Sources for Mennonites in Ostpreussen are scarce. For the district of Gumbinnen or Prussian Lithuania only two older Mennonite church books survived the war as film copies. The Lutheran church books of Tilsit-Land contain some Mennonite records (1). Other records on Mennonite land ownership have been preserved in the Berlin archives (2). A number of the Plauschwarren names are identical with those in the Thiensdorf-Markushof church in West Prussia (3)
References:
(1) LDS-Film Nr.1858903 to 1858908 in Salt Lake City from Leipzig for 1769-1890;
s.a. APG Hamburg 1977,91 (Geburten 1800-1826 in der Menn.Gemarr.Plauschwarren);
APG-Familienarchiv 30,1969,157ff;42,1969,222ff (Stammliste der Mennonitenfamilie Reincke);67,1978,58-61 (Menn.Ahnen Janz und Goetzke aus der Memelniederung);
Menn.Geschichtsblaetter 38,1981,S.52-65 (Familiengeschichtliche Quellen der Mennoniten Altpreussens); MennQuartRev, Oct.1981.
(2) Ostdeutsche Familienkunde 1979,364-369; 1993,267-272.
s.a. Horst Penner:Die Ost-und Westpreussischen Mennoniten, Bd.2, Kirchheimbolanden 1987,S.228-232 (Grunderwerb in Pr.Litauen vor 1800).
Menn.Lexikon,4 Baende,1913-1967 (Art.Gumbinnen, Ostpreussen, Tilsit)
APG Hamburg 1992,S.497-500 (Mennoniten in der Memelniederung um 1855).
(3) APG Hamburg 1988,211-226 (Trauungen 1776-1800,Thiensdorf-Markushof).
Marriages in the Plauschwarren Mennonite Church, 1778-1802
Name Year Entry Day/Tag Arend 1779 1.Heinrich AREND d.8.April Arend 1779 3.Heinrich AREND d.27.April Arend 1793 4.Andris AREND d.27.Juny Banmann 1796 9.Peter BANMAN Eckert 1783 2.Marten ECKERT d.19.Juny Eckert 1801 2.Mertin ECKERT d.22.Julius Eckert 1802 2.Merten ECKERT marr. Elisabeth Horn d.9.Nov. Ediger 1790 2.Dirck EDIGER d.21.April Engbrecht 1783 5.Heinrich ENGEBRECHT d.16.Nov. Ewert 1778 6.Jacob EWERDT d.23 October Ewert 1782 1.Jacob EWERDT d.18.Oct Ewert 1786 3.Petter EWERDT d.25.May Ewert 1792 1.Hindrich EWERDT d.5.Januar Ewert 1799 3.Peter EWERDT d.3.October Falck 1791 1.Jacob FALCK d.17.July Franz 1779 8.Hans FRANZ d.1.Nov Gertz 1782 2.Jacob GERTZ d.19.Nov Gertz 1787 7.Johan GERTZEN d.18.October Gertz 1787 8.Heinrich GERTZEN d.1.May Gertz 1796 1.Johan GOeRTZ d.4.May Gertz 1797 4.Johan GOeRTZ d.12.October Goetzcke 1778 10.Heinrich GETZCKE Goetzcke 1788 5.Peter GETZCKE d.5.November Goetzcke 1794 1.Jacob GOETZCKE d.22.Sept. Goetzcke 1795 2.Peter GETZCKE d.8.Nov. Harms 1778 8.Gerhard HARMS d.1.Nov Heinrichs 1779 9.Isack HEINRICHS 15.Nov. Heinrichs 1797 3.Dittrich HINDRICHS d.1.Junius Hiebert 1778 1.Hans HIEBERT d.12.July Hiebert 1781 1.Jacob HIEBERT d.15.Februar Hiebert 1785 4.Cornelus HIEBERT d.16.May Hiebert 1786 6.Heinrich HIEBERT d.16.November Hiebert 1787 1.Peter HIEBERT d.11.Jan. Hiebert 1788 3.Franss HIEBERT d.4.Sept Hiebert 1795 1.Johan HIEBERT d.12.Febr. Horn 1779 4.Jacob HORN d.8.July Jantz 1778 5.Jacob JANTZEN d.24.Sept. Jantz 1779 5.Heinrich JANTZEN d.22.July Jantz 1779 6.Heinrich JANTZEN