brother's age in 1798 census]

Child #2 Johann Jakob Legler, no age listed [born about 1772 as per 1798 census]

By 1798, Karl Legler was a widower.

1798 Grimm Census ^[4]

Family # 17

Head of the Household Karl Legler, age 52, widower

Child #1 Johann Jakob Legler, age 26

Wife of Child #1 Barbara Meisinger Legler, age 23

Grandchild #1 Jakob Alexander Legler, age 3

Grandchild #2 Katharina Louisa Legler, age 6 months

Child #2 Johann Michael Legler, age 18

Child #3 Heinrich Jakob Legler, age 13

Child #4 Christian Philipp Legler, age 8

According to the 1834 census, Karl had another son, Philipp, who was born after 1798. Since first wife Johanna was deceased before 1798, this child must have had a different mother. This suggests that Karl was married again after 1798. He may have had additional children, specifically daughters, who married before 1834 and are thus not identified with him in a census.

Karl was not listed with his family in the 1834 census and was most likely deceased by that year. Since the death of males was always recorded in the next census, Karl likely died before 1816, at which time his death would have been noted in the interim, male-only census that came out that year. Had he survived to 1834, he would have been 84 years old.

A copy of the 1834 census is shown below to connect him with his youngest documented son Philipp, born after 1798 and died in 1816. See Brother #3 in the listing below.

1834 Grimm Census ^[5]

Family # 61

Head of the Household Johann Jakob Lechler [sic], age 63

Wife Margaretha Barbara Lechler [sic], age 60

Child #1 Jakob Alexander Lechler [sic], age 39

Wife of Child #1 Katharina Elisabeth Lechler [sic], age 34

Grandchild #1 Georg Heinrich Lechler [sic], age 12

Grandchild #2 Christoph Heinrich Lechler [sic], age 9

Grandchild #3 Christian Jakob Lechler [sic], age 7

Grandchild #4 Michael Lechler [sic], age 5

Grandchild #5 Katharina Margaretha Lecher [sic], age 3

Child #2 Adolph Lechler [sic], age 32

Wife of Child #2 Sophia Lechler [sic], age 28

Grandchild #6 Johann Jakob Lechler [sic], age 7

Grandchild #7 Johann Philipp Lechler [sic], age 6

Grandchild #8 Elisabeth Margaretha Lechler [sic]. age 3 years 6 months

Grandchild #9 Johann Peter Lechler [sic], age 1 year 6 months

Brother #1 Heinrich Lechler [sic], age 30 in 1816, to household #301

Child #3 Alexander Lechler [sic], age 3 in 1817, to household #301

Brother #2 Christian Philipp Lechler [sic], age 24 in 1817, to household #301

Brother #3 Philipp Lechler [sic], age in 1816 not listed, deceased 1816

Sources

1. ↑ Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Carolus Legler, born 23 November 1747, baptized 24 November 1747 in Weiler, Brackenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg. Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. See: https://tinyurl.com/y3n5xbs2.
2. ↑ Eichhorn, Alexander, Dr., and Dr. Jacob and Mary Eichhorn. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766, Druck and Bindung: Druckerei and Verlap Steinmeier GmbH & Co. KG, 86738, Deiningen, Germany; Published 2012; pages 25, 305, 501, 667, and 673.
3. ↑ 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 #62 in the 1775 census, Karl Legler family.
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; family #17 in the 1798 census, Karl Legler family.
5. ↑ 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 19, family #61, Johann Jakob Lechler family.