Born 1742 in Germany

Died [date unknown] in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Maria (Siegristen) Götz is a Volga German.

Maria (Siegristen) Götz has German Roots.

Family #65 in the 1767 Grimm census.

Family # 140 in the 1775 Grimm census.

Anna Maria, last name unknown for now, was born about 1747, probably in the Darmstadt area of what is now Germany. She met and married her husband Nikolaus Götz eight years before the couple decided to immigrate to Russia.

Marriage Records

First Marriage Record ^[1]

Name: Nickolaus Goetz

Gender: Male

Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1758

Marriage Place: Evangelische und Militar, Pirmasens, Pfalz, Bavaria

Spouse: Anna Maria Siegristen

FHL Film Number: 488515

Second Marriage Record ^[2]

This record includes the names of Anna Maria's father.

Name: Anna Maria Sigristen

Gender: weiblich (Female)

Event Type: Heirat (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1758

Marriage Place: Pirmasens, Bayern (Bavaria), Deutschland (Germany)

Father: Jacob Sigristen

Spouse: Nickolaus Götz

Parish as it Appears: Pirmasensscher

City or District: Vinningen

Page Number: 74;75

Author: Evangelische Kirche Pirmasens (BA. Pirmasens)

Film Number: 488515

Later that year, the couple had their first child.

Christening Record for Catharina Elisabetha Goetz ^[3]

Name Catharina Elisabetha Goetz

Gender Female

Christening Date 19 Nov 1758

Christening Place Evangelisch und Militar, Pirmasens, Pfalz, Bavaria

Father's Name Nicol Goetz

Mother's Name A. Maria Siegristin

The couple later had another son, Michael, but it's unclear what his exact birth year is.

Birth Record for Son Johann Michael Götz ^[4]

Name: Anna Maria Götz

Gender: weiblich (Female)

Spouse: Johann Nicolaus Götz

Child: Johann Michael Götz

Parish as it Appears: Pirmasens

City or District: Pirmasens

Author: Evangelische Kirche. Militärgemeinde Pirmasens

Film Number: 488521

She and her husband are listed in the Kulberg Reports as immigrants to Russia. They departed from Luebeck and arrived in Russia on 14 September 1766, one of the last groups of Germans who were part of the original immigrant wave. ^[5] She and her husband eventually settled in Grimm and are listed in the first census in 1767.

1767 Grimm Census ^[6]

Family # 65

Head of the Household Nikolaus Götz, age 27, Lutheran Craftsman from Frankfurt am Main

Wife Anna Maria Götz, age 22

Child #1 Johannes Götz, age 1 year 6 months [sic]

1775 Grimm Census ^[7]

Family # 140

Head of the Household Nikolaus Getz, age 33

Wife Anna Maria Getz, age 28

Child #1 Jakob Getz, age 5 years 3 months

Child #2 Katharina Getz, age 3

Anna Maria Getz does not appear in the 1798 census, and neither do any of her family members. It may be the the family moved to a different village.

Sources

1. ↑ Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Nickolaus Goetz and Anna Maria Siegristen, 09 February 1758, Pirmasens, Pfalz, Bavaria. See: https://ancstry.me/2Dff7Sq.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Anna Maria Sigristen and Nickolaus Götz, 09 February 1758, Pirmasens, Bayern, Deutschland.
3. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDJ2-1JJ : 10 February 2018), A. Maria Siegristin in entry for Catharina Elisabetha Goetz, 19 Nov 1758; citing ; FHL microfilm 488,510.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Johann Michael Götz born in Pirmasens, son of Johann Nicolaus and Anna Maria Götz. See :https://ancstry.me/2yJko0t.
5. ↑ 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 408, Nicolaus Goetz, Lutheran farmer from Darmstadt, document number 6475.
6. ↑ 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 81, family #65.
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 #140 in the 1775 census.

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