>>From Joseph Schnurr's book we glean the following information: > > Frank (Medvedizko-Krestovoi Buyerak) > - founded in 1768 > - the parish had 28,039 members in 1905 > > 1) 1768-1770 - Johann Friedrich Mittelstaedt > 2) 1771-1776 - Johann Friedrich Heitzig > 3) 1778-1782 - Laurentius Ahlbaum; a Swede, died 1786 in Saratov; he > also served Beidek 1771-1778; 1773-1786; Rosenheim 1786-1788; Dietel > 1780-1782; Grimm 1782-1786 > 4) 1782-1786 - Samuel Traugott Buettner; he also served Omsk in Siberia > 1788-1792 > 5) 1788-1817 - Franz August Flittner from Saxony > 6) 1818-1820 - David D, Flittner from Saxony; he also served as a > chaplain in the 1st cadet corps in St. Petersburg 1830-1859, in > Naeb(Volga) 1820-1830 and in St. Michaelis, St. Petersburg 1830-1859 > 7) 1820-1837 - Franz Hoelz from Wuppertal in Germany (then Prussia?); > he also served in Slaoust 1814-1816; Rosenheim 1816-1820 > 8) 1838-1868 - Jakob Wuerthner, born in Schwenningen, Wuerttemberg; > died Oct. 30, 1884 in Sarepta > 9) 1867-1878 - Ernst Theophil David, born Sept. 14, 1835, ordained > December 12, 1865 died 1907 in Saratov; He also served Morgentau > 1865-1867, Bettinger 1879-1889; Balzer 1893-1903 and Gnadenflur 1895-? > 10) 1879-1882 - Samuel Petrus Dittrich, born May 6, 1834 in Livland, > ordained January 6, 1861 died April 4, 1882 in Frank - He also served > in Morgentau 1863-1864 and Riebensdorf 1865-1879 > 11) 1884-1901 - Karl Rudolph Roos, Senior Pastor (Dean), born July 2, > 1825 in Reval, Estonia, Russia, ordained February 24, 1854 - He also > served in Katharinenfeld, Caucasus 1854-1864 and in Tbilisi, Georgia > 1864-1884 12) 1901-1914 - Michael Somelt, born August 31, 1868, > ordained December 15, 1896 > 13) 1917-1920 - Arthur Julius Kluck, born Oct. 28, 1891 in Dunajewzy, > Podolia - He also served in Saratov 1916-1918 and in Katharinenstadt > 1920-1927; also traveled to Siberia in order to hold worship services > there during this time; in 1928 he was deported to Siberia and perished > there. 14) 1926- ? Konrad Stab(Staab), born 1891 in the Volga > colonies; attended the seminary in Leningrad He also served in > Kamyshin 1922-1925? - arrested 1934 in Kamyshin and died before 1938 > > Horst W. Gutsche