Martin George Ziemens

FamilySearch Family Tree Birth: 1753 - Vistula Delta, Poland Death: From 1816 - Kronsthal, Chortitza, Ukraine, Russia Parents: George Siemens, Helena Siemens Wife: Maria Siemens Son: Martin Siemens Siblings: Helena Lencke Ziemens, Maria Maricke Ziemens, Georg Ziemens, Gerhard Gerhard Siemens

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Martin George Ziemens

1. 134082 Birth: Abt 1753 Baptism: 8 Jun 1772, Plauschwarren, Memelniederung, Lithuania Death: Kronsthal, Chortitza, South Russia Father: Ziemens, George, Abt 1730, #117213 Mother: (name unknown), , #45406 Last update: 15 Aug 2015 Family: Family 50706 Spouse: _?_, Maria, Abt 1743, #126919 Married: 11 Apr 1779; Plauschwarren, Memelniederung, Lithuania Last update: 6/27/2011 1 -- + Siemens, Martin, 30 Nov 1780, #134083 Notes: Note: He migrated from Prussia to Kronsweide, Chortitza, South Russia in 1789 (P. Rempel, p. 26). In the 1795 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at #18 (B. H. Unruh, p. 243). In the 1801 Census he is listed at Kronsweide #17. In the 1806 Census he is listed in Kronsweide, by which time he had transferred his property to his son Martin, and he and his wife are living with son Martin, his wife and one daughter (P. Rempel, p. 26). Martin and his family were probably among the 22 families who moved from Kronsweide and Rosenthal to establish the village of Kronsthal in 1809. In the 1814 Census he is listed in Kronsthal among the landless (B. H. Unruh, p. 285). In the Oct 1816 Census he is listed at Kronsthal #2 with his son Martin. In the 1814 and Oct 1816 Censuses he had a foster son named Peter (b. ca 1803) listed with his family. In the Lithuanian records his surname is recorded as Ziemes. Birth Source: 1816 Chortitza Colony Census (October, 1816) Birth Source: Die niederlandisch-niederdeutschen Hintergrunde der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert; Unruh, Benjamin Heinrich; Heinrich Schneider, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1955, page 243, 285 Birth Source: The Old Colony (Chortitza) of Russia, Early History and First Settlers in the Context of the Mennonite Migrations; Schapansky, Henry; Country Graphics & Printing Ltd., Rosenort, Manitoba, 2001., page 216 Baptism Source: Plauschwarren, Prussia Mennonite Church Baptisms 1771-1800; Goertz, Adalbert, compiler; 1997 Marriage Source: Plauschwarren [sic], Prussia. Marriages 1778-1802; Goertz, Adalbert, compiler