Philipp Anton Artzer, son of Karl & Theresia Artzer, married in Wiesbach, northeast of Zweibrücken (today in Rhineland-Palatinate) on 26 February 1743 to Maria Catharina Götte, daughter of Johannes & Anna Maria Götte. They had several children born in Wiesbach among whom were Anna Elisabeth (born 11 November 1751), Balthasar (born 12 February 1754), and Katharina Barbara (born 15 August 1757). Anton's wife died and he remarried in Wiesbach on 27 October 1761 to Maria Margaretha Brungard, daughter of Franz Brungard. They had several children born in Contwig, among whom was Catharina Margaretha (baptized 5 November 1763). [The 1767 Census of Sewald records that Anton is from Stambach, just east of Contwig.]
The Anton Artzer family immigrated to Russia, arriving at the port in Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766. They settled in the Volga German colony of Sewald on 20 August 1767. At some point Anton's second wife also died, as he is recorded as a widower on the 1767 Census in Sewald living in Household No. 33 along with the children.
- Parish records for Contwig - LDS Film No. 489413.
- Parish records for Wiesbach - LDS Film No. 247677.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 174.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): 219.