Caroline Dorothea Elisabeth (Katt) Deutschendorf (1862 - abt. 1917)

Born 26 Jul 1862 in Vorwerk Rothebude, Marienburg, West Prussia, Prussia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Georg Deutschendorf — married 5 Nov 1878 in Chortitza, Ekaterinoslav, South Russian Empire

Descendants

Died about 1917 at about age 54 in Wohldemfurst (Velikoknyazhesk), Kuban, South Russian Empire

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Biography

Caroline Dorothea Elisabeth (Katt) Deutschendorf was a Black Sea German.

Caroline Dorothea Elisabeth Katt was born 26 Jul 1862 in Vorwerk Rothebude, Marienburg, Baarenhof, West Prussia to Erdmann Katt and Helene Caroline Butschke (Buschke).^[1]

She is referred to as Elizabeth Catt in baptism records.^[2]

She immigrated to the Ekaterinoslav area in South Russia.

She married Georg Deutschendorf on 5 Nov 1878 at Josefstal Parish in Chortitza, Ekaterinoslav, South Russia (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine).^[3]

Georg and Elizabeth had ten children together.^[4] They immigrated to Ekaterinoslav and lived in several Mennonite villages before moving to the Kuban area.^[5][6]

According to German-Russian research by Dr. Kloberdanz, the Deutchendorf family was located in Wohldenfürst/Wohldenfuerst (Velikoknyasheskoye) where the family resettled to this Mennonite colony in Kuban of the North Caucasus. ^[7]

Elizabeth died sometime between 1917-1920 based upon her daughter's records and family letters. According to family, Georg immigrated to Germany in 1917 (or possibly 1920 according to Anna's records) with children Willy, Heinrich, and Anna to escape the conflict in Russia. Sons William and Heinrich served on the German front. Anna wrote to her niece in 1942 indicating that her father Georg was alive but had been blind for the last ten years.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ BIRTH/BAPTISM:Ancestry Record Caroline Dorothea Elisabeth Katt in the Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1567-1945 Name Caroline Dorothea Elisabeth Katt Gender weiblich (Female) Event Type Taufe (Baptism) Birth Date 25 Juli 1862 Baptism Date 03 Aug 1862 (3 Aug 1862) Baptism Place Baarenhof, Westpreußen, Polen (Poland) Father Erdmann Katt Mother Caroline Katt (See record: Butschke) Page number 63;63 Author Evangelische Kirche Baarenhof (Kr. Marienburg) Publication City or District Baarenhof, Kr U Marienburg FHL Film Number 208030
2. ↑ Catt surname translated Village of Chortitz 1860-1885 Birth/Baptism Records (Josefstal Parish) translated by BSGR Deutschendorf Georg 2-Sep 1879 Chortitz Georg Katt, Elisabeth 828-14/241 19 208 398
3. ↑ 187x Josefstal Parish Marriages translated by BSGR Deutschendorf Georg 5-Nov 1878 Josefstal Katt Elisabeth 828-14/223 35 57 344
4. ↑ GRanDMA OnLine, GMOL v7.5.04; K. L. Ratzlaff, Lawrence, KS, 11/2000‑1/2024. Use reference #13084 and 13083 as guest and enter # in surname at https://grandmaOnline.org
5. ↑ Elisabeth Kaut in the Russia, Select Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917 Name Wilhelmine Deutschendorf Gender Female Baptism Date 28 май 1885 г. (28 May 1885) Baptism Place Josephsthal, Russia Father Georg Deutschendorf Mother Elisabeth Kaut FHL Film Number 1897693 Reference ID p495-170
   Ancestry Record
6. ↑ Location of village child Helene "Lena" born: Elisabethstal Villages of Elisabethstal I and Elisabethstal II 1861-1885 Birth/Baptism Records (Josefstal Parish) translated by BSGR Villages of Elisabethstal I and Elisabethstal II 1861-1885 Birth/Baptism Records (Josefstal Parish) translated by BSGR Deutschendorf Helene Karoline 25-Aug 1881 Elisabethstal Georg Katt, Elisabeth 828-14/250 21 255 468
7. ↑ Kloberdanz, Timothy J. "Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.: The World Knew Him as John Denver." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia 21 (1998): 1–5.) Access through ASHGR.org
8. ↑ Grandson Waldemar Penner, son of Elisabet (Löwen) Warkentin who was daughter to Wilhelmine Deutschendorf Löwen Fast writes:

