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The following is taken from the book, "Homesteaders on the Steppe" by Joseph S. Height. The Beresan districtThe colony of Rohrbach. Est. 1809 The village of Rohrbach was located in the Zerigul valley, 40 versts west of the Bug river, and 100 versts northeast of Odessa. It was only 20 versts from Landau, which was the administrative center of the newly established Beresan Colony. The Crownland apportioned to the colony of Rohrbach amounted to 8,333 desss. (or 22,500 acres), a tract of land large enough to provide a living for 150 families. The first settlers, consisting of 26 families, were conducted to the Zerigul valley in the fall of 1809 by Chief Mayor Brittner of Grossliebental. The following spring, Commissioner von Rosenkampf conducted another 69 families, with their leader Michael Kuhn, from their winter quarters in the colonies in the environs of Odessa, to the place of settlement. Of the 95 families, 56 had emigrated fro Alsace and the Palatinate, 33 were from Baden, 4 from Würtemberg, and 2 from Prussian Poland; in all about 450 souls. Since a large number of the earliest settlers were from the Palatinate, the settlement was named after the town of Rohrbach, in the district of Bergzabern. It seems that the first homesteaders were put up in stone dwellings. Each family also received the necessary livestock, farm equipment, and seed grain, for which the families were granted an advance loan of 100,490 rubles. The cash assets of the immigrants amounted to some 40,000 rubles. In 1813 another 27 families arrived from Prussian Poland, and 4 more families from Württemberg. In 1816, according to the earliest available census, the village of Rohrbach had 130 families, with a population of 602 souls (312 men and 287 women). From 1817 - 19 another 22 families, of which 16 were from Baden, were settled. In the next two decades 31 families moved away to other colonies. Despite this loss, however, the population of Rohrbach was 683 in 1838, and rose to 1,178 in 1847. For the 217 families, the available area of Crownland per family was about 40 dess., or 100 acres. Further on in the book it states: "Out of partiality to the village of Rohrbach (Pfalz) from which they had emigrated, the two colonists Peter Schmidt and Peter Nuss, who arrived at this place among the first, gave the colony the name of Rohrbach." (As Peter Nuss is known to have immigrated from Rohrbach/Bergzabern, Pfalz, the Rohrbach referred to was in the Palatinate, not in Baden. Translator's note.)" Departures: In `1818, ten families went to Grusinia, in 1823, 11 families moved to Odessa and to other colonies............ (This could explain why Johann on his immigration papers says he was from Odessa. However, he could just have put that because it was a larger area).

Johannes married Eva Margaretha Riedel on 9 Feb 1794 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz. Eva (daughter of Philipp Jakob Riedel and Anna Margaretha Billo) was born in 1775 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; died in 1814 in Rohrbach, Odessa, Ukrayina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Johannes Andreas Wüst was born on 24 Aug 1797 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; died on 17 Nov 1840 in Rohrbach, Odessa, Ukrayina.
2. Johannes Jakob Wüst was born on 17 Mar 1799 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; died in in Odessa, Ukrayina.
3. Johannes Michael Wüst was born on 10 Jun 1800 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; was christened on 15 Jun 1800 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; died on 12 Oct 1803 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz.
4. Jakob Wüst was born in 1801 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; was christened in in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; died in in Rohrbach, Odessa, Ukrayina.
5. Philipp Peter Wüst was born on 28 Sep 1803 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; died in in Rohrbach, Odessa, Ukrayina.
6. Eva Barbara Wüst was born on 25 May 1805 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; was christened on 25 May 1805 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; died on 6 Jul 1855 in Rohrbach, Odessa, Ukrayina.
7. Sebastian Wüst was born on 27 Mar 1807 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; died in in Rohrbach, Odessa, Ukrayina.
8. Michael Wüst was born on 18 Jan 1809 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz; was christened on 21 Jan 1809 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz.

Johannes married Eva Katharina Rinck on 22 Sep 1772 in Steinweiler, Pfalz. Eva was born in 1752 in Erlenbach bei Kandel, Pfalz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Maria Johanna Crepelle on 20 Jul 1745 in Steinweiler, Pfalz. Maria (daughter of Isaac Crepelle and Rachel Pfillion) was born in 1720 in Steinweiler, Pfalz; died in in Steinweiler, Pfalz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Anna Katharina Matten on 10 Aug 1717 in Steinweiler, Pfalz. Anna (daughter of Stephan Matten) was born in 1696 in Pfalz; died in 1752 in Steinweiler, Pfalz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Rachel Pfillion. Rachel was born in 1680 in Pfalz; died in in Steinweiler, Pfalz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]