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Ancestors Of The Settlers
Alexander Karolyi hired
an agent, whose name we don't know, to
enlist the first wave of immigrants in Upper
Swabia in the spring of 1712. From 1720 on,
he sent his own people. The expense sheets
of these agents give us information about
the places they stayed during their journey.
The most important expense sheet is from the
year 1720, between April 15, the day of
their departure from Pest to June 28th, the
day of their arrival back in Pest with the
settlers. The agent gives the places where
he visited from Ulm to the southern part of
the Wurttemberg: Ringschnait, Ochsenhausen,
Biberach, Ellemannsweiler, Stein,
Laupershausen, Schweinhausen, Waldsee,
Weingarten, Ravensburg, Fieramoos,
Reinstetten, Heggbach, Gutenzell, Ulm.
The most important document to ascertain
the ancestry of the Sathmar Swabians is the
one of June 15, 1723, instructions of the
count to settlers. The places, as well as
the rulers of those places where the
settlers came from, is recorded here. It
deals with the German inhabitants of the
first three settlements: Schinal, 76;
Fienen, 78;, and Maitingen, 93 families. 293
families - 8 are not listed - came from 129
communities. Of these, 97 are in Upper
Swabia, 16 in Baden, 8 in Bavarian Swabia, 2
in Switzerland, and one in Hohenzollern. The
affiliation of five places is not known.
Since 75% of the towns are in Upper Swabia
(Wurttemberg), the number of settlers from
there comes to 83%. We can come to the
conclusion that most of the settlers came
from the Biberach-Waldsee-Ravensburg area.
[Credits,
Originally Published by Jody McKim Pharr at the DVHH.org 29 Sep 2006]
[Published by Sarah Coraggio
at the DVHH on 8 October 2018]
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