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Rosenberg Parish Villages of Alexandertal, Rosenberg, Erlenbach, Neu-Norka, Oberdorf and Unterdorf; and landed estates Awilowa

We have all hit a brick wall at times in our genealogy research. Since there was much movement between the villages of the Rosenberg Parish due to marriage, the Most Wanted List below is a collection of brick walls encompassing those villages, instead of just Oberdorf.  Rosenberg Parish researchers have submitted the following ancestors they are researching but have hit a brick wall in their research. If you have any information to further the research on these individuals, please email the Oberdorf Village Coordinator who will forward your email to the applicable researcher. Contact reference codes are listed below to ensure appropriate distribution to researchers.

 
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Baecker / Baker / Becker

Contact Ref Code TH01
Unknown b about 1842 possibly Grimm, Schwab, or Bekker's Khutor / Parents unk Conrad Schmer b 11 Oct 1842 Norka, d unk probably Oberdorf 1. Johann Schmer
2. Katherine Keller nee Schmer
1866-1944
3. Johann Georg Schmer 1869-1951
4. unknown male
5. unknown female 1
6. unknown female 2
Baecker / Baker / Becker family possibly from Bekker's Khutor or relocated to Erlenbach from Grimm or Schwab. All Schmer / Baecker  children are believed to have been born in Oberdorf.  Spouse Conrad Schmer's family moved from Norka to Oberdorf in the early 1850s.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Becker

HL01
Conrad b ca. 1875 Erlenbach / parents Nicholas & Katherine Schmidt Went to South.America ca. 1912 with unk wife, mother-in-law & at least one child.  Presumably died in South America.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Becker

Contact Ref Code HL01
Heinrich b 1874 Erlenbach /  parents Nicholas Becker & Katherine Schmidt First wife is unknown, d 1909 in Unterdorf 1. Henry Becker b 1901 Unterdorf or Erlenbach, d unk in Canada
2. Gottfried Becker b 1903 Unterdorf, d 1967 Milwaukee
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Becker

Contact Ref Code
HL01
Henry  b 1901 Erlenbach or Unterdorf / parents Heinrich Becker b 1874 Erlenbach, d 1960 Scottsbluff and unknown mother who died in Unterdorf in 1909 Emma unk 1. Edward Becker
2. Violet Becker
Emma remarried after Henry's death to an unk Woodkee / Woodkey / Wodkey & the children possibly used stepfather's surname.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Becker

Contact Ref Code CE01
Henry b 1844 unk Sophia Steinhardt b 1848 unk / Married 1864 Erlenbach

1. Maria Katarina Becker b 7 Sep 1884
2. Heinrich Becker

3. Conrad d 1921 WA state
4. unknown female

Son Heinrich Becker lived in MI or returned to Russia.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Becker

Contact Ref Code HL01
Johann Georg  b bef 1875 Reinwald Maria Katherine Helwer 1. Johann Georg Becker b 1890 Erlenbach, d 1946 Saginaw
2. Anna Becker b 1892, d 1956 Saginaw
3. David
4. Fred
5. Lydia
6. Mary (
who supposedly remained in Russia)
Moved to Erlenbach at some time where son Johann Georg was born 1890.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Becker

Contact Ref Code HL01
Maria/Marie/Mary b 1908 Unterdorf, d 2002 in probably Arizona / parents Elisabeth Wiedeman / Weideman b 1888 Unterdorf; d 1971 Scottsbluff and unk father Arthur Felker b 1900 in Russia, d 1989 Milwaukee 1. Arthur Felker Jr.
2. Eugene Felker
3. Patsy Felker
Mary used surname of her stepfather Heinrich Becker who was Elisabeth Wiedeman's / Weideman's  2nd husband.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Becker

Contact Ref Code HL01
Nicholas b ca.1854 Erlenbach / parents Nicholas Becker & Christina Schmer Katherine Schmidt Heinrich Becker b 1874 Erlenbach, d 1960 Scottsbluff
2. Conrad Becker
b ca. 1875 Erlenbach, d unk possibly S. America
3. Gottfried Becker
b 1877, d 1917 Michigan
4.
possibly George Becker data unk.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Daubert

Contact Ref Code SS01
Maria Katherine b 09 July 1859 Oberdorf /
Parents unk
1. Heinrich Schreiber b 16 Dec 1853 Norka, d1895, married in Norka
2. Johann Georg Jaeger / Yeager, married on 14 Jan 1896 Norka
1. Johann Georg Schreiber b 1878
2. Heinrich Schreiber b 1880
3. Katharina Elisabeth Schreiber b 1882
4. Peter Schreiber b  1886
5. Gottfried Schreiber b 1890
My grandfather lost contact with his mother around 1921 during the Volga famine period. It’s possible that someone in the Jaeger (Yeager) family may know more about what happened to Maria Katherine Daubert and Johann Georg Jaeger. My grandfather had a step-brother, Conrad Jaeger, who lived in the Denver, CO area. This linked photo shows Conrad Yeager (at left) with my father, Fred Schreiber, in the 1940s. I believe this linked image shows Maria Katherine Daubert (seated). I believe that man seated next to her is her second husband, Johann Georg Jaeger. The two adults standing are probably her son, Heinrich Schreiber, and his wife, Katherine Mai. 
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Ginter

