1866 List of Families Living in the Kuban Colony

State Archives of the Odessa Region, Odessa, Ukraine

Records of the Guardianship Committee for Foreign Settlers in Southern Russia
Fund 6, Inventory 5, File 315

Translated from Russian in March 2004 by Tim Janzen, Portland, Oregon

Explanatory comments by Tim Janzen:

This document provides information about a group of 36 families and single people who were living in the Kuban Colony in the Caucasus Region in South Russia in 1866. All of the people included in the list were Mennonite Brethren and all were from the Molotschna Colony. The document is found among a collection of documents in File 315. The list is found on pages 87 to 94 in the original file and may be found on frames 162 through 175 on the microfilm of this file. The list itself is not dated, but the latest date mentioned in the document is 1 Jun 1866 and it follows a document that was dated 22 July 1866 so it seems likely that the document was created in June or July 1866. No ages for any of the people are found in the original document.

This list does not appear to be a complete listing of all the Mennonites living in the Kuban Colony in 1866 since 67 families are said to have settled there by 1866 (The Kuban Settlement by C. P. Toews, Heinrich Friesen, and Arnold Dyck, p. 14). The list doesn’t include any families from the Chortitza Colony, likely because the document created by the Molotschna Colony District Office (Giebetsamt) and because the document was created to summarize information about the passport status of Mennonites from the Molotschna Colony who were living in the Kuban Colony in 1866. While this list unfortunately doesn’t include ages of the people, they can generally be readily identified by using the 1864 List of Families Intending to Settle in the Kuban Colony and the 1869 Kuban Colony Census for reference. This list is of significance primarily because it states when specific families left the Molotschna Colony to go to the Kuban Colony, which is information that neither of the lists from 1864 or 1869 provide. Only three single people or heads of families who are found in this list are not found in either of the lists from 1864 or 1869, specifically Jacob Regier, David Reimer, and Isaac Regier. It would appear that they returned to the Molotschna Colony sometime between 1866 and 1869.

In this translation the names of the Mennonites and the locations have been translated into their most common form. The words “wife”, “son”, and “daughter” have been abbreviated as “w”, “s”, and “d”, respectively. To provide additional information I think would be helpful to researchers I have added a column on the left side of the table that provides the Grandma number of the head of the household if they are currently found in the Grandma database. Information that has been placed in brackets does not appear in the original but has been added for clarification.

The original document from which this translation was made may be found on microfilm at the following archives: the Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Fresno, California; the Center for Mennonite Studies, Tabor College, Hillsboro, Kansas; the Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia, Abbotsford, British Columbia; and the Mennonite Heritage Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Alex Voth provided helpful suggestions for the improvement of this translation.

