Johann Friedrich Stieben (abt. 1712)

Born about 1712 in Mecklenburg, Dornburg, Germany

Died [date unknown] in Bauer, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Friedrich Stieben was a Volga German.

Friedrich Stieben has German Roots.

Family #26 in the 1766 Bauer census.

According to the 1766 Bauer census, he was a Lutheran, a farmer from Mecklenburg, Dornburg, Germany. He traveled to Bauer with his wife, Anna Dorothea, and four children:

• Johann Joachim, born in 1746
• Johann Peter, born in 1748
• Adolf Franz, born in 1751
• Nicolaus Caspar, born in 1754

Research is fairly clear that this is a misspelling of the original German surname. More likely spellings include:

• Steuben
• Staeben
• Stubben
• Steubing
• Steibnig
• Steeben

Here is one possible birth record:

• Name Friedrich Staeben
• Gender Male
• Christening Date 09 Feb 1713
• Christening Place Hanseberg, Brandenburg, Prussia
• Father's Name Friedrich Staeben

Sources

• Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 1, Published by Der Goettinger Arbeitskreis - 37085 Goettingen, 1999; page 122, family 26, Johann Friedrich Stieben, age 54.

• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXX8-QRC : 28 November 2014), Friedrich Staeben, 09 Feb 1713; citing ; FHL microfilm 887,231.