Marriage Register for the Village of Kronsthal
Chortitza Colony, Russia, 1942

Known in Russian as Dolinsk and Founded in 1809

Population Summary:

< June 1941July 1942
Total492488
German461472
Ukrainian/Russian3116
Jews00

Husband1,2 Age at Marr. Wife3 Age at Marr. Year of Marr. Children
Ever Born 4 Died 5
1 Dyck, Gerhard 27 Pauls, Katharina 24 1900 6 2
2 Koch, Otto 22 Loch, Hilda 26 1922 4 1
3 Peters, Isaak 22 Dyck, Helene 20 1927 7 2
4 Neufeld, Hermann 23 Kopetschnik, Susanna 19 1930 6 2
5 Neufeld, Johann 26 Epp, Margarethe 23 1917 10 7
6 Neufeld, Franz 22 Neufeld, Katharina 20 1904 7 1
7 Koop, Peter 21 Sawatzky, Anna 21 1934 3 1
8 Sawatzky, Abram 28 Friesen, Justina 21 1906 11 7
9 Wiens, David 26 Kopetschnik, Olga 24 1934 1 0
10 Pauls, Peter 22 Krahn, Elisabeth 20 1932 4 1
11 Janzen, Diedrich 27 Pauls, Maria 20 1926 4 0
12 Banmann, Franz I6 26 Reimer, Helene 19 1887 10 8
Schellenberg, Abram II 47 Reimer, Helene 47 1914 2 1
13 Hoch, Johann 24 Reimer, Margarethe 23 1938 2 1
14 Reimer, Abram 38 Thiessen, Sara 24 1903 9 4
15 Neufeld, Jakob 26 Martins, Helene 22 1926 7 1
16 Tiessen, Kornelius 27 Rempel, Anna 31 1936 2 0
17 Toews, Heinrich 23 Peters, Margarethe 24 1922 7 2
18 Paetkau, Abram 48 Friesen, Helene 32 1936 1 0
19 Toews, Johann 27 Neufeld, Helene 24 1931 6 0
20 Martins, David 22 Siemens, Elisabeth 19 1938 1 0
21 Siemens, Abram I 24 Klein, Elisabeth 21 1917 2 1
Hamm, Christian II 31 Klein, Elisabeth 24 1920 4 1
Wieler, Kornelius III 51 Klein, Elisabeth III 38 1934 1 1
22 Wieler, Kornelius 48 Warkentin, Anganeta II 48 1931 0 0
23 Wieler, Kornelius 18 Reimer, Helene I 21 1904 7 1
24 Hamm, Heinrich 27 Elias, Sara 18 1919 9 4
25 Barkowsky, Johann 19 Bick, Emilie 19 1927 7 1
26 Dyck, Korenlius 24 Janzen, Maria 24 1929 4 0
27 Schellenberg, Peter 19 Banmann, Maria 23 1932 5 1
28 Kopetschnik, Ignatz 24 Wilms, Anna 20 1928 5 1
29 Hoch, Otto 21 Helfenstein, Elisabeth I 22 1903 0 0
30 Hoch, Otto 27 Klein, Maria II 24 1909 5 0
31 Hoch, Otto II 44 Klingenberg, Anna III 37 1926 2 0
Hopp, Johann I 31 Klingenberg, Anna 31 1922 1 0
32 Neufeld, Jakob 22 Penner, Katharina 21 1895 4 2
33 Neufeld, Jakob 28 Paetkau, Agathe II 27 1901 7 3
34 Neufeld, Jakob II 48 Kasper, Helene III 40 1921 1 0
Schellenberg, Johann I 28 Kasper, Helene 30 1911 4 0
35 Neufeld, Abram 26 Zibulsky, Klara 21 1936 5 1
36 Forrer, Gerhard 19 Banmann, Elisabeth 21 1929 6 2
37 Pauls, Abram 24 Krahn, Katharina 21 1937 3 2
38 Pauls, Abram 25 Pauls, Anna 20 1895 9 3
39 Pauls, Kornelius 26 Peters, Anna 22 1933 1 0
40 Janzen, Franz 26 Pauls, Anna 22 1922 0 0
41 Lorenz, Heinrich 33 Schulz, Maria 20 1918 1 0
42 Braun, Gerhard 22 Bueckert, Margarethe 20 1913 9 0
43 Friesen, Nikolaus 27 Hildebrand, Helene 22 1903 12 1
44 Braun, Heinrich 23 Niehbur, Margarethe 23 1925 6 2
45 Niehbur, Johann 21 Janzen, Katharina 20 1889 7 3
46 Thiessen, Hermann 24 Neufeld, Maria 21 1905 3 1
