Meinrath
Spelling Variations:
Meinrath
Миндрадъ
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Discussion & Documentation:
Nikolaus Meinrath, his wife Maria, and sons (Mathias, age 15; Johann, age 10) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Hans Karholm.
In 1793, Jakob Meinrad moved from Wittmann to Ober-Monjou.
In 1822, Christian Meinrath was exiled from Ober-Monjou.
This ended the existance of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Sources:
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Om24, Wm55, Mv3020.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #7108.
Researcher(s):
Brent Mai