Heinrich Daniel Wolf (abt. 1720)

Born about 1720 in Georgehausen, Hessen, Germany

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Heinrich Daniel Wolf was a Volga German.

Heinrich Daniel Wolf has German Roots.

Germany-Denmark-Russia

A45-39 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.
B-1821 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.
Rus14-56 and Rus14-57 in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766.

Note: Heinrich Daniel Wolff is not listed in the 1775 Grimm census, but his sons Bernard and Jakob are. ^[1] They are also the only two Wolffs listed as departing from Denmark in The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766. Jakob Wolf was listed in family #26 in the 1775 Grimm census.

According to Danish immigration records, Heinrich Daniel Wolff was born around 1717 in Hessen-Darmstadt. ^[2] He and his wife probably married in the late 1740s and had their first child, son Bernhard, in 1748. By 1758, he and his wife had six children.

In 1759, Danish King Frederick V invited Germans from Hessen and the Palantinate 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 farmland. Germans were known for their good farming skills and for being hard workers, so it seemed like a win-win situation both Danes and Germans. Eager to provide a better life for his family, Heinrich Daniel decided the opportunity to immigrate to Denmark was too attractive to pass up. At the time of his emigration, he was 46 years old.

Heinrich Daniel Wolff and his family left for Denmark on 07 June 1762 from the Colony of Altona in Flensburg with a group led by Christoph Paquet.^[2] They arrived in Flensburg, Duchy of Schleswig, on 12 June 1762.^[2] They took their oath of allegiance to Denmark on 19 July 1762 and were classified as reserve colonists.^[2] In June of 1763 the family was living at Number 4 Dehnen Hof in Colony F6 Friderichsheide in the region of Flensburg.^[2]

Heinrich Daniel and his wife had seven children by 1763:^[2]

• Johann Bernard, born 1748
• Johann Jacob, born 1750
• Ludewig Wendel, born 1753
• Johann Michael, born 1757
• Maria Barbara, born 1750
• Maria Elisabeth, born 1758
• Susanna Maria, born 1760

The marshlands were very inhospitable to farmers. Although the Germans were good farmers with typical farmland, it was far more difficult to convert these former wetlands and grow crops. Most of the German immigrants barely reaped enough to feed their families, let alone to provide food for others in Denmark. When Catherine the Great invited Germans to immigrate to Russia, Heinrich Daniel decided it offered him a better opportunity to provide for his family. In April of 1765 he applied for permission to leave Denmark and go to Russia.^[2] That application was granted.

It is assumed that he had every intention of leaving Denmark, but the Danish records that show which Germans went to each Volga colony do not include his name, only the names of his two oldest sons. It is unclear if he passed away in Denmark, remained in Denmark, or went to a different village. There is no notation of his death, and it seems unlikely that he would change his mind after getting approval to immigrate to Russia and stay behind in Denmark. Most likely Heinrich Daniel passed away. If his wife Catharina Maria was still living, she may have remarried and was living with her new husband's family. It is possible that she may have passed away, but, again, there is no record or notation of her death in the existing records.

I've checked the census records for any and all Wolf family members. None of Bernhard's or Jacob's siblings lived with them at the time of the 1775 census. ^[1] It seems most likely to me that either Heinrich Daniel and his wife stayed behind in Denmark with their younger children, or he passed away, she remarried and took her younger children to live with her in her "new" home, wherever that was.

Note: German records spell the surname with two Fs, as in Wolff.

This may be his marriage record. It looks like his first name, Johann, was left off the Danish records, and that he may have had three names plus his surname: Johann Heinrich Daniel Wolff.

Possible Marriage Record ^[3]

• Name Johann Henrich Wolff
• Spouse's Name Susanna Maria Joeckel
• Event Date 04 Feb 1740
• Event Place Echzell, Evangelisch, Obrhss, Hess
• Father's Name Johannes Wolff
• Spouse's Father's Name Wilhelm Christoph Joeckel

Other Children

Johannes Heinrich Wolff ^[4]

• Event Date 1749
• Gender Male
• Birth Date 06 Mar 1749
• Birth Year 1749
• Christening Date 08 Mar 1749
• Christening Place Echzell, Obrhss, Hess
• Father's Name Johann Henrich Wolff
• Mother's Name Susanna Maria

Ludwig Wendel Wolff ^[5]

• Event Date 1753
• Gender Male
• Birth Date 02 Sep 1753
• Birth Year 1753
• Christening Date 04 Sep 1753
• Christening Place Georgenhausen, Hessen, Germany
• Father's Name Henrich Daniel Wolff
• Mother's Name Susanna Catharina

Johann Michael Wolff

• Event Date 1755
• Gender Male
• Birth Date 18 Sep 1755
• Birth Year 1755
• Christening Date 21 Sep 1755
• Christening Place Georgenhausen, Hessen, Germany
• Father's Name Henrich Daniel Wolff
• Mother's Name Susanna Catharina

<b>Maria Elisabetha Wolff ^[6]

• Event Date 1758
• GenderFemale
• Birth Date 06 Feb 1758
• Birth Year 1758
• Christening Date 08 Feb 1758
• Christening Place Georgenhausen, Hessen, Germany
• Father's Name Henrich Daniel Wolff
• Mother's Name Susanna Maria

Research Notes

I removed the following death date and place:

16 Nov 1776

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

This appears to be a case of similar or identical names but different people. The Heinrich Daniel Wolf of this profile died in Russia.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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, NE, USA; Published 1995.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} 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.
3. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N81C-FWD : 26 December 2014), Johann Henrich Wolff and Susanna Maria Joeckel, 04 Feb 1740; citing Echzell, Evangelisch, Obrhss, Hess; FHL microfilm 1,200,551.
4. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5K9-38N : 28 November 2014), Henrich Daniel Wolff in entry for Johann Michael Wolff, 21 Sep 1755; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,190,558.
5. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCZZ-D5N : 28 November 2014), Henrich Daniel Wolff in entry for Ludwig Wendel Wolff, 04 Sep 1753; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,190,558.
6. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCZZ-DFF : 28 November 2014), Henrich Daniel Wolff in entry for Maria Elisabetha Wolff, 08 Feb 1758; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,190,558.