   Ich bin Waldemar, der jüngste Sohn von Elisabet Warkentin, geborene Löwen. Meine Mutter war die älteste Tochter von Franz und Wilhelmine Löwen, geborene Wilhelmine Deutschendorf. Meine Mutter ist am 7. April 2003 im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben. Vor etwa 30 Jahren hat sie handschriftlich folgendes auf einem Zettel in Deutsch geschrieben:

   Zitat, inklusive manche Rechtschreibfehler: Mein Geburtsnamen ist Elisabet Löwen, jetzt Warkentin. Geboren an die 1910 Meine Großeltern von Mutters kant *(1). Der Großvater war Georg Deutschendorf. Die Großmutter ihr Mädchen Namen war Elisabet Kaat. Im vorigen Jahrhundert kamen sie nach Russland Dort wurden sie Flüchtlinge genannt. Sie wurden viel hin und her getrieben bis an die 1917 Dann starb die Großmutter. In dem selben Jahr 1917 kam der Großvater mit zwei Söhne Willy Deutschendorf und Genrig *(2) Deutschendorf und eine Tochter Anna Deutschendorf nach Deutschland. Willy und Genrig Deutschendorf waren meine Onkels und Anna Deutschendorf war meine Tante. Hier lebten sie, ihre Adresse ist mir in die Kriegszeit verloren gegangen. Bis an die Kriegszeit bekam ich hin und her Nachricht von ihnen. Den letzten Brief von meine Tante Anna erhielt ich an die 1942 Schon in Kriegeszeit, sie schrieb das der Großvater noch lebt und das der Großvatter 15 Jahre blind gesessen hat und meine Onkels Willy Deutschendorf und Genrig Deutschendorf waren beide an der deutschen Front. Nach dem Krieg habe ich keine Nachricht mehr von ihnen erhalten.

   (1) Mutters Seite

   (2) Genrig = Henry. In Russisch gibt es keinen H, wird durch G ersetzt, deswegen umbenannt in Genrig

   Weiter schreibt meine Mutter über die Großeltern väterlicherseits, dass die im Jahre 1918 im Ort Masljanow, Gebiet Omsk ermordet wurden. Darüber gibt es auch ein Zeitungsbericht: „Friedensstimme“ Samstag, der 31. August 1918

   (Email from grandson Waldemar Warkentin 27 Jul 2024 to Koreen Goodman)

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   I am Waldemar, the youngest son of Elisabet Warkentin, née Löwen. My mother was the eldest daughter of Franz and Wilhelmine Löwen, née Wilhelmine Deutschendorf. My mother died on April 7, 2003 at the age of 92. About 30 years ago, she wrote the following by hand on a piece of paper in German:

   Quote, including some spelling mistakes: My maiden name is Elisabet Löwen, now Warkentin. Born in 1910 to my grandparents of mother's kant *(1). The grandfather was Georg Deutschendorf. The grandmother's maiden name was Elisabet Kaat. In the last century they came to Russia where they were called refugees. They were driven back and forth a lot until 1917, when the grandmother died. In the same year 1917 the grandfather came to Germany with two sons Willy Deutschendorf and Genrig *(2) Deutschendorf and a daughter Anna Deutschendorf. Willy and Genrig Deutschendorf were my uncles and Anna Deutschendorf was my aunt. They lived here, their address was lost to me during the war. I received news from them from time to time until the war. I received the last letter from my aunt Anna in 1942 during the war, she wrote that my grandfather was still alive and that my grandfather had been blind for 15 years and that my uncles Willy Deutschendorf and Genrig Deutschendorf were both at the German front. After the war I never heard from them again.

   (1) Mother's side

   (2) Genrig = Henry. In Russian there is no H, replaced by G, therefore renamed Genrig

   My mother also writes about my paternal grandparents that they were murdered in 1918 in Maslyanov, Omsk region. There is also a newspaper report about this: “Friedensstimme” Saturday, August 31, 1918

   (DeepL English Translation)