Family Bachmeier

The Bachmeier clan, one of the larger families in Krasna in terms of numbers, comes from Baden-Württemberg; Stump mentions the villages of Wössingen, Mühlberg/Mühlbach and Sinsheim.

According to some researchers in the USA¹ the clan can be traced back to 1619.

Wolfgang Narhmar Bahrmak 1619-1707 ⚭ with Eva Maria ? 1619-1689

Jakob Friedrich Bomayr 1669-1733 ⚭ Maria Christiane Dillwein 1671-1742

Johann Bachmeier 1711-1792 ⚭ Maria Latschka 1716-1800

Anton Jakob Bachmeier 1758-1815 ⚭ Maria Barbara Wendel 1762-Deceased

But these first three generations are not one hundred percent certain, church records are missing. We only have reliable data from Anton Bachmeier * around 1758 onwards. The family had subsequent children in Baden.

Anton BACHMEIER * ca. 1758 - Mühlbach, Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
† befor 1812 Kleinliebental, Grossliebental, Odessa | Jossypiwka, Owidiopol (Ukraine),
Married before 1790, Mühlbach, Sinsheim, Baden Württemberg (D), with Maria ...(BACHMEIER)², * ca. 1765.
Your children.

• M Anton BACHMEIER ca. 1790-1853
• F Christina BACHMEIER ca. 1791-
• F Katharina BACHMEIER ca 1792-
• M Jakob BACHMEIER ca. 1794-
• M Johannes BACHMEIER 1798-
• F Maria Anna Marianna BACHMEIER ca. 1799-

The emigration of the Bachmeier family to southern Russia

Anton Bachmeier * 1758 emigrated with his family to southern Russia in 1803. They went to Kleinliebental in the district of Großliebental (Bolschoja Akarscha): 15 - 25 kilometers west of Odessa, with the colonies Alexanderhilf, Freudental, Großliebental, Gueldendorf, Lustdorf, Neuberg, Peterstal, Franzfeld, Josefstal, Kleinliebental, Mariental.

The wave of emigration to the Black Sea region began in 1803. Those wishing to emigrate from Alsace, the Palatinate and Baden could register at specially established collection points in Frankfurt, Rothenburg, Regensburg, Ulm and Lauingen on the Danube. Those wishing to enter the country had to present "passports, certificates or other documents issued by magistrates or municipalities, which should certify the good conduct of the person presenting them".

Großliebenthal colonies near Odessa with the village of Josefstal, today's Jossypiwka.

Anton Bachmeier Sr. himself must have died shortly after arriving in southern Russia, because his wife Maria was married very early on to Franz Däschle, with whom she lived with her children. Däschle's first wife Ottilia Singer died in 1804.

This means that Anton Bachmeier Sr. was no longer assigned a farm.

As I said, the rest of the family initially lived in Kleinliebental on Franz Däschle's farm:

Mother Maria ..., age 55 years,

Her children with Anton Bachmeier (age given in the 1816 census):

• Jakob 23,
• Johann 19 (received the farm from Sebastian Leibel in Josefstal through the marriage of his daughter),
• Anton 20 (in 1811) married in 1814 and moved to Josefstal,
• Katharina married in 1812 and settled in Josefstal,
• Anna 16.

The three sons soon moved to Josefstal.

1. Anton BACHMEIER * ca. 1790 - Mühlbach, Sinsheim, † befor 1853 - Josefstal,
   Parents: Anton BACHMEIER ca 1758-ca 1810 & Maria ...(BACHMEIER) ca 1765-
   Married in 1812, Kleinliebental, Großliebental, Odessa | Malodolynske,
   (Ukraine), with Theresia (RIENER) PESSLER ca 1790-1853
   Your children
   

   M Michael BACHMEIER 1813-1893
   M Johannes BACHMEIER 1815-
   M Anton BACHMEIER 1817-1882
   

2. Johannes BACHMEIER * 1798 acquired Sebastian Leibel's farm in Josefstal by marrying his daughter. He stayed in Josefstal with his family.
3. Jakob BACHMEIER * between 1792 and 1794 in Wössingen, Karlsruhe, † deceased. No spouse found! No children found!

The onward migration of members of the Bachmeier family to Krasna

A large part of this family remained in the Odessa region. But three sons of Anton Bachmeier *1790 went to Krasna. They arrived around 1843 in a group of 25 families from the Odessa region. There was not enough land for farmers in the Odessa region. Places became available in Krasna because at least 16 families moved abroad or to other colonies around 1843.

1. Michael BACHMEIER *1812 in Josefstal, Großliebental, † 28.09.1893 in Krasna,
   ⚭ with Maria Anna Weissgerber * 1815 Josephstal, † 24 Oktober 1872 Krasna,
   mit drei in Josefstal geborenen Kindern (s. OFB Krasna)
2. Johann BACHMEIER *1815 in Josefstal, Großliebental, † after 14 März 1901 in Krasna,
   ⚭ with Julianna SCHUH * 1817, † 24.03.1901 in Krasna,
   with four children born in Josefstal (see OFB Krasna)
3. Anton BACHMEIER *1817 in Josefstal, Großliebental, † 14.07.1882 in Krasna,
   ⚭ 16.01.1839 Martha Justina ECKERT * 1820 in Josefstal, † 01.01.1885 in Krasna,
   with a child born in Josefstal (see OFB Krasna)

The move of the Bachmeier sons to Krasna is documented

1. Movement of Colonists within and to Bessarabia Kishinev Archive File 134-2-689,
   • 30 May 1842 Josephstal Fam # 5 after Krasna Bachmeier Anton's son Michael 3 21
   • 30 May 1842 Josephstal after Krasna Bachmeier Anton's son Johann 2 20, Johann's wife: Julianna 17
   • 30 May 1842 Josephstal 5 Krasna Bachmeier Anton 17
2. Census Krasna 1850
• # 127 Johannes Bachmeier 35 (Came from Colony Josephstal in 1843) - Wife: Juliana 31
  Sons: Georg 14, Felix 2¾
  Daughters: Elisabetha 12½, Theresia 10, Maria Anna 7, Lucia 5, Teofilia ½
• # 129 Michael Bachmeier 37 (Came from Colony Josephstal in 1843) - Wife: Maria 39
  Sons: Johannes 11, Jakob 9, Martin 8, Sebastian 6
• # 143 Anton Bachmeier 33 (Came from Colony Josephstal in 1843) - Wife: Martha 31
  Sons: Johannes 10, Anton 5
  Daughters: Justina 2, Anna 1½

Author:
Eduard Volk
Neuwied, Mai 2025
Eduard´s Ancestor is Klemens VOLK

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1. Quelle: https://www.familysearch.org/de/tree/pedigree/landscape/LRNH-H1L
2. According to the above www address it should be Maria Barbara Wendel Geburt: 29. Mai 1762 Klingenmünster, Landkreis Bergzabern, † ?, have been.