Grandma Number	No.	Names of Family Members	Former Village of Residence [in the Molotschna Colony]	Date of Departure [for the Kuban Colony]	If they left with the permission of the authorities and with a passport	Date when they received a passport and the length of time the passport was to be valid	Village and household number where registered [in the Molotschna Colony]
		Residing with an expired passport
413902	1	Peter Martens s - Peter Jacob Johann Cornelius Abraham Heinrich d - Renatha her son Cornelius	Ladekop	18 Sep 1863	With the permission of the authorities and with a passport	18 Sep 1863 for one year	At Ladekop No. 35 paying taxes
	2	Abraham Peters w - Katharina s - Abraham d - Aganetha	Ladekop	18 Sep 1863	The same as above	18 Sep 1863 for one year	At Blumenort No. 14 paying taxes
51872	3	David Klassen w - Helena s - Johann d - Aganetha Helena Helena’s son Heinrich	Ladekop	17 Aug 1864	The same as above	17 Aug 1864 for one year	At Sparrau No. 44 paying taxes
101722 and 399839	4	Abraham Wiens w - Anna s - Jacob Abraham d - Susanna	Lichtfelde	25 May 1864	The same as above	25 May 1864 for one year	At Muntau No. 26 paying taxes
3422	5	Diedrich Klassen w - Justina s - Diedrich Isbrand Johann Jacob d - Justina Anna Katharina Maria	Marienthal	In Aug 1864	The same as above	23 Aug 1864 for one year	At Sparrau No. 44 paying taxes
11895	6	Abraham Regier w - Anna s - Abraham Jacob d - Anna Helena	Rudnerweide		The same as above	20 Aug 1864 for one year	At Rudnerweide #21 paying taxes
130360	7	Jacob Regier	Rudnerweide		The same as above	4 Oct 1865 for one half year	At Rudnerweide No. 21 paying taxes
12411	8	Johann Klassen w - Katharina s - Jacob David d - Maria Aganetha Katharina	Liebenau	In Oct 1865	The same as above	4 Feb 1864 for one year	At Sparrau No. 44 paying taxes
29088	9	Heinrich Nickel w - Katharina d - Katharina Aganetha	Liebenau	In Dec 1864	The same as above	16 Dec 1864 for one year	At Rudnerweide No. 30 paying taxes
36531	10	Peter Gaede	Liebenau	In Mar 1864	The same as above	14 Mar 1864 for one year	At Liebenau No. 14 paying taxes
283353	11	Simon Harms w - Agatha s - Heinrich d - Anna Maria	Liebenau	In Aug 1863	The same as above	9 May 1864 for one year	At Schardau No. 37 paying taxes
3341	12	Peter Buller	Liebenau	In Feb 1864	The same as above	22 Feb 1864 for one year	At Liebenau No. 2 paying taxes
	13	Justina Buller	Liebenau	In Jun 1864	The same as above	22 Jun 1864 for one year	At Liebenau No. 2 paying taxes
	14	Klaas Hiebert	Liebenau	In May 1864	The same as above	9 May 1864 for one year	At Muensterberg No. 31 paying taxes
2306	15	Abraham Wiens w - Maria s - Abraham Johann Franz Gerhard d - Margaretha	Elisabeththal	In Jun 1864	The same as above	20 Jun 1864 for one year	At Elisabeththal No. 18 paying taxes
	16	Martin Mierau w - Maria s - Johann Franz Martin d - Margaretha Anna	Elisabeththal	In Jun 1864	The same as above	20 May 1864 for one year	At Waldheim No. 63 paying taxes
Son of 61072	17	Heinrich Neufeld w - Helena s - Heinrich Peter	Sparrau	26 Sep 1864	The same as above	21 Sep 1864 for 3 months	At Blumstein No. 28 paying taxes
27717	18	Johann Pankratz w - Maria s - David Heinrich Johannes d - Aganetha Anna Elizabeth Susanna Katharina Gertruda	Gnadenfeld	In Oct 1864	The same as above	17 Sep 1864 for one year	At Gnadenfeld No. 31
Son of 61072	19	Johann Neufeld	Sparrau	26 Sep 1864	The same as above	14 Apr 1865 for one year	At Blumstein No. 28 paying taxes
102944	20	Cornelius Reimer w - Gertruda s - Abraham Peter	Liebenau	16 Jan 1865	The same as above	16 Jan 1865 for one year	At Schoensee No. 41 paying taxes
2305	21	Cornelius Wiens w - Sara s - Franz Cornelius d - Anna	Elisabeththal	In May 1864	The same as above	14 Oct 1863 for one year and on 19 May 1865 for one year	At Elisabeththal No. 18 paying taxes
	22	Abraham Dick	Pastwa		The same as above	25 May 1865 for one year	At Pastwa No. 4 paying taxes
		Residing without any written residence permit
3166 3342	23	Daughters of David Block: Sara Katharina	Rudnerweide				At Franzthal No. 12 paying taxes
		Residing with passports that have not expired
	24	Katharina Riemer	Ladekop	22 Sep 1865	The same as above	22 Sep 1865 for one year	At Ladekop No. 31 paying taxes
6192	25	Daniel Eitzen w - Katharina s - Abraham d - Anna Katharina Helena	Blumstein	25 Aug 1865	The same as above	22 Aug 1864 for one year and on 25 May 1866	At Lindenau No. 20 paying taxes
62964	26	Children of Abraham Isaak: Abraham Jacob Anna Helena	Ladekop	17 Aug 1864	The same as above	6 Jul 1865 for one year	At Lichtfelde No. 28 paying taxes
102940	27	David Reimer w - Praskovja s - Johann	Schoensee	In Sep 1864	The same as above	5 Aug 1864 for one year and on 7 Aug 1865 for one year	At Schoensee No. 42 paying taxes
Likely son of 103148	28	Jacob Giesbrecht w - Gertruda s - Gerhard stepdaughters: Gertruda Anna	Tiegenhagen			1 Jun 1866 for one year	At Tiegenhagen No. 21 paying taxes
35563	29	Heinrich Flaming w - Maria s - Johann Heinrich d - Katharina Maria	Schardau	In Sep 1865	The same as above	18 Sep 1865 for one year	At Marienthal No. 15 paying taxes
2520	30	Widow Wedel s - Benjamin d - Maria	Rudnerweide		The same as above	18 Sep 1865 for one year	At Waldheim No. 25 paying taxes
2517	31	Jacob Becker	Rudnerweide		The same as above	20 Aug 1865 for one year	At Waldheim No. 21 paying taxes
52811	32	Isaac Regier	Pastwa	In Oct 1865	The same as above	2 Oct 1865 for one year	At Rudnerweide No. 21 paying taxes
Daughter of 32781	33	Helena Buller	Liebenau	In Jun 1864	The same as above	7 Aug 1865 for one year	At Liebenau No. 2 paying taxes
Son of 54070	34	Abraham Hiebert	Wernersdorf	In May 1864	The same as above	11 Aug 1865 for one year	At Wernersdorf No. 1 paying taxes
Son of 44162	35	Franz Wall, unmarried	Waldheim	In May 1864	The same as above	28 May 1866 for one year	At Blumenort No. 9 paying taxes
399985	36	Peter Block, unmarried	Landskrone	In May 1864	The same as above	1 Feb 1866 for one half year	At Landskrone No. 24 paying taxes

1866 List of Families Living in the Kuban Colony

State Archives of the Odessa Region, Odessa, Ukraine

Records of the Guardianship Committee for Foreign Settlers in Southern Russia Fund 6, Inventory 5, File 315

Translated from Russian in March 2004 by Tim Janzen, Portland, Oregon

Explanatory comments by Tim Janzen:

Page created 07 April 2004; html by Richard D. Thiessen

Records of the Guardianship Committee for Foreign Settlers in Southern Russia
Fund 6, Inventory 5, File 315