Johannes
(Johann)
Orth
Sr
aka Ort
Born in Saarburg, Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anna (Unknown) Orth
— married
[date unknown] (to 1782) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Johannes Orth
Died
at about age 69
in Louis (Ostrogowka) Russia
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Biography
Johann Orth Sr was a Volga German.
Johannes Ort, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois on 2 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 4.
Following the destruction of Chasselois, the Ort family relocated to the colony of Louis. The 1767 census records that Johannes Ort came from the German village of Saarburg in the Trier region. [1]
1st Marriage
His first wife was Anna born 1729, she died about 1782 Louis, Russia.
- Nikolaus Orth born 1759, widowed in 1834, married Maria Bern. He had a step-son Mattias Therre living with him in 1834.
- Mattias Orth born 1766, died 1833, married Katharina Bieker from OberMonjou
- Katharina Orth born 1767, married Johann Peter
- Johann Orth junior, born 1770, married Franziska Quindt on 29 January 1794
- Anna Katharina Orth born 1778, married Peter Bauer
2nd Marriage
In 1798 Johannes/Johann Orth/Ort is married to his 2nd wife: Margaretha Halle age 49 from Kraft.[2] He died at the age of 68, burial was 8 June 1798.[3]
- Michael Orth born 1784 married Barbara born 1784, 1st husband Schoenberger
- Johann Peter Orth born 1788, widowed in 1834
Sources
- ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 250.
- ↑ Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999):Ls14, Ls19, Ls20, Ls37, Ls39.
- ↑ Burial records from Russian Church Records
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johann by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Johann:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johann by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Johann:
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~0.78%
Carol (Dreiling) Quinlan :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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