Susanna Margaretha (Schloetzer) Schuppe (1729 - bef. 1834)

Born 14 Aug 1729 in Döttingen (OA. Künzelsau), Württemberg

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Died before 1834 before age 104 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Margaretha (Schloetzer) Schuppe was a Volga German.

Margaretha (Schloetzer) Schuppe has German Roots.

Germany-Denmark-Russia

Family B-1510 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family 14-41 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family #55 in the 1775 Grimm census.

Family #69 in the 1798 Grimm census.

Susanna Margaretha Schlotser/Schlotzer was born 14 Aug 1729 in Döttingen (OA. Künzelsau), Württemberg, Germany. The town was located about 77 miles west of Baden-Durlach near the French border, the town where her husband was born.

Susanna Margaretha's Birth Record ^[1]

Name Susanna Margaretha Schloetzer

Event Date 1729

Gender Female

Birth Date 14 Aug 1729

Birth Year 1729

Christening Date 15 Aug 1729

Christening Place Döttingen (OA. Künzelsau), Württemberg, Germany

Father's Name Niklos Schloetzer

Mother's Name Anna Magdalena

Maternal Grandfather's Name Andreas Bartelmos

This area was hit particularly hard by war and famine during the 1700s. Despite the fact that Germans had a reputation for being good, hard workers, there were many people struggling to survive. In addition to war and famine, the economic conditions were adversely affected by high taxes and burdensome tithing expected by the local Church.

Susanna Margaretha married Wilhelm Schuppe/Schoper/Schopp around 1754. Their first child, daughter Elisabeth Catharina was born in 1757, followed by daughter Jakobina in 1760. From the start, Wilhelm had difficulty supporting his growing family.

In 1759, the Danish government offered these struggling Germans a chance for a new life in Denmark, helping to farm what was currently unfarmed wetlands. Those who chose to immigrate would be given an opportunity for a brighter future via homesteaded land or through a land lottery.

Susanna Margaretha and Wilhelm decided to accept the Danish government's offer to immigrate to Denmark. The family arrived in the City of Schleswig, Denmark, on 04 July 1761 and took their oath of allegiance to Denmark on 24 July 1761. ^[2] Two weeks later they were living at 5 "Christians Hoffnung" in Colonie G15 Sophienhamm, in the region of Gottorf. ^[3]

Unfortunately, the wetlands were more difficult to farm than anyone expected and the Germans' frustrations grew. When Catherine the Great issued her first manifesto inviting Germans to come to Russia, many Germans who were struggling in Denmark thought it was too good an offer to pass up.

On 01 May 1763 they bid farewell to Denmark with the intention of immigrating to Russia. ^[4] They ended up in Grimm, along the Volga River, with 57 other German-Danish families. ^[5] If they arrived earlier than 1766, they were first settled in the Colony of Dobrinka. Those first few years were very rough on the settlers. Cossacks, bandits, and other migratory people routinely plundered the new villages and killed many of the villagers. The villagers' plight did not improve until after 1765 when the Cossack bandit Pugachev was captured and hung. The arrival of additional immigrants also helped the villagers be better able to defend their property and lives.

Susanna Margaretha and her husband are listed in the 1775 Grimm census along with their two children, Georg Jakob and Jakobina.

1775 Grimm Census ^[6]

Family # 55

Head of the Household Wilhelm Schuppe, age 40

Wife Margareta [sic] [Schlotser] Schuppe, age 47

Child #1 Georg Jakob Schuppe, age 12

Child #2 Jakobina Schuppe, age 16

By 1798, her daughter Jakobina was no longer living with her parents. She was likely married and living in a different household. Her son Georg Jakob remained in the family's household with his wife and six children.

1798 Grimm Census ^[7]

Family # 69

Head of the Household Wilhelm Schopp [?], age 61

Wife Margareta [sic] Schlotser [sic] Schopp [?], age 69

Child #1 Georg Jakob Schopp [?], age 34

Wife of Child #1 Barbara Merkler [sic] Schoppe [?], age 31

Grandchild #1 Georg Wilhelm Schopp [?], age 7

Grandchild #2 Heinrich Wilhelm Schopp [?], age 1

Grandchild #3 Jakobina Schopp [?}, age 12

Grandchild #4 Margaia Magdalina [sic], age 10

Grandchild #5 Elizabeta [sic] Schopp [sic], age 6

Grandchild #6 Elizabeta [sic] Margareta [sic] Schopp [sic] age 3

Susanna Margaretha Schuppe was not named in the 1834 census and she was probably deceased. ^[8] Had she survived, she would have been more than 100 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5V2-2QC : accessed 21 May 2016), Susanna Margaretha Schloetzer, 15 Aug 1729; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,190,490.
2. ↑ Eichhorn, Dr. Alexander, Dr. Jacob and Mary Eichhorn. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766; Bonn, Germany and Midland Michigan, USA; Drukerei und Verlag Steinmeier GmbH & Co. Kg, Deiningen, Germany, 2012; page 471, B-798.
3. ↑ The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766, page 471.
4. ↑ The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766, page 471.
5. ↑ The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766, page 471.
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 #55 in the 1775 Grimm census, Wilhelm Schuppe family.
7. ↑ 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 #69 in the 1798 census, Wilhelm Schopp family.
8. ↑ 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.

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein

• http://kenho.50webs.com/2-yauk/History/07-MigrateRussia/EuropeMigration.html