Dear Listers: I am still trying to find a link between the Beideck & Kukkus FRÜHLING/ FRUHLING/ FRUEHLINGs. Is anyone on this list a living descendant of: Johannes FRÜHLING (FRUHLING/ FRUEHLING) m. Anna Margaretha KREPP (or GRAFIN?) Both died in Beideck. The following marriage has been extracted from marriage transcriptions/translations from the church books of Büdingen, Hessen, Germany. These colonists were married in Büdingen prior to leaving for Russia in 1766 as part of Catherine the Great's Colonization program of the Russian Steppe. They left their villages and traveled to a central gathering place or "Sammelplatz" which had been designated to organize the departure. Büdingen in Hessen was one of the main collection points for people emigrating from that region: Sources: Leaving Germany. Available at: _http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/schnell/The%20Road%20to%20Norka.htm_ (http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/schnell/The%20Road%20to%20Norka.htm) Grechinaya Luka or Walter, Russia. Available at: _http://erikas.cc/walter/History.htm_ (http://erikas.cc/walter/History.htm) 19 Mar 1766 Johannes FRÜHLING mit Anna Margaretha GRAFIN Source: Büdingen Marriages 1766, Büdingen, Hesse, Germany. German Colonists Emigrating to Russia. Available at: _http://www.femling.com/gen/balzer/budmar.htm_ (http://www.femling.com/gen/balzer/budmar.htm) NOTE at website: There are many variations in the scribes spelling and abbreviations for the marriage entries as well as suffixes that were often added to the female surname. Please be aware that there will be transcription errors in these entries despite the best efforts to accurately translate them. This was the wife of Johannes FRUEHLING/ FRUHLING in Beideck, according to the chart on all the descendents of Johannes FRUEHLING and Anna Margaretha KREPP done by Prof. Pleve from Saratov, Russia: Name: KREPP, Anna Margaretha Born: 1744 Place: Died: 22 Sep 1802 Place: Beideck, (Volga, Russia) Source: Gedlist, Compiled from the American Historical Society of Germans >From Russia Gedcom Files, January 2000. Available at: _http://www.ahsgr.org/gedlist/gedlist-kr.txt_ (http://www.ahsgr.org/gedlist/gedlist-kr.txt) There appears to be a possible connection here between the couple married in Büdingen, Germany, who married before emigrating to Russia, and the couple who were born in Darmstadt, Hessen-Germany, and died in Beideck. The time frame agrees. The only contradiction remaining is the two last names of Anna Margaretha, which may be related to the problem noted above about transcription errors in the Büdingen marriages. According to a list member, the 1798 census information has but one Johannes FRUHLING in Beideck who was 61 years old at the time and who had four boys living in his household ranging in age from 22 to 28 (born between approximately 1770 - 1776). The children were: 1. Johann Peter FRUHLING 2. Johannes FRUHLING 3. Christian FRUHLING 4. Johann Martin FRUHLING Does anyone know the years of birth of the above four children? Did any of their descendants move to Kukkus? This appears to be the same Johannes FRUHLING/ FRUEHLING particularly since no other FRÜHLING/ FRUHLING/ FRUEHLINGs are in the 1798 German-Russian census, and the age and German place of birth is a possible match: Name: FRUEHLING, Johannes Born: 1736 Place: Darmstadt, (Hessen, Germany) Died: 3 Dec 1820 Place: Beideck Source: Gedlist, Compiled from the American Historical Society of Germans >From Russia Gedcom Files, January 2000. Available at: _http://www.ahsgr.org/gedlist/gedlist-fo.txt_ (http://www.ahsgr.org/gedlist/gedlist-fo.txt) Both Darmstadt and Büdingen are in Hessen, Germany in the area of Frankfurt. Darmstadt (stated to be the place of birth of Johannes FRUEHLING in 1736) is 12 miles southwest of Frankfurt. Büdingen (stated to be the place of marriage of Johannes FRÜHLING and Anna Margaretha GRAFIN in 1766) is about 25 miles northeast of Frankfurt and was one of the main "Sammelplatz" designated to organize the departure of Germans to Russia at that time. FRÜHLING is also spelled as FRUEHLING when leaving out the German Umlaut ""Ü." Right now I am trying to put together the pieces of the puzzle by making a list of all of the FRUEHLING/ FRÜHLING children born in Beideck after 1766. There were a total of 8 FRUEHLING children born in Beideck between 1768 - 1783 (all the children born before 1800--none were listed as being born before 1766). I am curious as to whether anyone knows of any sources that list their parents, as I can't find any other older FRUEHLING/ FRÜHLING couple other than Johannes and Anna Margaretha living in Beideck at the time: 1. Elizabeth FRUEHLING b. 11 Dec 1768 Beideck (died or married before the 1 798 census?) 2. Johann Peter FRUEHLING b. 10 Jan 1772(?) Beideck (same as in the 1798 census?) 3. Johannes FRUEHLING b. 15 May 1774 Beideck (same as in the 1798 census?) 4. Heinrich FRUEHLING b. 1776 Beideck (died or married before the 1798 census?) 5. Johann Christian FRUEHLING b. 26 Dec 1776 Beideck, d. 31 May 1826 (same as in the 1798 census?) 6. Catharina FRUEHLING b. 07 Feb 1781 Beideck, d. 10 Feb 1781 Beideck (died before the 1798 census) 7. Anna Catharina FRUEHLING b. 16 Dec 1781 Beideck (died or married before the 1798 census?) 8. Johann Martin FRUEHLING b. 02 Dec 1783 Beideck, d. 14 Nov 1837 (same as in the 1798 census? But not born between 1770 - 1776) Source: Gedlist, Compiled from the American Historical Society of Germans >From Russia Gedcom Files, January 2000. Available at: _http://www.ahsgr.org/gedlist/gedlist-fo.txt_ (http://www.ahsgr.org/gedlist/gedlist-fo.txt) I am trying to find a link between Johann Adam FRÜHLING b. Abt. 1828 in Volga, Russia, d. Volga, Russia, m. Efkatrina (Eva Katharina) KRUM b. Abt. 1828 prob. Volga, Russia, d. Volga, Russia, and Johannes FRUEHLING/FRÜHLING b. 1736 Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, d. 3 Dec 1820 Beideck, Russia. Linda Freehling Berrien Co., MI <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.