Lists of Mennonite Colonists who
Migrated to Russia through Grodno
in 1803-1804
(extracts)
Russian State Historical Archives (RGIA)
Fond 383, Opis 29, Dielo 215
Translated by Sergei Chaiderman
August 1997
HTML by Richard D. Thiessen
List of colonists who remained in the winter quarters of Vorevensky, arriving from Grodno through Zhitomir.
Note: Variations of these lists also appear in Mennonite Migration to Russia, 1788-1828 by Peter Rempel (Winnipeg: Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, 2000).
| The following families remained in Russia on an open visa which was produced in Grodno on 17 October 1803. | |||
| Note: A similar list appears in Rempel, pp. 74. | |||
| 1 | Abraham Epp | over 15 | |
| wife Anna | |||
| their daughters | under 15 | ||
| Anna | |||
| Katharina | |||
| Christina | |||
| 2 | David Epp | over 15 | |
| wife | Christina | ||
| daughters | under 15 | ||
| Katharina | |||
| Christina | |||
| Anna | |||
| their boarder | Peter Heidebrecht | over 15 | |
| Peter Martens | |||
| 3 | Johann Baerg | over 15 | |
| wife | Agnetha | ||
| his cousin (Rempel: p. 74, brother) | Jacob | ||
| 4 | Franz Reimer | over 15 | |
| wife | Agnetha (Rempel: p. 74, Agatha) | ||
| son | Johann | under 15 | |
| daughters | Gertrude | ||
| Anna | |||
| sister-in-law | Sara | ||
| 5 | Peter Esau | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| son | Aaron | under 15 | |
| daughters | Anna | ||
| Agnetha | |||
| 6 | Jacob Boldt | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| sons | Johann | under 15 | |
| Dietrich | |||
| Heinrich | |||
| daughters | Katharina | ||
| Sara | |||
| Margaretha | |||
| 7 | Peter Groening | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| son | Peter | under 15 | |
| daughters | Katharina | ||
| Christina | |||
| 8 | Abraham Friesen | over 15 | |
| wife | Margaretha | ||
| sons | Abraham | under 15 | |
| Johann | |||
| Dietrich | |||
| daughter | Maria | ||
| The following families arrived on open visas on 15 October 1803 from Grodno. | |||
| Note: A similar list appears in Rempel, pp. 72-73. | |||
| 1 | Berend Fast | over 15 | |
| wife | Sara | ||
| sons | Peter | 15 | |
| Isaac | under 15 | ||
| Berend | |||
| daughters | Maria | over 15 | |
| Helena | |||
| Katharina | under 15 | ||
| Sara | |||
| Agatha | |||
| Agnetha | |||
| 2 | Daniel Wiens | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| Peter | under 15 | ||
| Daniel | |||
| Franz | |||
| daughters | Katharina | over 15 | |
| Christina | |||
| 3 | Isbrecht Neudorf | over 15 | |
| wife | Anna | ||
| daughters | Anna | under 15 | |
| Christina | |||
| Susanna | |||
| Elisabeth | |||
| Margaretha | |||
| Katharina | |||
| 4 | Johann Reimer | over 15 | |
| wife | Margaretha | ||
| son | Johann | under 15 | |
| 5 | Peter Harms | over 15 | |
| wife | Agnetha (Rempel: p. 73, Agatha) | ||
| sons | Peter | under 15 | |
| Isaak | |||
| Johann | |||
| Wilhelm | |||
| daughter | Agnetha (Rempel: p. 73, Agatha) | ||
| 6 | Johann Harms | over 15 | |
| wife | Maria | ||
| son | Johann | under 15 | |
| daughter | Katharina | ||
| his brother | Isaac Harms | over 15 | |
| his sister | Agnetha | ||
| her daughters | Anna | under 15 | |
| Maria | |||
| Agnetha | |||
| 7 | Johann Koop | over 15 | |
| wife | Margaretha | ||
| sons | Paul | under 15 | |
| Thomas | |||
| daughters | Agnetha | over 15 | |
| Maria | |||
| Margaretha | |||
| Regina | |||
| 8 | Kornelius Wiens (Rempel: p. 73, Kornelius Weis) | over 15 | |
| wife | Margaretha | ||
| son | Johann | ||
| daughter | Maria | ||
| 9 | Jacob Wiens | over 15 | |
| wife | Helena | ||
| sons | Jacob | ||
| Gottfried | under 15 | ||
| Johann | |||
| Heinrich | |||
| Gerhard | |||
| daughter | Susanna | over 15 | |
| 10 | Abraham Reimer | over 15 | |
| wife | Maria | ||
| daughter | Maria | under 15 | |
| 11 | Gerhard Wiens | over 15 | |
| wife | Elisabeth | ||
| son | Gerhard | under 15 | |
| daughter | Katharina | over 15 | |