47 Niehbur, Peter 23 Thiessen, Maria 23 1930 1 0
48 Janzen, Julius 28 Braun, Katharina 22 1940 1 0
49 Peters, Abram 29 Kehtler, Anganeta 27 1918 4 1
50 Peters, David 43 Kehtler, Anganeta II 39 1930 1 0
Peters, David 25 Neufeld, Margarethe I 20 1912 8 4
51 Rempel, Isaak 26 Harder, Maria 26 1909 7 2
52 Neufeld, Franz 20 Zibulsky, Elfride 18 1936 2 0
53 Neudorf, Peter 22 Kopetschnik, Anna 24 1937 2 1
54 Wiebe, Johann 25 Bergen, Maria II 25 1938 2 0
55 Wiebe, Johann II 20 Rigier, Margarethe I 20 1928 5 2
Giesbrecht, Bernhard I 25 Bergen, Maria 20 1933 2 0
56 Friesen, Peter 20 Schellenberg, Katharina 20 1938 2 1
57 Reimer, Wilhelm 27 Froese, Susanna 25 1937 2 0
58 Martens, Johann 23 Pauls, Helene 20 1919 0 0
59 Schellenberg, Heinrich 31 Neufeld, Susanna 36 1941 1 0
60 Neufeld, Peter 21 Peters, Anganeta 21 1899 11 6
61 Friesen, Jakob 24 Neufeld, Katharina 19 1937 2 0
62 Neufeld, Kornelius 30 Neufeld, Katharina 22 1919 5 0
63 Peters, Abram 20 Bannmann, Margarethe 27 1941 1 0
64 Neufeld, Peter 20 Mensch, Elisabeth 20 1918 4 1
65 Penner, Gerhard 20 Kopetschnik, Katharina 20 1934 2 0
66 Janzen, Johann 25 Unger, Margarethe 20 1910 9 3
67 Janzen, David 27 Peters, Maria 20 1937 5 3
68 Kalan, Otto 22 Lorenz, Maria 19 1937 2 0
69 Hildebrand, Peter 30 Dyck, Maria 21 1921 2 0
70 Hoch, Otto 23 Reimer, Sara 22 1936 4 0
71 Hoch, Heinrich 22 Neufeld, Elisabeth 19 1940 1 0
72 Neufeld, David 22 Klassen, Agathe 21 1937 2 1
73 Kopetschnik, Jakob 22 Hamm, Maria 18 1939 2 0
74 Klassen, Peter 21 Braun, Katharina 18 1934 3 0
75 Paetkau, Kornelius 23 Neufeld, Katharina 23 1925 5 1
76 Kalan, Otto 33 Schulz, Elisabeth 25 1915 1 0
77 Schulz, Kornelius 22 Suckow, Anna 19 1882 8 6
78 Tiessen, Heinrich 22 Wiebe, Agathe 18 1931 4 0
79 Kopetschnik, Franz 20 Hoch, Berta 23 1934 4 1
80 Ens, Kornelius 30 Toews, Helene 22 1917 8 3
81 Krahn, Gerhard 27 Neufeld, Margarethe 30 1929 5 1
82 Reimer, Peter 27 Braun, Anna 19 1931 4 0
83 Braun, Johann II 23 Funk, Susanna 28 1939 2 0
Funk, Jakob I 21 Funk, Susanna 20 1931 3 3
84 Klassen, Abram 24 Pauls, Anna 20 1929 2 0
85 Krahn, Peter 27 Berg, Katharin 22 1937 2 0
86 Janzen, Johann 24 Berg, Sara 21 1926 5 1
87 Kopetschnik, Johann 25 Kraiewsky, Eva 20 1906 11 1
88 Steinke, Bernhard 26 Neufeld, Margarethe 22 1938 2 1
89 Grindemann, Wilhelm I 20 Zibulsky, Adelina 22 1931 1 0
Braun, Franz II 33 Zibulsky, Adelina II 27 1936 0 0
90 Braun, Franz 22 Tiessen, Katharina I 20 1925 4 4
91 Neufeld, Peter 23 Wieler, Helene 21 1935 2 0
92 Bannmann, Jakob 24 Knellsen, Elisabeth I 20 1902 10 6
93 Bannmann, Jakob III 42 Penner, Anganeta II 36 1920 4 0
Bannmann, Heinrich II 27 Penner, Anganeta 27 1911 4 1
Bannmann, Isaak I 26 Penner, Anganeta 25 1909 1 0
94 Pauls, Heinrich 24 Braun, Luise 21 1925 5 1
95 Froese, Johann 23 Rempel, Susanna 22 1911 8 1
96 Mensch, Friedrich 33 Sawatzky, Agnes 24 1937 2 0
97 Schellenberg, Heinrich 19 Braun, Margarethe 22 1929 2 0
