Katharina Becker

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• Reference Number: 2109
• Residence: 1798, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH14

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• Birth: Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany
• Reference Number: 2102
• Birth: 1745, Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany
• Arrival: 8 Aug 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH31
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia

Notes:

Farmer from Berghausen, Braunfels, Germany. Son of the widow of Bernhardt Becker.

There are three Becker families on the Kukkus First Settlers List (David, Balthasar and Johann Adam). All three originate from Berghausen, Solms-Braunfels Principality, Hessen, Germany. From information in the Solms-Braunfels Archives we know that David is the son of Bernhardt Becker, but the other Beckers are not mentioned in that document. Birthdates for the three are 1743, 1745 and 1747.

Information from the Ortsfamilienbuch of Werdorf, Braunfels shows that the three above mentioned Kukkus immigrants are indeed all children of Johann Bernhard Becker. Unfortunately, the mothers name is not listed.

Name David Becker of Berghausen appears in Solms-Braunfels Archives as asking to emigrate to Volga Russia in 1766. It is also mentioned that he is the son of Bernhardt Becker. The other two Beckers are not mentioned in those archives. All three Becker families in Kukkus are from Berghausen, the same town in Braunfels. David and Balzer are in the same family group on the transport List. Johann Adam does not appear on the transport list (It is not complete).

Marquadt & Mai #344: David Becker from Berghausen in the area of Gräfenstein & Anna Maria Steckenmeister from Allendorff in the area of Gräfenstein, married 17 May 1766 in Friedburg.

1766 Kuhlberg List #3551
David Becker
The Luebeck Ship, Skipper Wiebe Heinrichson 8 Aug 1766
Ref, farmer from Braunfels
Wife: Margaretha

1766-1767 Transport Lists #451
David Becker, ref
Wife: Anna Margreta

1767 Kukkus First Settler List #31
Age 22, ref, farmer from Berghausen, Braunfels
Wife: Katharina Elisabeth 21
Daughter: Anna Margaretha 2 weeks

The wife of David Becker b. 1745-1748 is listed on four different documents as Margaretha (in 1766), Anna Margaretha (in 1767), as Katharina Elisabeth (in 1767) and is Margaretha in 1798 as the widow of David Becker. If the 1767 document was incorrect we could assume that Anna Margaretha was his only wife. Otherwise we would have to assume multiple wives to make sense of this. The church book of Werdorf identifies has wife as Anna Maria Steckenmesser of Allendorf. According to Marquadt & Mai #344: David Becker from Berghausen in the area of Gräfenstein & Anna Maria Steckenmeister from Allendorff in the area of Gräfenstein, married 17 May 1766 in Friedburg. For now we are assuming that Anna Maria and Anna Margaretha are the same person and that the listing of Katharina Elisabeth is a mistake.

To assume otherwise would imply the existence of 4 different wives, 2 named Margaretha, one Katharina Elisabeth and one named Anna Maria.


Birth:
place of origin

David married Anna Maria Steckenmesser. Anna (daughter of Johann Philip Steckenmesser and Anna Elisabeth Adam) was born in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Margaretha Unknown
• Name: Anna Maria Steckenmeister
• Name: Katharina Elisabeth Unknown
• Name: Margaretha unknown
• Reference Number: 2981
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH31
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia

Notes:

The wife of David Becker b. 1745-1748 is listed on four different documents as Margaretha (in 1766), Anna Margaretha (in 1767), as Katharina Elisabeth (in 1767) and is Margaretha in 1798 as the widow of David Becker. If the 1767 document was incorrect we could assume that Anna Margaretha was his only wife. Otherwise we would have to assume multiple wives to make sense of this. The church book of Werdorf identifies has wife as Anna Maria Steckenmesser of Allendorf. According to Marquadt & Mai #344: David Becker from Berghausen in the area of Gräfenstein & Anna Maria Steckenmeister from Allendorff in the area of Gräfenstein, married 17 May 1766 in Friedburg. For now we are assuming that Anna Maria and Anna Margaretha are the same person and that the listing of Katharina Elisabeth is a mistake.
To assume otherwise would imply the existence of 4 different wives, 2 named Margaretha, one Katharina Elisabeth and one named Anna Maria.

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• Name: Bernhardt Becker
• Reference Number: 12234

Notes:

Griefenstein Ortsfamilienbuch shows Johann Bernhard Becker marrying in Berghausen 11 Aug 1737. There are no records after that showing children. Berghausen records show 3 different Johann Bernhards in this time period, one born 1712, one 1714 and one 1718. The marriage record in Griefenstein could be any of them.

The records in Berghausen, although matching on all children, do not list his wife's name.

Birth:
baptism date

Johann married Anna Marie Unknown. Anna was born in 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2962
• Arrival: 8 Aug 1766, Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Residence: 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Arrival: 26 Jun 1767, Kukkus, Samara, Russia

Notes:

On the Kuhlberg list as a widow from Braunfels. Her eldest son Balzer ended up in Kukkus. On the transport list #453 her name is Anna Maria Becker "a widow". Appears on the first settler list as the spouse of Johann Conrad Herbel. Apparently married between the transport and the date of the first census. Three of her children are in the Herbel household and the other three are in separate households of their own on the 1st Settler List. Neither her surname or her children's surname appear on the 1st Settler List. They are in Herbel's household by the process of elimination, as they do not appear elsewhere.

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• Reference Number: 12148

Notes:

Birth:
based on child's birth

Johann married Anna Elisabeth Adam. Anna was born before 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 12149

Notes:

Birth:
based on child's birth

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• Reference Number: 11165

Johann married Anna Catharina Schmidt on 17 Jul 1704 in Berghausen, Braunfels, Hesse, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johann Jakob Schmidt and Anna Juliana Bender) was born on 14 Feb 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 11166