Fech

Associated Colonies
Place of origin
Düdelsheim, Büdingen, Hessen, Germany
Description

Adam Hermann Fech, son of Johann Adam Fech & Anna Maria Koch, was baptized in Düdelsheim on 1 December 1735. He married there on 30 August 1764 to Anna Elisabeth Raab, daughter of Johannes and Anna Maria Raab. Anna Elisabeth was baptized in Düdelsheim on 4 July 1745. They arrived in Balzer on 18 July 1767 along with their 2 daughters and Anna Elisabeth Raab's parents. They are recorded in Household No. 50 on the 1767 Census of Balzer .

Sources

- Bonner, Wayne H. Volga German Settlers Identified in Isenburg and Other German Church Records Part I (Gardena, CA: Wayne Bonner, 2007): 25.
- Düdelsheim Parish Records.
- Decker, Klaus-Peter. Büdingen als Sammelplatz der Auswanderung an die Wolga 1766 (Büdingen: Geschichtswerkstatt Büdingen, 2009): 83.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 85.

Researchers
John Wall