Warkentin and Draper Family History
The following information is a partial list of Mennonite families emigrating to Russia in 1804. It includes Johann Warkentin our Warkentin ancestor.
List of emigrating Mennonite families having the approval of the Royal Prussian State to emigrate from the 25th June /7th July to the 2nd /14th July 1804 whose passports have been seen by the Imperial Russian General Consulate in Danzig
This list and its form has been translated from the German original on microfilm Reel no. 13. The documents comes from Fond 383 opis 29, dielo 232 of the collection in the State Archive of Russia held at the St. Petersburg University. They were microfilmed during 1995-1996 under a project co-ordinated by Peter Penner of the St. Petersburg Christian University.There were 4 North American partners in the project and copies are available at their locations. These partners are: Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia, Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Fresno), Mennonite Heritage Centre (Winnipeg) and Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Winnipeg). The following English list was prepared by Alf Redekopp.
| Name of the male family head and associates (Mitberwirtschafters) | Total | Total value
of the
property and
receipts on
hand of the
closing
money and
certificates
of the church
director [in]
dollars (Reichsthaler). |
|||||||
| Children as: | Servants as: | ||||||||
| 1 | Johann Warkentin | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | 13 | 2,730 | - |
| 2 | Jacob Neufeld | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 666 | - |
| 3 | Peter Kroecker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 500 | - |
| 4 | Heinrich Kroeker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 9 | 200 | - |
| 5 | Paul Zacharias | 1
1 |
1 |
1 | 1 | - |
6 |
1440 |
- |
| 6 | Jacob Janzen | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 225 | - |
| 7 | Jacob Driediger | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 280 | - |
| 8 | Heinrich Wiens | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 300 | - |
| 9 | Jacob Baerg | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 500 | - |
| 10 | Peter Brandt | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 700 | - |
| 11 | Philipp Isaac | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 9 | 3,700 | - |
| 12 | Jacob Toews | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 1,250 | - |
| 13 | Abraham Toews | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 666.20 | - |
| 14 | Cornelius Toews | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3,333.10 | - |
| 15 | Gerhard Kroecker | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 200 | - |
| 16 | Heinrich Thiesen | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 11 | 4316 | - |
| 17 | Harm Friesen | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 600 | - |
| 18 | Isbrand Friesen | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 233.30 | - |
| 19 | Johann Kopp | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 200 | - |
| 20 | Jacob Wiebe | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 200 | - |
| 21 | Michael Hamm | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 10 | 200 | - |
| 22 | Isaac Loewen | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 200 | - |
| 23 | Franz Thiessen | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 200 | - |
| 24 | Johann Rempel | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 200 | - |
| 25 | Johann Driediger | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 200 | - |
| 26 | Jacob Rempel | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 200 | - |
| 27 | Abraham Krüger | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 10 | 200 | - |
| 28 | Jacob Dyck | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 200 | - |
| 29 | Isaac Loewen | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 200 | - |
| 30 | Peter Thiessen | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 200 | - |
| TOTAL | - | - | - | - | - | 168 | 24,239.60 | - | |
