Born about 1759 in Germany

Died [date unknown] in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Biography

Katharina Lusmar is a Volga German.

Katharina Lusmar has German Roots.

Family #74 in the 1775 Grimm census.

Catharina/Katharina Lusmar was born in 1759, the daughter of Eva Bechtold and her unnamed first husband Mr. Lusmar.

After the death of her father, her mother married second husband Balthasar Rudolf, the actual year unclear. What is known, however, is that Balthasar, Eva, son Johann Konrad, age 5, and daughter Catharina, age 9, immigrated together from Germany to Russia in 1766. ^[1] Johann Konrad was four years younger than Catharina, according to this record. ^[2] While it appears that Eva is his mother, it may be that she was actually his stepmother. This would mean that Balthasar Rudolph was also married once before and had Johann Konrad with his unnamed first wife. This would make Johann Konrad Katharina's stepbrother. Their two younger brothers, Georg Karl and Heinrich, would have been half-brothers to both of Johann Konrad and Katharina.

Katharina and her family departed from Rewal on the Pink Novaya Dvinka, a small, flat-bottomed ship with a narrow stern, typically square rigged and used to sail short distances and/or in shallow waters. ^[3] They arrived in Russia on 30 May 1766. ^[4]

Immigrants waited until the following spring to make their final journey to the Volga River colonies, and censuses were taken by August 1767. The Rudolphs were not listed in the first Grimm census. They may have settled temporarily in another village before moving to Grimm, but that village has not yet been identified. The family is first listed in the 1775 Grimm census.

1775 Grimm Census ^[5]

Family # 74

Head of the Household Baltasar Rudolf [sic], age 36

Wife Eva [Bechtold] Rudolf [sic], age 40

Child #1 Johann Konrad Rudolf [sic], age 14

Child #2 Georg Karl Rudolf [sic], age 18 (out of order, maybe 8?), see notes above

Child #3 Georg Heinrich Rudolf [sic], age 5

Child #4 Carolina Rudolf, age 3

Stepdaughter Katarina [sic] Lusmar [?], age 16

She is not listed in the 1798 census with her mother and stepfather's family. She had most likely married and was living in another household.

1798 Grimm Census ^[6]

Family # 116

Head of the Household Baltasar [sic] Rudolf [sic], age 63

Wife Eva Bechtold Rudolf [sic], age 65

Child #1 Konrad Rudolf [sic], age 36

Wife of Child #1 Anna Maria Manweiler, age 29, from Messer

Grandchild #1 Johann Heinrich Rudolf [sic], age 5

Grandchild #2 Christian Rudolf [sic], age 1

Grandchild #3 Katarina [sic] Rudolf [sic], age 10

Grandchild #4 Katarina [sic] Elizabeta [sic] Rudolf, age 7

Child #2 Andreas Jakob Rudolf [sic], age 23

Sources

1. ↑ Pleve, Igor. List of Colonists to Russia in 1766, "Reports by Ivan Kulberg," Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, Saratov State Technical University; Published in Saratov, Russia 2010; page 57, Balzer Rudolph, Lutheran stocking maker from Isenburg, document number 499; wife: Eva; children: Johann, age 5, and Catharina, age 9.
2. ↑ Ibid.
3. ↑ Wikipedia, online encyclopedia, Pink (ship), see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_(ship).
4. ↑ List of Colonists to Russia in 1766, "Reports by Ivan Kulberg," page 55, 30 of May 1766, Public colonists, arrived from Reval by the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepchin.
5. ↑ 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 #74 in the 1775 Grimm census, Baltasar Rudolf family.
6. ↑ 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 #116 in the 1798 Grimm census, Baltasar Rudolf family.

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