Johannes Michael Schreiber

Johannes Michael Schreiber is the ancestor of the Schreiber in Krasna.

Picture 1: Descendants of Johannes Michael and Maria Magdalena Schreiber

1843-1940 Krasna, Bessarabien

Jakob Friedrich Schreiber *17.03.1804 moved with his family from the colony of München (or Landau), Süd-Ukraine to Krasna. The resettlement permit was issued on 24.02.1843.

1825-1843 Landau, Beresan

oo 1825 Maria Anna Fröhlich

In Landau (Beresan) there are many colonists from Wingen, the home town of Johannes Michael Schreiber, father of Jakob Friedrich. Jakob Friedrich's later wife came from Landau (Beresan) and came from Hirschthal, a neighboring village of Wingen.

1810-1824 München, Beresan

Michel Schreiber from Leimersheim/Germersheim-Pf. with his wife and three children, to Taurin.
Frankfurt a.M., 6./18.04.1809, gez. v. Bethmann

Endorsements:

• Erfurt, 20.05.1809,
• Leipzig, 14./26.05.1809
• Babice, 15.06.1809,
• Bochnia, 19.06.1809,
• Myslenice, 18.06.1809
• Lemberg, 29.06.1809
• Podhorce, 01.07.1809

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Picture 2: Political situation in 1809

The following reports go back to the fact that the Russian authorities, who were responsible for the settlement system in Südrussland, ordered the individual colonies to submit carefully compiled reports at the beginning of 1848.

Excerpt from Dr. J. A. Malinowsky; VI Krimer Kolonien; (Taurische Halbinsel); 1. Kronental:

In 1809, at the request of His Majesty the Most Serene Emperor Alexander I, several families from Alsace, the Grand Duchy of Baden, the Palatinate and what is now Rhine Bavaria came together; Duchy of Baden, the Palatinate and what is now Rhine Bavaria, several families were found who had travel documents issued by the commissary Bettmann in Frankfurt am Main for travel to southern Russia in order to settle there. They traveled from home at their own expense, but not all on one train; they were divided into several parties, depending on the time of departure. Their closest route would have been via Ulm in Swabia, Regensburg and Vienna (via the Danube), but the enemy troops in this region caused them to take their route through Saxony, Prussia and Prussian Poland. Several families came together in Biala on the border of Galicia and stayed here for a few days until they had received the first food allowance issued by the high crown. Then the train set off, protected by the military, to Ekaterinoslav, where they spent the winter. The consumption of the water, which was often filled with red worms during the journey, and the unfamiliarity of the climate caused fever in many of them and led them to death. In 1810, in the month of April, they resumed their journey and arrived happily in the city of Simferopol on May 9th. From there, the then governor Barodsin accompanied them to the estate he had sold to the crown on the Bulganak stream, 25 versts west of Simferopol and 12 versts east of the Black Sea. Here 48 families with 148 souls found neither shelter nor food. They built huts from their wagon roofs and lived in them until the then inspector Hofrat Gsell made arrangements to build houses for the settlers. For this purpose, each family received 350 R. from the high crown through H. Insp. Blanko. The colonists had about 5000 R. of their own money. The poor could not build their houses immediately because the money advanced was not enough to complete the construction. It was not until 1811 that each family got their own home. In winter, those who lived in the huts suffered greatly from the cold - and many went to a cold grave when spring awoke... .
...
In 1848, around 20 of the first settlers were still alive.

Kronental, May 24, 1848
Signed by the Schulz, the 1st and 2nd assessor,
Written by Chr. H. Staerrle school teacher of the Protestant school and municipal clerk

Excerpt from Konrad Keller Die Kolonie Sulz; page 433

The settlers from Sulz received their travel documents in Frankfurt am Main and moved to Russia in various batches without leaders. In the border town of Radziwillow, where they usually stopped for a month, they met up with other emigration parties and joined the columns leaving for Odessa.

