Wilhelm Flegel (abt. 1786 - 1839)

Born about 1786 in Gnesen, Prussia [uncertain]

Husband of Anna Dorothea (Reschke) Flegel — married about 1807 in Poland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1839 at about age 53 in Kulm, Bessarabia, Russian Empire

Biography

Wilhelm Flegel was a Black Sea German.

Wilhelm was born around 1783-1786 in Gnieshen/Gniesen Prussian Poland to Anna Elizabeth Beg and her husband, Unknown Flegel.^[1]

It is estimated that he married his wife, Anna Dorothea (Reschke) Ruzke about 1807 in Poland, as their eldest daughter, Anna Rosine Flegel, was born on 22 August 1808 in Poland. The births of their children suggest that they arrived in Kulm, Bessarabia between 1814 and 1817. ^[2]

Wilhelm and Anna Dorothea had the following children:

1. Anna Rosine Flegel b 22 October 1808 Pabianitz, Lotz, Poland d Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia; m Anton Lobe^[2]
2. Karoline Flegel b 20 january 1814 Pabianitz, Lotz, Poland d 29 December 1872 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia^[2]
3. Gottlieb Flegel b 14 June 1817 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia d 7 August 1868 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia; m Susanne Hirschmann^[2]
4. Wilhelm Flegel b 20 June 1824 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia d about 1900 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia; m 1) Karolina Glaessman/Glässmann 2 Karolina Justina Kranich^[2]
5. Wilhelmina Flegel b 18 September 1825 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia d Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia ^[2]
6. Ann Dorothea Flegel b 20 December 1827 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia ; m 1) Friedrich Muster 2) Johann Muster ^[2]
7. Johann Flegel b 8 June 1830 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia d 23 November 1873 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia; 1) Karoline Hartmann 2) Karoline Sauer^[2]
8. Martin Flegel b 1 November 1831 Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia d Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia ; Wilhelmine Wittchen^[2]

In 1835, Wilhelm, age 49 and Dorothea, age 34 were living in Kulm, Bessarabia. In the household were their sons: Gottlieb, age 18, Wilhelm, age 12, Johann, age 7; and Martin, age 4. Their daughters were Anna, age 8 and Louisa, age 1.^[3]

According to Arthur Flegel's research, Wilhelm was murdered by highwaymen, while travelling home with his son after a hog selling trip to Tarutino Market on September 13, 1839.^[4]

He was buried 3 days later, on September 16 in Kulm.

Research Note

The birth place, "Gnesen" was located in the Kreis of Bromberg in 1900. It is now called Gniezno in Poland.

Sources

1. ↑ Flegel, Arthur E., Certified Genealogist. Extended Relationships of the Kulm, Leipzig, Tarutino Communities in Bessarabia, Russia. 2005. Fargo, ND; Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, page 174.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Mr. Flegel lists Anna birth date as 20 December 1825. This is too close to Wilhelmina's birth date. Adjusted her birth year to 1827, to match her age to her age on the 1835 census. Arthur E. Flegel, Certified Genealogist. Extended Relationships of the Kulm, Leipzig, Tarutino Communities in Bessarabia, Russia. (2005, Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo, ND, page 178.
3. ↑ GRHS and Heimatmuseum Der Deutschen Aus Bessarabien, Kulm Bessarabia 1835 Census. Family # 109.
4. ↑ Arthur E. Flegel, certified genealogist Extended Relationships of the Kulm, Leipzig, Tarutino Communities in Bessarabia, Russia. (2005, Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo, ND, page 174. See N1 under Husband Flegel and Anna Elisabeth Beg, Arthur Flegel's source - LDS Film #038929/1766535 Deaths Kulm 1839 p 100. age 58

• Flegel, Wilhelm (I00156), in Kulm/Leipzig, Bessarabia Families by Art Flegel on BlackSeaGr.org
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 October 2019, 00:39), entry for Wilhelm Flegel(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KPHL-HXR); contributed by various users.