Saturday, November 30, 2013
Why did my ancestors come to Russia?
Tsarina Catherine II was a German, born in Stettin in Pomerania, now Szczecin in Poland.
She proclaimed open immigration for foreigners wishing to live in the Russian Empire on July 22, 1763, marking the beginning of a much larger presence for Germans in the Empire.
It had attracted thousands of colonists from Germany, largely because of the following incentives:
▹ Free transportation to Russia
▹ Large tracts of free land, plenty of water, free timber
▹ The free exercise of religion
▹ Interest-free loans for purchasing equipment
▹ Freedom from taxes for ten to thirty years, depending on the area of settlement
▹ Exemption from military service for themselves and their descendants
▹ Local self-government in colonies
Thursday, November 28, 2013
First known Schochenmaier's generation
On the basis of St. Petersburg Lutheran Evangelical Archives (http://russiangenes.com/2011/02/central-state-historical-archive-of-st-petersburg/) at the Family History Center (Salt Lake City, Utah), we may reconstruct who were the first Schochenmaier who had come to Russia from Germany.
Any (GOTTLIEB) SCHOCHENMAIER, who had been born about 1800 and apparently not in Russia, had got the children as follows:
So, we may conclude that the family of Schochenmaiers had moved from Germany to Russia between 1810 and 1828.
Any (GOTTLIEB) SCHOCHENMAIER, who had been born about 1800 and apparently not in Russia, had got the children as follows:
- GOTTLIEB SCHOCHENMAIER, born about 1828.
- LUDWIG SCHOCHENMAIER, born about 1830, Kamenka (?); died 18 Feb 1856, Rohrbach, Beresan, Odessa, Russia.
- CHRISTIAN SCHOCHENMAIER, born about 1833.
- AUGUST SCHOCHENMAIER, born about 1835; died 10 Jul 1855, Worms, Beresan, Odessa, Russia; married to MARGARETHE OCHSNER (31 May 1854, Rohrbach, Beresan, Odessa, Russia).
- KATHARINA SCHOCHENMAIER, born about 1836; died 24 Mar 1856, Rohrbach, Beresan, Odessa, Russia.
So, we may conclude that the family of Schochenmaiers had moved from Germany to Russia between 1810 and 1828.
Let's get started!
Long before I intented to carry out the research on my own surname: SHOKHENMAYER.
The actual "Shokhenmayer" is the translitteration from Russian "ШОХЕНМА(Й)ЕР". I was told that in various documents of my family in the beginning of the XXth century two German versions are to be found:
Schochenmeier
and
Schochenmaier.
Theoretically, there could be more:
Schochenmeyer
Schochenmayer
Schockenmeier
Schockenmaier
Schockenmeyer
Schockenmayer
Schochenmayr
Schochenmair
Schochenmeir
Schockenmayr
Schockenmair
Schockenmeir
Post by post I will present everything I found in the archives, documents, maps and on the Internet. If you have some ideas, your help will be appriciated a lot!!!
The actual "Shokhenmayer" is the translitteration from Russian "ШОХЕНМА(Й)ЕР". I was told that in various documents of my family in the beginning of the XXth century two German versions are to be found:
Schochenmeier
and
Schochenmaier.
Theoretically, there could be more:
Schochenmeyer
Schochenmayer
Schockenmeier
Schockenmaier
Schockenmeyer
Schockenmayer
Schochenmayr
Schochenmair
Schochenmeir
Schockenmayr
Schockenmair
Schockenmeir
Post by post I will present everything I found in the archives, documents, maps and on the Internet. If you have some ideas, your help will be appriciated a lot!!!
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