| Agnetha | under 15 | ||
| Susanna | |||
| 12 | Johann Fast | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| sons | Isaak | under 15 | |
| Johann | |||
| 13 | Franz Kroeker | over 15 | |
| wife | Helena | ||
| sister | Anna | ||
| sons | Jacob | under 15 | |
| Johann | |||
| daughters | Anna | over 15 | |
| Helena | under 15 | ||
| Margaretha | |||
| 14 | Peter Fast | over 15 | |
| wife | Helena | ||
| 15 | Gerhard Penner | over 15 | |
| wife | Maria | ||
| sons | Gerhard | under 15 | |
| daughter | Anna | ||
| Note: The previous family is listed in Rempel, p. 68, in the 9 October 1803 group | |||
| The following families arrived on an open visa from Grodno on 8 October 1803. | |||
| A similar list appears in Rempel, p. 69. | |||
| 1 | Heinrich Epp | over 15 | |
| wife | Margaretha | ||
| son | Heinrich | ||
| daughter | Christina | ||
| Margaretha | |||
| Anna | |||
| Gertrude | |||
| Maria | |||
| Katharina | |||
| 2 | Aaron Demmar | over 15 | |
| wife | Susanna | ||
| sons | Arend | ||
| Gregory | |||
| Heinrich | |||
| daughters | Katharina | under 15 | |
| Sara | |||
| Note: Rempel, p. 69, Dreimer; wife's name is Eva, not Susanna. | |||
| 3 | Martin Hamm | over 15 | |
| wife | Eva | ||
| sons | Martin | ||
| Arend | |||
| David | |||
| daughters | Katharina | ||
| Christina | |||
| Margaretha | |||
| Susanna | |||
| also with them | David Koslowsky | ||
| Note: Rempel, p. 69: wife is Susanna. Martin Hamm's and Aron Dreimer's wife's names have been interchanged in this list, according to Rempel, p. 69. | |||
| 4 | Jacob Fast | over 15 | |
| wife | Elisabeth | ||
| son | Jacob | under 15 | |
| daughter | Maria (Rempel: p. 69, Agata) | ||
| with them | Peter Goosen | over 15 | |
| Note: Rempel, p. 69, Peter Goosen is not listed with this family, but with another Jacob Fast in the same conveyance 14 list. | |||
| 5 | Isaak Fast | over 15 | |
| wife | Helena | ||
| sons | Heinrich | ||
| daughter | Katharina | ||
| Note: Rempel, p. 69, daughter Christina | |||
| 6 | Isaak Friesen | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| sons | Johann | ||
| Isaak | |||
| daughters | Katharina | ||
| Susanna | |||
| Anna | |||
| Maria | under 15 | ||
| son | Heinrich | ||
| with them | Daniel Friesen? | over 15 | |
| 7 | Jacob Friesen | over 15 | |
| wife | Marianna | ||
| daughter | Elisabeth | under 15 | |
| These thirty families are provided with money for provisions from the Cabinet of Government Board for forty days. For every adult 25 kopek and for every youth 12 kopek, on 4 December [1803] and on the due date once again they are provided with money for provisions for forty days by the Minister of Internal Affairs. For every adult 15 kopek and every youth 10 kopek, on 5 January [1804]. The total is 2384 rubles. | |||
| The following families arrived on an open visa from Grodno on 18 October 1803. | |||
| A similar list appears in Rempel, p. 75. | |||
| 1 | Nickolai Friesen | over 15 | |
| wife | Elisabeth | ||
| sons | Johann | ||
| Michael | |||
| daughter | Elisabeth | ||
| 2 | Julius Friesen | over 15 | |
| wife | Elisabeth (Rempel: p. 76, Helena) | ||
| 3 | Johann Wiebe | over 15 | |
| wife | Helena | ||
| son | Johann | under 15 | |
| daughters | Maria | ||
| Agnetha | |||
| brother | Franz | over 15 | |
| 4 | Peter Walls | over 15 | |
| wife | Anita | ||
| son | Peter | under 15
died on December 20th | |
| Note: Rempel, p. 75, surname is Weiss and wife's name is Agneta. | |||
| 5 | Kornelius Heidebrecht | over 15 | |
| wife | Anna | ||
| son | Peter | under 15 | |
| daughters | Anna | died on December 25th | |
| Regina | under 15 | ||
| 6 | Abraham Friesen | over 15 | |
| wife | Helena | ||
| son | Abraham | under 15 | |
| daughter | Helena | ||
| Note: Rempel, p. 75, Klassen | |||
| 7 | Peter Hiebner | over 15 | |
| mother | Sara | ||
| 8 | Isaak Klassen | over 15 | |
| wife | Maria | ||
| sons | Isaac | ||
| Peter | under 15 | ||
