Soltner (Hockerberg)
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Soltner (Hockerberg)
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Discussion & Documentation:
Widower Wolfgang Soltner and his son Johann arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 on a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.
Father Wolfgang settled in the Volga German colony of Hockerberg on 3 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 67.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Wolfgang Soltner was a farmer from Würzburg. The 1767 census records that Johann Wolfgang Soltner was a baker (Bäcker) from Ansbach.
Sources:
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 216.
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #4438.
Researcher(s):
Brent Mai