Krickau

Spelling Variations
Krikau
Associated Colonies
Place of origin
Wolfenhausen (Weilmünster), Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Germany
Description

Johann Georg and Maria Kunigunda Krikau had four children according to the Wolfenhausen parish records: Johann Wilhelm, baptized 7 September 1749; Maria Katharina, baptized 31 October 1751; Maria Magdalena, baptized 27 July 1753; and Johann Adam, baptized 7 September 1765. 

The family arrived in Russia on 4 July 1766.  Maria Kunigunda died during the journey to the villages.  Johann Georg, his new wife Maria Katharina, his four children and step-children Johann Georg and Anna Maria Gilau settled in Warenburg and are reported there on the First Settler's List in Family #156.  

Sources

- Parish records of Wolfenhausen and list of emigrants to Russia in 1766, FHL Film #1476755
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): p. 142
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Nordost-Institute, 2008): p. 345

Researchers
Wayne H. Bonner
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