Brungardt

Franciscus Brunguard was born in Stambach to Mathias Brunguard and Anna Margaretha Guiot. His baptism on 17 February 1709 was recorded in the Catholic parish records of Contwig. He married Anna Magdalena Schoenberger of Stambach on 20 November 1731 in Contwig. Anna Magdalena was the daughter of Johan Jacob Schoenberger and Susanna Bartau. She died 19 May 1760 at age 58 in Stambach. Her death and burial were recorded in the Catholic parish records of Contwig.

To this marriage were born eight children whose baptisms and burials were recorded in the Catholic parish records of Contwig: (1) Maria Barbara died 11 March 1736 at age 3 – no baptism located, (2) Maria Magdalena baptized 2 December 1733, (3) Maria Margaretha baptized 21 September 1735, (4) Catharina Elisabeth baptized 6 Oct 1737 and died in 1738 at age 9 months, (5) Maria Barbara baptized 20 August 1742 and died 17 May 1743 at age 3 months, (6) Franciscus Peter baptized 13 March 1744, (7) Maria Barbara baptized 27 August 1739 and died 28 January 1741, (8) Maria Barbara baptized 22 April 1747 and died 13 August 1756 at age 6 years 4 months.

Maria Margaretha Brungardt married Anton Artzer in Weisbach on 27 October 1761. This couple had two children baptized in Contwig: Anna Angelica baptized 23 September 1762, and Catharina Margaretha baptized 4 November 1763.

Maria Magdalena Brunguard married Peter Auer (son of Sebastian Auer and Maria Catharina Blum from Breitfurt) on 5 May 1761 in Contwig.

Franciscus (Frantz) Peter Brungard married Anna Maria Müller on 28 May 1765 in Roßlau.

Franz Brungardt and his wife, and Anton Artzer and his family, arrived in Russia on 21 July 1766.

Franz Peter Brungardt appears on a list dated 7 March 1767 of colonists destined to settle in Rohleder. The colonists were questioned about how much money they received and what promises had been made to them by the individuals who had recruited them to migrate to Russia.

Franz Peter Brungard, his wife Anna Maria, and their children Magdalena and Hans Jacob settled in Rohleder and are reported there on the First Settlers List (1767 Census) in Household #8. Franz Brungard, his wife Susanna, and son Aron settled in Sewald and are reported there on the First Settlers List in Household #40.

Peter Brungard and his family are reported on the 1798 Census of Rohleder in Household #7. The movement tables in the 1798 Census note that Andreas Brungardt moved from Rohleder to Herzog in 1791, and Jakob Brungardt moved from Rohleder to Herzog in 1795. Jacob Brungard is reported on the 1798 Census of Herzog in Household #8, and Andreas Brungard is reported in Household #13.

When the Volga German settlers departed for Russia in 1766, neither of the current Catholic churches in Stambach and Contwig existed. According to the Contwig community website, after the Reformation, the previously Catholic St. Thomas church became a Lutheran church. In 1684, after French control of the area began, the church was shared by both the Catholic and Lutheran parishes. The current Lutheran church was contructed between 1781 and 1784 on the site where the previous church building had stood. The shared use of the building by both Catholic and Lutheran parishes continued until the new Catholic church building in Contwig (St. Laurentius) was constructed between 1903 and 1905. The Catholic church in Stambach was constructed between 1950 and 1952.