Johann Jakob Dietz (1744 - abt. 1814)

Born 30 Sep 1744 in Sellnrod, Mücke, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Holy Roman Empire

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Katherina (Nazarenus) Dietz — married 1798 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russian Empire

Descendants

Died about 1814 at about age 69 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russian Empire

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Biography

Johann Jakob Dietz was born on 30 September 1744 to Heinrich Dietz and Anna Elisabeth Peppler in Sellnrod district of Mücke, in the country of Hessen in the Holy Roman Empire. He was baptized on 2 October 1744.^[1][2][3]

Johann Jakob emigrated with his mother, Anna Elisabetha and his brother, Johann Konrad Dietz. They left from the port in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck on the galliot Die Perle, three years after the end of the Seven Years' War. They arrived at the port of Oranienbaum, St. Petersburg in the Russian Empire on 13 September 1766.^[3]

Jakob Dietz was a Volga German.

Johann Jakob and his family were founding colonists, settling on 25 August 1767, of Walter in the Saratov province of the Russian Empire.^[3][4][5]

When Johann Jakob reported to the administrative office in Saratov in 1767, he reported that he was married to Margaretha. When they were married is unknown, but it was very common for young people to marry in their home villages before leaving, or even before boarding the ships. They also could have married on the journey as it took over a year.^[1][5]

The administrative office provided Johann Jakob and Margaretha with fifteen rubles, two bridles, twenty-three sazhen of rope, two horses and one cow. By 1768, they still had all three of their animals.^[5]

Johann Jakob's wife, Margaretha likely died sometime between 1786 and 1791.^[1][6] He then married Anna Katherina Nazarenus.^[7]

Johann Jakob died between 1811 and 1816 in Walter.^[1]

First Settler's List

Information as it is written in Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 ^[5]

Census Records

Full Dietz census records can be found at Dietz Family Census Records

• 1798 Census of Walter, Russia
  • Jakob Dietz, head, 53^[7]

Research Notes

• Name
  • Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767^[5] provides data that was copied from the original Russian record. It lists Johann Jakob's name as "Дитц Якоб." The transliteration to German is "Dietz Jakob" or "Dietz Jacob." The translation from Russian to German & English is "Dietz Jakob." The book actually lists him as "Dietz Jacob" in German. One must be aware that all records, even the census records in the United States, were written phonetically by the person hearing what is reported to them. In this case, there is the added complication of German speaking individuals reporting to Russian officials. It is unknown how Johann Jakob spelled his name, it was unlikely he could read and write. ~ Allison Mackler, 17 June 2021
• Marriages and Children
  • The marriage of Johann Jakob and Margaretha is not listed in German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767), Origins and Destinations.^[8]
  • In the updated Ahnentafel chart I received from the Walter VCs, they are now listing Margaretha as the mother of Johann Heinrich. This would imply that Margaretha was the mother of all the children born before Heinrich. This makes no statement as to when Margaretha died, except after his birth, nor which children that Anna Katharina is the mother of. ~ Allison Mackler, 17 June 2021^[1]
  • From the village coordinators regarding the marriages and children of Johann Jakob:

    "There is no reference or source to verify which children belong to Margaretha and which children belong to Anna Catharina Nazarenus. There is however a gap between child Johann Wilhelm b. 1786 and Johann Jakob b. 1791 which is why [we] had listed the children separately, a natural break after Margaretha died and Johann Jacob remarried Anna Catharina Nazarenus. But we can't prove it with a source.... The only explanation we can come up with is the 5 year gap between Johann Wilhelm b. 1786 and Johann Jakob b. 1791 and perhaps Margaretha died after 1786 and before 1791."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Ahnentafel Chart for Katherina Elisabeth Dietz; supplied by Mary Jane Bolton, Walter Database, AHSGR, 31 May 2021; Privately held by Allison Mackler. This chart provides a compilation of data and notes with sources.
2. ↑ The Volga Germans, database and images (https://www.volgagermans.org : accessed 20 Feb 2022), Origins page for Dietz.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Surnames," database, The Volga German Institute at Fairfield University (https://volga.domains.unf.edu : accessed 17 June 2021), "Dietz (Walter)" surname description and discussion with sources.
4. ↑ "Colonies," database, The Volga German Institute at Fairfield University (https://volga.domains.unf.edu : accessed 26 November 2019), "Walter" colony information and demographics with sources.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Igor Pleve, translator, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, 4 vols., (Göttingen, Nordost-Institut, 2005), 4 : 310, entry 68.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Walter Village Coordinators [(email addresses for private use),] to Allison Mackler, 8 August 2021, "Wives and children of Johann Jakob Dietz"; privately held by Allison Mackler, 2021.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Brent Alan Mai, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture, vols. 2 (Lincoln, Nebraska, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999), 2 : 994, entry Wt002.
8. ↑ Brent A. Mai and Dona Reeves-Marquardt, German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767): Origins and Destinations (Lincoln, Nebraska, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2003).

See also:

• An Ahnentafel chart can be requested for descendants of Johann Jakob by contacting the Village Coordinators for Walter. A list of VCs is available here: https://www.ahsgr.org/page/VCs