Maria Katharina Tule (abt. 1761)

Born about 1761 in Germany

Died [date unknown] in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Katharina Tule was a Volga German.

Katharina Tule has German Roots.

Germany-Denmark-Russia

Family B-1693 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family Rus14-46 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Family #27 in the 1775 Grimm census.

Note: The surname Tule was originally spell with a Th as in Thul, but the Th sound was pronounced as a hard T sound. Hence, the transcription error from others who wrote the name phonetically. Either way, there are no Thuls or Tules in German birth and marriage records. Perhaps it was once spelled Toll or Tolle. I still can't connect him with a birth or marriage record.

The first mention of Maria Katharina I can find is in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766. She is one of the unnamed daughters of Gottfried Tule and his Maria Elisabeth, who immigrated to Denmark in 1762. Her full name is included in the 1775 Grimm census, stating she was 14 in 1775, making her birth year 1761.

Her town of origin in Germany is not listed, but we can be reasonably certain her family came from either Württemberg or Hessen, both areas from where Volga Germans originated. Another possibility, although with less certainty, is that they were one of the few families who immigrated to Denmark from Sweden. This is based solely on the facts that 1) Some immigrants were from Sweden, and 2) The original spelling of Tule -- Thul -- is Swedish. So far, I have been unsuccessful in finding any mention of her parents in the German or Swedish records available online.

In 1759, Danish King Frederick V invited Germans from Hessen and the Palatinate to help settle the area of Schleswig-Holstein, at that time under the control of the Danes. The king was interested in converting the marsh lands to arable farm land. Germans were known for their good farming skills and for being hard workers, so it seemed like a win-win situation both both Danes and Germans. Her father decided the opportunity to immigrate to Denmark with his family was too attractive to pass up.

He and his family arrived in the city of Flensburg, Denmark on 30 January 1762, where he was considered a reserve colonist in the district of Tondern. ^[1] On 10 June 1763, he was dismissed from his obligation and he made arrangements for his family to immigrate to Russia, along with 57 other German Danish colonists and their families.^[1]

The family is recorded as living in Grimm, Russia, at the time of the 1775 census.

1775 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 27

Head of the Household Gottfried Tule, age 60

Wife Maria Elisabeth Tule, age 50

Child #1 Maria Katharina Tule, age 14

Child #2 Anna Sophia Tule, age 8 years 6 months

Child #3 Ertman [?] Klaus, age 16 years 6 months, stepson

Child #4 Maria Elisabeth Klaus, age 18 years 6 months, stepdaughter

Her parents are not listed in the 1798 census, which means they had probably passed away by then. Maria Katharina was probably married by then, living with her husband's family.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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.
2. ↑ 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 #27 in the 1775 census, Gottfried Tule family.

See also:

• VolgaGermans.org online database, research from Concordia University Center for Volga German Studies, History, Journey Through Denmark, see https://www.volgagermans.org/history/journey-through-denmark.

• VolgaGermans.org online database, research from Concordia University Center for Volga German Studies, Who Are Volga Germans, Settlements, Original, Grimm, see https://www.volgagermans.org/who-are-volga-germans/settlements/original/grimm.

• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagel%C3%B6hner