Johann Leonhard Stumpf (abt. 1729 - bef. 1816)

Born about 1729 in Kastel, Oberaltenbernheim, Bavaria, Germany

Husband of Catharina Stumpf — married 1770 in Cassel, Hesse, Holy Roman Empire

Descendants

Died before 1816 before about age 87 in Warenburg, Samara, Russian Empire

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Biography

Johann Leonhard Stumpf migrated from Germany to Russia.

Johann Leonhard Stumpf was a Volga German.

Leonhard was born about 1729 in Kastel, Oberaltenbernheim, Bavaria, Germany.

Leonhard married Catherina.

He arrived in Kronstadt Island in the Russian Empire on the 9th of June 1766. His occupation was listed as a shoemaker. He and his family had travelled aboard the Mann und Frau which was skippered by Daniel Berg. Their son, Karl Ferdinand Stumpf, born in 1771 in Warenburg.^[1]

Per the 1798 Warenburg census (line #11745) Leonhard, a widower, was sixty-nine years old.^[1] His son Karl was in the home, with his wife Sophia Scherer and their three children.^[1] The 1811 Warenburg census stated that he had died in 1802.

Research Notes

Warenburg 1st Settler’s List by Igor Pleve 12 May 1767 #39 Leonhard Stromer/Stumpf is listed as 39 years old. Making his birth year 1728. See AHSGR Go project he is listed as Stumpf/Stromer. Per Sharon White Warenburg village coordinator Igor Pleve made a translator mistake, his surname is Stumpf.

From a descendant:

• Johann Leonhard Stumpf/Stromer arrived in Warenburg (Priwalnjoe Kanton Seelman, Russia) . Founded in 1767 by Lutherans on Wiesenseite of the Volga River. Per 1811 Warenburg census Johann DOB 1729 & DOD 1802. 18 June 1766 per Ivan Kulberg he is on the Colonist list, along with his wife Catharina, children Jacob 2.5, Catharina 3.5 and father in law Peter Stumpf. Johann was a shoemaker from KASSEL. 12 May 1767 Igor Pleve has the family listed on his 1st Settler’s List. He has him listed as from KASTEL? Oberaltenbernheim. Warenburg 1798 census listed as a widower & on 1811 Warenburg census it says he died 1802.
• Per Dr Brent Alan Mai (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Volga.domains.UNF.EDU&d=DwIGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=StilzjOiLCq9l8XqGr_VFw&m=fIb7F5eRm9fnXzOFsybpvUNxa8I-K4gHyNsj9QBAW7I&s=q2ZO3XGirho3uFriAdgYzImMdCEL3hc3ADFLkZ0s7BM&e=) he list Leonhard Stumpf pre-Volga Origin as Oberaltenbernheim, Kreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim,Bayern. Leonhard Stumpf a cobbler, his wife Katharine, children, Katharine & Jacob and his father in law Peter Stumpf arrived from Lubeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Mann und Frau.
• My questions are all 3 places listed the same village and where the heck is it? Is there a possibility of finding any Church records for this family or their ancestors. I have no ideas if there would be any additional info on this family. I would appreciate any info that you might find.
• FYI Dr Karl Stumpf in his book listed the surname Stumpf (never Stump) belonging to the oldest families in the Parish of Ebermergen and could trace back to the beginning of the Church books 1656. With my luck, probably not any of my relatives.

Printz-168 18:20, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

• Research links for family:
  • Contact AHSGR Warenburg/Alt-Warenberg VCs: www.ahsgr.org
    • Warenburg
      • 1767 – Einwanderung, v.4, p.321
      • 1798 – AHSGR
      • 1811 – AHSGR
      • 1834 – Brent Mai
      • 1850 – Brent Mai
      • 1850 – LDS Film #2361609 (in Russian)
      • 1857 – Brent Mai
      • 1857 – LDS Film #2373593 (in Russian)
  • German origin per Dr. Brent Mai is: Oberaltenbernheim, Kr. Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Bayern Warenburg|Stumpf|Mai|VGI
  • Warenburg VolgaGermans.org|Maggie Hein
  • Warenburg, Kamyshin, Samara Other Names and Spellings: Alt-Warenburg, Privalnoye, Privalnaja, Privalnaya, Priwalnoje, Privalnoye, Privol'noe, Varenburg. Protestant Mother colony on Wiesenseite. Current Name: Privolnoye, Saratov Oblast, Russia Latitude, Longitude 50.9262, 46.0853
    • Volga enclave Warenburg
    • Founded on the Wiesenseite (meadow side), east of the Volga River. When the Volga Mother colonies were founded between 1764 and 1767, they were part of the Astrakhan Governorate. On 25 December 1769, the Saratov Province was created, after which, the colonies on the Wiesenseite became a part of that province. On 25 December 1850, the Samara Province was established. All of the Volga German colonies on the Wiesenseite then became a part of the Samara Province, where they remained until 1928 when the imperial provinces were dissolved. For mapping purposes, the colonies in these provinces are included in the provinces they were in at the fall of Russian Empire in 1918.
  • Warenburg Forum Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen
    • Stumpf from Warenburg Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen

Johann Leonhard Stumpf was a Volga German.