98 Mueller, Johann II 22 Dyck, Susanna 40 1938 1 0
Siemens, Heinrich I 44 Dyck, Susanna 28 1926 1 0
99 Ens, Aron 26 Neufeld, Maria 19 1919 9 0
100 Braun, Bernhard 31 Bergmann, Elisabeth 20 1906 10 2
101 Hecht, Erich 29 Kopetschnik, Maria 26 1935 3 0
102 Friesen, Isaak 24 Braun, Maria 22 1937 2 1
103 Klassen, Abram 28 Schellenberg, Maria 20 1930 2 0
104 Krahn, Johann 27 Sawatzky, Helene 20 1942 0 0
105 Krahn, Kornelius 21 Friesen, Margarete 21 1938 2 1
106 Mensch, Wilhelm 25 Neufeld, Susanna 20 1927 7 1
107 Krahn, Peter 25 Klassen, Anna I 22 1899 3 1
108 Krahn,Peter 32 Klassen, Elisabeth II 33 1906 5 1
109 Niehbur, Johann 25 Krahn, Anna 20 1920 5 1
110 Braun, Hermann 27 Wieler, Olga 18 1940 1 0
111 Penner, Heinrich 27 Kritzky, Katharina 23 1914 3 1
Gerbrandt, Jakob 46 Kritzky, Katharina 43 1934 0 0
112 Rahalsky, Jakob 26 Marthens, Dora 36 1917 4 3
113 Reimer, Wilhelm 26 Peters, Maria 31 1923 6 1
114 Isaak, Jakob 24 Peters, Maria 19 1912 11 1
Peters, Hermann 21 Isaak, Mara 18 1935 3 0
115 Kopetschnik, Adolf 22 Zibulsky, Mina 19 1927 6 0
116 Sawatzky, Johann 20 Bannmann, Elisabeth 18 1929 1 0
Braun, Heinrich 21 Bannmann, Elisabeth 18 1930 2 1
117 Braun, Kornelius 20 Harder, Maria 22 1935 4 1
118 Mank, Waldemar 19 Penner, Katharina 19 1933 4 1
119 Sawatzky, Gerhard 24 Hamm, Anna 23 1919 5 1
120 Harder, Jakob 50 Hamm, Anna 36 1932 1 0
121 Mensch, Friedrich 22 Schulz, Elisabeth 22 1895 7 3
Mixed Marriages
1 Walter, Johann 26 Tschornei, Anna7 19 1927 2 1
Kowiwsky, Franz 28 Tschornei, Anna7 26 1934 3 1
2 Gerbrand, Peter 28 Jeremenko, Maria7 19 1924 8 2
3 Panamarenko, Johann7 21 Neufeld, Helene 22 1935 2 0
4 Bannmann, Heinrich 27 Schamrai, Maria7 29 1941 0 0
5 Berg, Viktor 24 Schamrai, Maria7 27 1939 1 0
Kopetschnik, Johann 23 Golowotshenko, Dunea7 23 1926 8 1
6 Huebert, Johann 20 Kowalenko, Motea7 20 1924 7 4

Born Died
German Wives 121 German Children 453 149
Foreign Wives 5 Mixed Children 31 9
Total Wives 126 Total Children 484 158

Signed:
The German Minister for the Occupied Eastern area, Commando Dr. Stumpp
District Commissioner, Gerhard Fast
Mayor, P. Giesbrecht
Kronsthal, 22nd May 1942

Notes:

1. Only German families and mixed families are mentioned by name.

2. When a man has had two or three wives, or a woman has had two or three husbands, the children are allocated according to the appropriate father.

3. If they are not German, ethnicity is identified.

4. All children ever born are accounted for, including those that are married or who have died.

5. Any children who never married or who died are counted here.

6. A I, II, or III behind a name indicates that this individual was the first, second or third spouse of the person also located on that row.

7. Ukrainian.

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Translation by Dora Epp and Anna G. Rempel
Transcription, editing and html by Judith Rempel
01 April 1997