Anna Maria (Müller) Rusch (abt. 1759 - bef. 1857)

Born about 1759 in Darmstady, Germany

Descendants

Died before 1857 before about age 98 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Maria (Müller) Rusch was a Volga German.

Maria (Müller) Rusch has German Roots.

Family #5194 in the Kulberg Reports
Family #14 in the 1775 Grimm census.
Family #93 in the 1798 Grimm census.
Family #139 in the 1834 Grimm census.

Anna Maria Müller was born about 1759 in the Darmstadt area of what is now Germany to parents were Konrad and Katharina Müller. She is included in her father's family in the Kulberg Reports, a list of German travelers who immigrated to Russia. ^[1]

She is listed in the first Grimm, Russia, census, taken about one year later after the colonists had settled in their new village.

1767 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family #: 43

Head of the Household: Konrad Müller, 48, Lutheran craftsman from Darmstadt

Wife: Katharina, 45

Son: Johann Heinrich, 20

Son: Peter, 18

Son: Johannes, age 14

Daughter: Anna Maria, 8

Daughter: Maria Elisabeth, 6

Eight years later, she is listed as living with her father's family in the 1775 census.

1775 Grimm Census ^[3]

Family #: 14

Head of the Household: Konrad Müller, age 55

Wife: Katharina, age 52

Child #1: Johannes, age 22

Child #2: Anna Maria, 16

Child #3: Maria Elisabeth, 14

Child #4: Peter Müller, age 24

Wife of Child#4: Maria Agnes, age 20

Child of Child #4 Anna Maria, age 6 months

Anna Maria married Ernst Christian Rüsch by the end of 1775, after the census was taken, and their first child was born the following year. The couple went on to have five children.

1798 Grimm Census ^[4]

Family # 93

Head of the Household Ernst Rusch, age 50

Spouse Anna Maria Müller, age 39

Child #1 Johann Peter, age 22

Wife of Child #1 Christina Schmidt, age 22

Child of Child #1 Elizabeta, age 6 months

Child #2 Johann Friedrich, age 20

Wife of Child #2 Elizabeta Erdman, age 19

Child of Child #2 Johann Peter, age 3 months

Child #3 Louisa, age 14

Child #4 Christina, age 11

The couple went on to have five documented children. Her husband Ernst Christian died before 1816, and by 1834 she was still listed as his widow, the head of the household that included her sons and their families.

1834 Grimm Census ^[5]

Note that all grandchildren and great grandchildren are through Anna Maria's son Johann Peter. They are grouped below by sub-families, and each line shows the relationship between Anna Maria and that person: child, grandchild, great grandchild, etc.

Family # 139

Head of the Household Anna Maria Rusch, age 78

Child #1 Johann Peter, age 57

Wife of Child #1 Christina, age 57

Grandchild #1 Ernst, age 35

Wife of Grandchild #1 Elisabeth, age 32

Great Grandchild #1 Alexander, age 8

Great Grandchild #2 Henrietta, age 6

Great Grandchild #3 Johann Peter, age 6

Great Grandchild #4 Christina Margaretha, age 1 year 6 months

Grandchild #2 Johann Heinrich, age 29

Wife of Grandchild #2 Elisabeth, age 27

Great Grandchild #5 Katharina Elisabeth, age 6 years 6 months

Grandchild #3 Georg Peter, age 25

Wife of Grandchild #3 Eva Katharina, age 23

Great Grandchild #6 Johann Peter, age 2

Great Grandchild #7 Johann Heinrich, age 6 months

Grandchild #4 Katharina Margaretha, age 23, unmarried

Grandchild #5 Georg Heinrich, age 22

Wife of Grandchild #5 Katharina Margaretha, age 21

Great Grandchild #8 Georg Jakob, age 1 year 6 months

Great Grandchild #9 Johann Heinrich, age 6 weeks

Grandchild #6 Christian Jakob, age 17, unmarried

Anna Maria Rusch is not listed in the 1857 Grimm census and most likely passed away before that year. If she were still alive, she would have been 101 years old.

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 329-330, Conrad Mueller, Lutheran, farmer from Darmstadt, document No. 5194; wife Catharina; children: Johann Heinrich, age 20; Johann Peter, age 18; Johann Peter, age 14; Anna Elisabeth, age 10; Anna Maria, age 8, Maria Elisabeth, age 6; Anna Maria, age 3; and Eva Catharina, age 1.
2. ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Herausgegeben von Alfred Eisfeld under Mitarbeit von Sabine Eichwald, Published by the Nordost-Instsitut - 38085 Göttingen, 2005; Konrad Müller, age 48, Lutheran craftsman from Darmstadt; wife Katharina, age 45; son Johann Heinrich, age 20; son Peter, age 18; son Johannes, age 14; daughter Anna Maria, age 8; and daughter Maria Elisabeth, age 6.
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, NE, USA; Published 1995; family #14 in the 1775 census.
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, NE, USA; Published 1995; family #107 in the 1798 census.
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 43, family #139.