Johann Leonhard Stumpf has German Roots.

Travel Document #1153 in the Kulberg Reports.
Family #39 in the 1767 Warenburg census.
Family #75 in the 1798 Warenburg census.

Leonhard Stumpf was born about 1728 in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. He immigrated to Russia in 1766 and settled in the village of Warenburg. He is identified in the 1798 census as being 69 years of age. He passed away some time after 1798, probably in the village of Warenburg.

Leonhard and his family immigrated to Russia in 1766. Their immigration is documented in the Kulberg Reports. The family departed from Luebeck, Germany, and sailed to St. Petersburg, Russia, arriving on 18 June 1766. The ship they traveled on was the "Mann und Frau" which was skippered by Daniel Berg. ^[2]

Kulberg Reports ^[3]

Travel Document # 1153

Head of the Household Leonhard Stumpf, Lutheran shoemaker from Kassel

Wife Catharina Stumpf

Child #1 Jacob Stumpf, age 2 years 6 months

Child #1 Catharina Stumpf, age 3 years 6 months

Father in Law Peter Stumpf

This record implies that Leonhard's wife Catharina was born Catharina Stumpf and may have been a cousin or other relative. There is also the chance that Peter Stumpf was Leonhard's father, not his wife's father, and that he was simply misidentified and given the wrong surname.

Immigrants spent the fall and winter months in Oranienbaum, and began their perilous journey to the Volga River region in the spring and summer months. Many immigrants did not survive the brutal winter, nor the journey east. Leonhard did survive and settled in the colony of Warenburg.

In the 1766 Warrenburg census, the family's surname was misspelled as "Strömer. At that time, daughter Catharina's name was not included with the rest of the family. Since she would have been only 4 years old at the time of the census, she was probably not living with another family. She likely did not survive the journey to the Volga River colonies or died shortly after her arrival but before the census was taken. Also not listed was his father in law Peter, who either married and was living in a different household, possibly in a different village, or was deceased. If Peter's surname was not Stumpf, it's possible he was still living in Warenburg but under his real surname. In 1767, he would have been about 57 to 67 years old.

1767 Warenburg Census ^[4]

Family #39

Head of the Household Leonhard Strömer, age 39, lutheran, shoemaker from Kästel, Oberaltenbernheim

Wife Katharina Strömer, age 37

Child #1 Jacob Strömer, age 4

I don't have a copy of the 1775 Warrenburg census, but the Leonhard and Katharina had at least one more child, Karl Ferdinand, who was born in 1771. He is named in the 1798 Warenburg census and identified as a widower, living with his son Karl Ferdinand, his daughter in law, and his grandchildren. ^[5] It's possible he had additional children, but none were living in Warenburg in 1798.

1798 Warenburg Census ^[6]

Family # Wr075

Head of the Household Leonhard Stumpf, age 69, widower

Child #1 Karl Ferdinand Stumpf, age 27

Wife of Child #1 Sophia Scherer Stumpf, age 25

Grandchild #1 Johann Wilhelm Stumpf, age 6

Grandchild #2 Johann Philipp Stumpf, age 2

Grandchild #3 Christina Elisabeth Stumpf, age 4

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Census; 1798 Warenburg, Russian Empire census, as viewed on Ancestry.com 28 March 2023.
2. ↑ Pleve, Igor; Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766, "Reports by Ivan Kulberg;" Saratov State Technical University, Saratov, Russia; published in Saratov 2010; page 90, List of passengers traveling on the "Mann und Frau" on 18 June 1766.
3. ↑ Pleve, Igor; Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766, "Reports by Ivan Kulberg;" Saratov State Technical University, Saratov, Russia; published in Saratov 2010; page 94, Leonhard Stumpf family.
4. ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 4, Heerstellung: Mecke Druck and Verlag, 37115 Duderstandt; Published 1999; page 327, family #39, Leonhard Strömer family.
5. ↑ Mai, Brent Alan, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga, published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999, Volumes 1 and 2, page 1020, family #Wr075, Leonhard Stumpf family.
6. ↑ Mai, Brent Alan, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga, published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999, Volumes 1 and 2, page 1020, family #Wr075, Leonhard Stumpf family.

• Arrival; Colonist of recruiter Le Roy, Leonhard Stumpf (shoemaker) and family arrived from Luebeck by the Luebeck's ship, "Mann und Frau" with skipper Daniel Berg. Kronstadt Island, Bay of Finland, St Petersburg, Russia. 9 Jun 1766.
• German Origins Project at American Historical Society of Germans from Russia https://ahsgr.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Wa.pdf page 18-19 summarizes the first settlers of Warenburg.