Born about 1740 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany [uncertain]

Died before 1798 in Dobrinka, Volga Region, Russia

Biography

Conrad Rupp is a Volga German.

Family #75 in the 1767 Dobrinka census.
Family #160 in the 1798 Grimm census.

His existence is documented by his widow and at least two children who are listed in the 1798 census.

1798 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 160

Head of the Household David Schwemmer, age 55

Wife Anna Margaretha Rupp Schwemmer, age 54, from Dobrinka, second wife

Child #1 Katharina Schwemmer, age 24, by deceased wife Katharina

Anna Margaretha's children by deceased husband Mr. Rupp:

Child #2 Johann Michael Rupp, age 20

Child #3 Elisabeth Rupp, age 30

I checked the 1767 Dobrinka census, of which I have a copy, and it appears that his name was Conrad/Konrad Rupp. He and his wife had at least one older child, Johann Christian, who was 9 months old when the 1767 census was taken in August of that year. This means the child's birth was likely in December of 1766, probably in Oranienbaum, Russia.

1767 Dobrinka Census ^[2]

Family # 75

Head of the Household Conrad Rupp, age 22, Lutheran farmer from Darmstadt Seilzlas [?]

Wife Anna Margaretha Rupp, age 27

Child #1 Johann Christian Rupp, age 9 months

Conrad Rupp is not named in the Kulberg Reports ^[3] nor in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 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 #160 in the 1798 Grimm census, David Schwemmer family.
2. ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2, Herausgegeben von Alfred Eisfeld under Mitarbeit von Sabine Eichwald, Published by the Nordost-Instsitut - 38085 Göttingen, 2005; page 334, family #75, Conrad Rupp family.
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ 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.

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