Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta

The Guardianship Committee of Foreign Settlers in South Russia

Compiled March 2002 by Tim Janzen & Tatyana Makarenko

1804

File 138. File concerning the purchase of lumber from Chernobyl resident Berka Michalevich by the Guardianship Office for building houses in the Molotschna Colony.

1. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office about the purchase and transportation of lumber to the Molotschna River.
2. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with B. Michalevich. Contract documents.
3. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with the Mayor of Ekaterinoslav and with the mayors of the colonies about the preservation of the lumber. Colonists from the Molotschna Colonies were assigned to be inspectors. Reports from inspectors on the same subject.
4. Petitions from B. Michalevich asking to pay him money.
5. Reports from the College Registrar (civil official of 15th rank) Sobolev about the amount of lumber which was cut and delivered; amount paid for work.
6. Post-horse order from Mr. Develdeev.
7. Statistical reports about the amount of lumber that was cut, and about the money which was paid for this work from October, 1804 to March, 1805
8. Lists from the Molotschna District Office about the amount of lumber that was cut and purchased; about the deficit.
9. Invoices about rafts that were constructed and shipped.
10. Reports from the Inspector of the Molotschna Colonies, Baron Ikskul, about the necessity to account for the amount of lumber for the construction of houses.
11. A layout of the lands along the Molotschna River.
12. Lists of families from the villages of Molotschna Colonies (Muensterberg, Lichtenau, Lindenau, Fischau, Schoenau, Muntau, and Halbstadt), who needed lumber to build their houses.
13. Information about the progress of the delivery of the lumber.
14. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with Major General von Boehm, the Director of the Dnepr Rapids, about permission to pass through the rapids.
15. The orders and report from S. X. Contenius about the delivery of the lumber.
16. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with the Ekaterinoslav State Chamber and the Mariupol District Exchequer about the money, which was given for cutting and transporting the lumber. Amount of money that was sent to Inspector Ikskul.
17. The plan for a house containing the dimensions and the amount of lumber needed for the construction.
18. Routes for transportation of the lumber.
19. Reports from District Mayor K. Wiens about the deficit of lumber and the indebtedness of B. Michalevich.
20. Reports from the Guardianship Office to the Duke de Richelieu about inefficiencies during the transportation of the lumber.
21. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with the Ekaterinoslav Government and the Lower District Court about the investigation of the embezzlement of lumber.

These documents are written in both Russian and German
This file is missing the beginning and ending pages.
May 30, 1804 to Aug 22, 1806. 828 pages.
(See the microfilm of selected files from Odessa Archives, Fund 6, Inventory 1 for this file).

File 144. File concerning medical services provided to colonies of foreign settlers and about the payment of 10 rubles to the colonist Mr. Schultz for these services.

1. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with the Ekaterinoslav Medical Administration and Inspector Peleshenkov about the dispatch of Doctor (Court Counselor) Meinshausen to the Josephstal Colony and about the payment for treatment.
2. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with Ekaterinoslav Office of Public Charity regarding the payment for treatment of sick colonists in the hospital.
3. Petition by the Mayor of the Jamburg Colony, Mr. Lutz, about the need to send a doctor to the colony.
4. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with Court Counselor Chaika (a member of the Ekaterinoslav Medical Administration) about the commission of Medical Officer Zeger to do medical assistance to colonists if it is necessary.
5. Announcement by the Medical Administration to the Guardianship Office concerning vaccinations. The people from Medical Administration were dispatched into the Chortitza Colonies to vaccinate against smallpox. "Admonition for Mennonites" by Dr. Bekker, who was a member of the Medical Administration.
6. Petition by the Ekaterinoslav Pharmacy to the Guardianship Office. Payable accounts for medicines, which were sent to the colonists (October 1804-May 1805, April, 1809, March, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1816). Prescriptions that were written by Drs. Meinshausen, Bekker, and Zeger.
7. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with the Ekaterinoslav Medical Administration and Doctor Meinshausen about the medical care rendered by the colonist Karl Wannovius. Prescriptions that were written by Mr. Wannovius. The petition by Mr. Wannovius about transferring him to another colony and his promotion to be a doctor's assistant.
8. Statistical lists containing the number of sick Mennonites from the Molotschna Colonies in August and September, 1805; lists of names of the patients, their ages, and their illnesses in December, 1805.
9. Letter by the Taurida Civil Governor to the Guardianship Office about the dispatch of Melitopol District Doctor Steblev to the Molotschna Colonies to do medical assistance.
10. Announcement by Court Counselor Meinshausen to the Guardianship Office about morbidity.
11. Letter by Baron Ikskul about the necessity to repair of the houses of the colonists. The letter contains the list of needy colonists. Financial account about payment for treatment.
12. Petitions by Doctor Steblev about the necessity to send cowpox serum for inoculations.
13. Letters by Dr. Bekker to the Guardianship Office about the reimbursement of travel expenses.
14. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office, the Ekaterinoslav Civil Governor, the Ekaterinoslav Medical Administration, and the State Advisor, Mr. Hoffman (a member of the Medical Administration) about the increase in morbidity in the Molotschna Colonies.
15. A list of colonists in the Molotschna Colonies who received battens (March, 1810).
16. Complaint of Mr. Ikskul about the misbehavior of Mr. Hoffman during his sojourn in the colony.
17. Petitions from the Inspector of the Molotschna Colonies, Mr. Sieber, about the payment for the treatment of sick colonists to Karl Gottfried Schulze and Nicholas Gottfried Mueller. Petition from Mr. Mueller about the need to pay for his work and accounts.
18. Reports and petitions by Mr. Sieber about the necessity to build a house for K. G. Schulze, to increase wages, and to deliver medications and a material for inoculation.
19. Correspondence from the Guardianship Office with the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the money that was sent for medications.
20. Reports from the Doctor for the Molotschna Colonies, K. G. Schulze. Lists of medicines that were used. Accounts for the medicines.
21. Reports from the acting Inspector of the Molotschna Colonies, Mr. Hauschteck, about the money for medications.
22. A certificate that was given to the Molotschna District Office to K. G. Schultz (with a print of the stamp of the office).
23. A report from the acting Inspector of the Molotschna Colonies, Baron von Plotto, about the deductions of the money for the treatment to the Guardianship Office.