d.26.August Jantz 1779 7.Hans JANTZEN d.23.October Jantz 1780 3.Gert JANTZEN d.6.Nov Jantz 1782 4.Hans JANTZEN d.12.May Jantz 1782 5.Peter JANTZEN d.27.Juny Jantz 1783 1.Gert JANTZEN d.12.Janu Jantz 1783 4.Cornelus Janss d.23.Nov Jantz 1784 2.Paul JANTZEN d.16.Nov Jantz 1785 2.Franss JANTZEN d.31.Mertz Jantz 1785 3.Johan JANTZ d.5.May Jantz 1787 2.Franss JANTZEN d.25.Jan. Jantz 1787 5.Dangel JANTZEN d.11.October Jantz 1788 4.Jacob JANTZEN d.5.Oct Jantz 1791 2.Franss JANTZEN junge d.20.October Jantz 1792 2.Franss JANTZEN d.11.October Jantz 1793 3.Cornelus JANTZEN d.22.May Jantz 1794 2.Jacob JANTZEN d.9.Oct. Jantz 1795 3.Pauel JANTZ d.6.July Jantz 1796 4.Hinrich JANTZEN d.22.Sept. Jantz 1796 7.Frantz JANTZEN d.20.Oct. Jantz 1798 1.Hindrich JANTZEN d.1.Februari Jantz 1801 1.Jacob JANTZ d.23.April Jantz 1801 3.Johan JANTZ d.22.Junius Jantz 1801 4.Abraham JANTZ d.15.November Kickel 1785 1.Anderies KICHEL d.6.Febr Kohnert 1783 3.Cornelus KOHNERT d.23.October Kohnert 1786 1.Anderis KOHNERT d.1.Febr Kohnert 1802 1.Cornelus KOHNERT d.25.Februari Krause 1778 2.Cornelus KRAUSE Kroeger 1778 7.Jacob KROEGER d.1.November Kroeger 1796 8.Jacob KREYGER d.25.Nov. Martens 1778 9.Nicklas MARTENS d.17.Nov. Martens 1786 4.Heinrich MARTENS d.8.Juny Neufeld 1786 5.Jacob NEYFELDT d.9.July Pauls 1778 3.Dangel PAULS Pauls 1778 4.Franss PAULS Pauls 1798 4.Hindrich PAULS d.26.Julius Penner 1787 6.Harm PENNER d.17.October Peters 1781 2.Heinrich PETERS d.5.Juny Peters 1781 4.Cornelus PETERS d.22.Nov Peters 1784 3.Peter PETERS d.16.Nov Rosenfeld 1786 2.Heinrich ROSENFELDT d.10.May Rosenfeld 1788 1.Jacob ROSENFELDT d.22.Mertz Rosenfeld 1789 1.Abraham ROSENFELDT junior d.11.Juny Rosenfeld 1793 1.Abraham ROSENFELD d.31.Jan. Rosenfeld 1793 2.Jacob ROSENFELD d.11.April Rosenfeld 1796 2.Abraham ROSENFELD d.5.May Rosenfeld 1796 3.Hinrich ROSENFELD d.7.July Rosenfeld 1797 1.Johan ROSENFELDT d.5.Jan. Rosenfeld 1797 2.Dittrich ROSENFELDT d.29.May Rosenfeld 1798 3.Dittrich ROSENFELDT d.29.April Rosenfeld 1799 1.Gerhard ROSENFELDT d.27.Junius Rosenfeld 1799 2.Cornelus ROSENFELDT d.27.Junius Rosenfeld 1799 4.Abraham ROSENFELDT d.3.November Scheffler 1787 3.Heinrich SCHEFFLER d.5.July Scheffler 1790 1.Heinrich SCHEFFLER d.17.Juny Scheffler 1790 3.Jacob SCHEFLER d.21.October Scheffler 1798 2.Siebert SCHEFFLER d.18.Februari Schepanski 1788 2.David SCHAPANSKE d.1.April Schietz 1781 3.David SCHITZ alte d.18.Nov. Schietz 1782 3.David SCHITZ d.26.Nov. Schmidt 1787 4.Peter SCHMIT d.1.August Vodt 1785 5.Andries VODT d.23.Juny Vogt 1780 2.Hans FAGHT d.18.Oct. Vogt 1796 5.Paul FAAKT Wedler 1796 6.Johan WEDLER d.20.Oct. Wedler 1802 3.Dangel WEDLER marr.Christina Jantzen d.25.Nov. Wohlgemuth 1784 1.Andris WOLGEMOT d.22.Jan Wohlgemuth 1793 5.Jacob WOLGEMOT d.14.Nov. Ziemes 1779 2.Marten ZIEMES d.11.April Ziemes 1780 1.George ZIEMS d.8.Oct Ziemes 1784 4.George ZIEMES d.19.Nov
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