| Franz | died December 1st | ||
| David | died December 25th | ||
| Abraham | died December 20th | ||
| 9 | Johann Neufeld | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| sons | Johann | under 15 | |
| Jacob | |||
| daughters | Anna | ||
| Katharina | |||
| 10 | Bernd Fast | over 15 | |
| wife | Helena | ||
| daughter | Helena | under 15 | |
| 11 | Peter Petkau | over 15 | |
| wife | Christina | ||
| sons | Anton | under 15 | |
| Peter | |||
| Jacob | |||
| Johann | |||
| his sister | Katharina | over 15 | |
| Arrived from Grodno on an open visa on 22 October 1803. | |||
| A similar list appears in Rempel, pp. 76-77. | |||
| 1 | Peter Friesen | over 15 | |
| wife | Maria | ||
| sons | Peter | died September 8th | |
| Johann | under 15 | ||
| Martin | |||
| Isaak | |||
| Kornelius | |||
| daughters | Elisabeth | ||
| Maria | |||
| 2 | Jacob Peters | over 15 | |
| wife | Anna | ||
| sons | Jacob | under 15 | |
| Gerhard | died on December 24th | ||
| 3 | Johann Siemens | over 15 | |
| wife | Anna | ||
| sons | Martin | under 15 | |
| Johann | |||
| Heinrich | |||
| 4 | Johann Heidebrecht | over 15 | |
| wife | Maria | ||
| son | Peter | ||
| daughters | Elisabeth | under 15 | |
| Maria | |||
| Katharina | |||
| 5 | Dietrich Isaac | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| sons | Peter | under 15 | |
| Abraham | died on December 24th | ||
| daughter | Sara | under 15 | |
| 6 | Peter Goerzen | over 15 | |
| wife | Katharina | ||
| son | Peter | ||
| daughters | Margaretha | under 15 | |
| Katharina | |||
| 7 | Heinrich Siemens | over 15 | |
| wife | Anna | ||
| sons | Heinrich | ||
| Johann | |||
| Kornelius | under 15 | ||
| Bernard | |||
| daughters | Anna | ||
| Maria | died on December 15th | ||
| 8 | Peter Harder | over 15 | |
| wife | Maria | ||
| daughters | Katharina | under 15 | |
| Maria | |||
| Sara | died on December ? | ||
| 9 | Kornelius Enns | died on December ? | |
| wife | Katharina | over 15 | |
| sons | Kornelius | ||
| Johann | |||
| daughters | Susanna | under 15 | |
| Katharina | |||
| 10 | Gerhard Giesbrecht | over 15 | |
| wife | Agnetha (Rempel: p. 77, Susanna) | ||
| sons | Jacob | ||
| Peter | under 15 | ||
| daughters | Katharina (Rempel: p. 77, Christina) | ||
| Susanna | |||
| Maria | died on January 4th | ||
| Elisabeth | |||
| 11 | Abraham Harder | over 15 | |
| wife | Anna | ||
| sons | Heinrich | under 15 | |
| Johann | |||
| daughter | Katharina | over 15 | |
| mother | Katharina | died on December 18th | |
| 12 | Nickolai Froese | over 15 | |
| wife | Maria | ||
| sons | Jacob | ||
| Abraham | died on December 12th | ||
| daughter | Katharina | under 15 | |
| 13 | Jacob Fast | over 15 | |
| wife | Anna | ||
| son | Jacob | under 15 | |
| daughters | Anna | ||
| Susanna | |||
| Helena | |||
| Elisabeth | |||
| with them an old man | Jacob Fast | over 15; died on December 24th | |
| Note: Rempel, p. 69, in conveyance 14 the older Jacob Fast is listed as the father of another Jacob Fast, also listed in conveyance 14. | |||
| Paragraph missing | |||
| The above members of 24 families are provided with money for provisions for forty days, from the government funds on former conditions. An adult received 25 kopek and the youth 12 kopek on 7 December [1803]. Once again these people are provided for one month on 17 January [1804], adults received 15 kopek and youths 10 kopek. The total of money supplied is 1251 rubles 70 kopek. | |||
| Abraham Kaethler | single | 42 years old | |
| Note: Rempel, p. 58, A. Kaethler is listed with Klaas Wiens family, conveyance 2, sent from Grodno on 8 August 1803. | |||
| He is provided with money for provisions for one month since the day of his arrival from Zhitomir; 15 kopek since 22 January [1804]. In total 4 rubles 20 kopek. | |||
| The total of all money supplied is 3639 rubles 90 kopek. | |||
| Signature - Havrila Resunikov | |||
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