I would most like to meet my great grandfather, Christian Wolf, so I could ask him if he was born in Mathildendorf, Bessarabia, Russia, and when. The only information I have on him is that he married my great grandmother, Anna Marie Finkbeiner on January 3, 1863, in Kloestitz, Bessarabia, Russia. To date I've been able to find that they had at least 10 children, 6 of whom died before the age of 5. They had a Rebekka Wolf who married a Christian Hintz in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia, and from what I can find out, these two stayed in Leipzig, Russia, having 8 children of their own. There was a son, Christian Wolf, born August 28, 1878, in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia. I have been unable to find out when he died or where. There was another daughter, Karolina Wolf who married Samuel Kautz and they immigrated to North Dakota living north of New Leipzig, ND. The 10th child was my grandfather, Johannes (John) Wolf, who came to the U.S. as a teenager to live with his sister and brother-in-law, Karolina and Samuel Kautz. I would love to ask many questions about how they arrived in Russia and where they lived before that and all about their occupations and their parents. There's only one of my grandfather's children that is alive and that's my mother who can no longer remember anything her father told her. If anyone has information on any of this family, I would be thankful. Connie Benson