Contact Ref Code BG01
Christian b 28 Apr 1874 / Oberdorf / Parents unk Katarina nee? b abt 1879 Oberdorf 1. Eva Ginter b abt 1902 Oberdorf;
2. Heinrich Ginter b 1910 Oberdorf
Brother G. Adam Ginter listed on manifest as in Oberdorf; The family went to friend Adam Asmus in Sebewaing, MI
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Kaltenberger

Contact Ref Code VM01
Jacob b 1885-1890 Lydia Schmunk b abt 1896; d Samarkand, Russia 1. Benjamin Kaltenberger d WWII
2. Rosa Kaltenberger d Rostov
3. Elvira Kaltenberger  
4. Lucy Kaltenberger b abt 1923
Married 1914 in Kamyshin.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Kraus

Contact Ref Code RK01
Anna b unk / Parents unk unkr Anna was Godparent to Julie Gillig and to Friedrich Becker in 1902 in Erlenbach.  Who were her parents?  Were they Georg and Elizabeth (Keller) Kraus of Unterdorf?
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Kraus

Contact Ref Code RK01
Georg b unk possibly Schilling /  Parents unk Elisabeth Keller 1. Johann Friedrich Kraus b 1878 Unterdorf
2. David Kraus b 1886 Unterdorf
3. unk other siblings
Georg and Elizabeth (Keller) Kraus evidently were in Unterdorf at least during 1878-1886. Johann Friedrich and David came to the U.S. in 1906.  Surely there were more children?  Was Georg the Georg who was b. 1850 in Schilling?  When did they come to Unterdorf?
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Meier / Maier

Contact Ref Code TH01
Elisabeth -
Elisabeth may have been first name or middle name.
b bef 1864 possibly Erlenbach, Oberdorf, or Holstein /
Parents unk
Heinrich Schimpf 1. Maria Catharina Schimpf b 21 Feb 1882 Erlenbach
2. Other children unk
Meier / Maier in Erlenbach and Oberdorf  migrated from Holstein.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Schimpf

Contact Ref Code TH01
Heinrich b bef 1864 possibly Erlenbach,  Galka, Oberdorf, or Dobrinka /
Parents unk
Elisabeth Meier
Elisabeth may have been first name or middle name.
1. Maria Catharina Schimpf b 21 Feb 1882 Erlenbach
2. Other children unk
Schimpf in Erlenbach migrated from Galka & Schimpf in Oberdorf migrated from Dobrinka.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Schimpf

Contact Ref Code HL01
Heinrich b unk probably Russia / Parents unk Elizabeth unk b unk probably Russia 1. Gottfried Schimpf b 1864 Erlenbach, d 1950 Saginaw; wife Katherina Mary Maier / Meyer b 1865 Oberdorf, d 1956 Saginaw
2. David Schimpf b 1871 Erlenbach, d 1958 Saginaw; wife Katherine Steinert b 1878 Oberdorf, d 1955 Saginaw
3. George Henry Schimpf Sr. b 1880 Oberdorf, d 1962 Saginaw; wife Eva Elisabeth Stahle b 1884 Oberdorf, d 1957 Saginaw
4. Unknown female 1
5. Unknown female 2
unknown female daughters supposedly remained in Russia.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Schmer

Contact Ref Code HL01
Christina b possibly Norka / Parents unk Nicholas Becker b possibly in Grimm 1. Nicholas Becker b ca. 1854 Erlenbach
2.  Other children unknown
Moved to Erlenbach where their son Nicholas was born ca. 1854.  All 3 died in Russia. 
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Schmunk

Contact Ref Code VM01
Lydia b abt 1896; , d Samarkand, Russia / father Heinrich Schmunk Jacob Kaltenberger 1. Benjamin Kaltenberger d WWII
2. Rosa Kaltenberger d Rostov
3. Elvira Kaltenberger  
4. Lucy Kaltenberger b abt 1923
Married 1914 in Kamyshin.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Stoehr / Stehr /Stuergen

Contact Ref Code RM01
Maria Katharina
b 1874 place / Parents unk
Karl Jakob Major 1. Name unk b and d 1893
2. Jakob Major b 1898
Married c1892; All immigrated to Canada 1900.
Surname Given Name Born/Loc/Par Spouse Children Comments
Usinger / Isinger

Contact Ref Code RM01
Anna b 1840 possibly in Mueller / Parentage uncertain Jakob Major 1. Karl Major b 1862 Rosenberg
2. Karl Jakob Major b 1872 
 

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