Excerpt from Konrad Keller Die Kolonie Speier; page 401

There on the main street ..., was the place where the first settlers stopped when they came from Odessa ... in the fall of 1809 ... arrived.
Each family father dug a square hole in the ground in a suitable place, made a roof over it with wood and cane and the winter quarters were ready. But these quarters were cold and damp for the winter, which is why many diseases arose and killed a large proportion of the poor colonists during the winter.

Excerpt from Konrad Keller Die Kolonie Karlsruhe; page 481

In 1809, they received travel documents from the Russian consul Bethmann in Frankfurt am Main, left their homeland and traveled overland without a guide to the Russian border town of Radziwillow, where they stopped for a while. From Radziwillow they traveled on to Süd and arrived in Odessa in the autumn. As it was too late to move to the place of settlement, the emigrants were put into winter quarters in the Liebentaler and Kutschurganer Gebiets colonies. In the spring of 1810, they all gathered in Odessa, from where they ... started their journey to Berezan.

Excerpt from Konrad Keller Die ersten Kulturanfänge der Kolonie Rastadt; page 552

The Rastadt colony was settled in the spring of 1810. The emigrants came with various trains, ... to the border town of Radziwillow, where they stopped for a long time. From this town they were transported in several detachments to Odessa, where they arrived in the fall of 1809 and were placed in winter quarters in the Liebental and Kutschurganer German colonies by order of Duke Richelieu. In the spring of 1810, they then moved ... to the place of settlement.

Excerpt from Konrad Keller Die Kolonie München; page 576

The colonists made the journey from their old homeland to Russia by land via the town of Radziwillow, where they stopped for a while. ... Arriving in Odessa in the fall of 1809, they were put into winter quarters in the Liebental and Kutschurgan colonies in accordance with Duke Richelieu's decree, in order to move to the place of settlement intended for them in the following spring (1810).

Excerpt from Detlef Brandes; 2.4.5 The Frankish colonists of 1808 and 1809

... By September 1809, Bethmann alone, the Russian consul general in Frankfurt, had issued passports for 2,193 families with 10,954 heads....
... The immigrants destined for the Kherson governorate spent the winter in Großliebental, ...
They were settled in the new districts of Kucurgan, Berezan and Glückstal under the direction of the local head schoolmaster Brittner. 67 families stayed behind in Großliebental to cure their illnesses. When they traveled to their future villages in the Berezan district after their recovery, a large number of the colonists there were suffering from yellow fever.

My conclusion:

The various descriptions of the journey from Germany to Südrußland show a route that matches the endorsements on Michael Schreiber's passport.
The destination noted in Frankfurt am Main was not always adhered to.
I have attempted to define a group from Passport List VII on the basis of common travel dates. People in this group often arrived in Speier.

• Speier founded in 1809
• Rastatt founded in 1809
• München founded in 1809
• Landau founded in 1810

In Munich, Jakob Schreiber is noted as an orphan. I conclude that the parents died after the Podhorce checkpoint and the orphan Jakob was adopted by one of the group. There is a source that names Rastatt as the Schreiber family's destination. I am still evaluating this source.
The colonies Rastatt and München bordered each other.

1807-1809 Leimersheim, Südpfalz

* 21 Okt. 1808 Johannes Schreiber,
Catholic Church Leimersheim (BA. Germersheim)

1800-1807 Graben, Baden

oo 24.03.1801 Wedding of Johannes Michael Schreiber and Maria Magdalena Nagel
* 17.03.1804 Jakob Schreiber, Lutheran Church Graben
* 09.07.1806 Christine Schreiber, Lutheran Church Graben

1683-1800 Climbach, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin

* 08.08.1774 Johannes Michael Schreiber, Catholic Church Wingen

The scribes were based in Climbach. Three other older generations can be found in the church records of Wingen.
The oldest scribe is Anna Magdalena Schreiber nee Wegler ca. * 1683 in Birlenbach.
Scribes from this tribe still live in Climbach today.

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Picture 3: Passport from 1809

Otto Riehl
Kirchlinteln, April 2014