These documents are written in Russian, German, and Latin.
25 Feb 1804 to 22 May 1820. 595 pages. 849 frames.

File 147. File concerning estates which were transferred from one Mennonite or colonist to another during 1804.

Conclusions of the Guardianship Office, registers, and reports from inspectors to the Guardianship Office.
1. Reports written by the Inspector of the Josephstal Colonies, Mr. Peleshenkov, concerning exchanges of the apartment houses between the colonists (Rybalsk colonist Jacob Emrich and Josephstal colonist Friedrich Kohler, a Rybalsk colonist, the Swabian Christopher Mor and Orelsk colonist Osip Gershwelt, Rybalsk colonist Christian Steinborn and the Swabian Georg Bauman of Josephstal, Rybalsk colonist Johann Kudvin and the Swabian Jacob Bauer of Josephstal, Rybalsk colonist Frederick Skodelsky and the Swabian Christian Teimih of Josephstal); the transfer of the estate of the Mennonite Jacob Bartel Mewsen of Kronsgarten to a recent settler, the Mennonite Jacob Wiens; the transfer of the estate of the deceased Josephstal colonist Wilhelm Arks to trustees Christian Miller and Johann Klein (Knoblau), an inventory of the estate and a list of the family of W. Arks; about the transfer of the right of trusteeship from Johann Knoblau to Andreas Knoblau.
2. Reports written by the Chortitza Colony District Mayor, P. Siemens, regarding the exchange of the estate between Abraham Friesen and Bernhard Giesbrecht of Neuendorf; about the transfer of the estate of the Mennonite Jacob Berg of Chortitza to Gerhard Krahn; the transfer of the estate of Kronsweide Mennonite Peter Nikkel to Georg Nikkel; the transfer of the estate of the Mennonite Peter Wiebe of Chortitza to his stepson Johann Peters; the transfer of the estate of the Mennonite Heinrich Janzen of Kronsgarten to the Mennonite Jacob Nikkel.
3. Reports written by the Inspector of the Swedish Colonies, Mr. Pavlovsky, regarding the transfer of the estate of the deceased Swedish colonist Christian Greison to his brother Hendrik Greison, including an inventory of the estate; the transfer of the estate of the deceased Swedish colonist Heinrich Peterson to his nephew Mats Christianson, including an inventory of the estate.
4. Reports written by the Inspector of the Josephstal Colonies, Mr. Develdeev, concerning the distribution of the cattle of the deceased Josephstal colonist Wilhelm Arks between Jacob Frut and Johann Erlich; the transfer of the estate of the deceased Swabian of Rybalsk Johann Schteinbelrg to his wife; the transfer of the estate of Jamburg colonist Peter Agenzeier to colonist Philip Pfeifer.
5. Reports written by of the head of the Belowesch Colonies, Johann L. Stumph, about the last will of Philip L. Sell of Rundewiese, an inventory of the property, and a list of the family of P. Sell; about the last will of Belowesch colonist Peter Arnold and the transfer of Arnold's property to his grandson Conrad Arnold.

These documents are written in both Russian and German.
3 Feb 1804 to 25 Jan 1805. 87 pages. 148 frames.

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