Worms, Odessa

The chapter for this interest group is the Beresan District Odessa (BDO)

Village Coordinators: Sundae Orwick, Lucy Simpson

  • Region: Black Sea
  • Area: Odessa
  • District: Beresan
  • Rayon:
  • Founded: 1809
  • Religion: Evangelical
  • Location:
  • Longitute and Latitude:
  • Plat Map:
  • Parish:
  • German Name: Worms
  • Russian Name: Vernoye/Wernoje/Vinogradnoye
  • Ukrainian Name:

1848 Village History

BDO Newsletter Articles:

Volume Issue Page Title
1 2 8 Passenger List of Worms People
2 1 1 History of Worms
2 1 11 Worms Census - 1892
3 3 7 The Schmierer's of Worms
5 2 6 Thru German Colonies of Beresan Dist, Worms
6 2 5 Evangelical Parish Pastors (Rohrbach-Worms 1809-1933
and Worms-Johannestal 1861-1885)
6 3 6 Worms Colonist Johann Bareth to Mary Rosina Kress
7 1 7 Schiller Brings Beresan Worms Passengers to America

Books:

From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (page 114)
Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (pages 74, 213, 357)
The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (page 805)
Auswanderung Aus Schwaben Nach Russland 1816-1823 by Dr. Georg Leibbrandt (Chapter 13)

Census Records:

Worms, Beresan District Odessa, 1858 Census, 1998
Worms, Beresan District Odessa, 1892 (see BDO Newlsetter Articles)

Church Records:

St. Petersburg Archives from Bessarabia
St. Petersburg Archives from Freudental
St. Petersburg Archives from Glückstal
St. Petersburg Archives from Grossliebental
St. Petersburg Archives from Neusatz
St. Petersburg Archives from Odessa City
St. Petersburg Archives from Rohrbach

Heritage Review:

HR Issue Year Page Title
HR 18-1 88 03 Worms - Old Letter - 1924
HR 18-4 88 36 Worms - Beresan District - 1848
HR 19-3 89 39 Worms - Beresan District
HR 22-2 92 16 Worms - Deaf-Mute Facility
HR 23-4 93 33 Worms - Old Letter - 1931
HR 24-1 94 24 Worms - Old Letter - 1928
HR 26-1 96 04 Worms, Trip to
HR 28-3 98 33 Worms - Old Letter - 1947

Pioneer Settlers Names:

ALBRECHT, ALLERDINGS, ALMER, BARRETH, BARTH, BENZ, BITTERMANN, BRAUN, BRUNNMEIER, BÜCHLER, CHRIST, DEUTSCHER, EISENBRAND, ENGELHARDT, ENSINGER, ENSMINGER, ERNST, FEHR, FESER, FISCHER, FIX, FRANK, FRUCK, FÜHRER, GÖTZ, GRIES, GROSSMANN, HABERMANN, HEINZ, HEMMINGER, HEY, HORST, JASMAN, JAUERNICK, KÄRCHER, KAUK, KIRSCHENMANN, KNODEL, KOSANKE, KOST, KÖNIG, KRAFT, KRAUS, KÜBLER, LAKKE, LEONHARD, LUTSCHINGER, METHKE, MÜHLBEIER, MÜNSCH, MEYER, OCHSNER, ORTH, PFLÜGENDORFER, QUAST, REDMANN, REICHMANN, RENZ, ROEMMICH, ROTENBUSCH, SCHÄFER, SCHEISCHNER, SCHERER, SCHMIERER, SCHNEIDER, SCHÖPFEL, SCHORTZMANN, SCHÜTZ, SCHWARZ, SCHWENK, SIMON, SPECHT, SPRENGER, STAUSS, TRAUTMANN, WEIDENBACH, WEIKUM, WINTERROT ZÖLLER
(Source: Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height pages 88-89)

Members OnlySupplimental Information:

EWZ Worms A-L (pdf)
EWZ Worms M-Z (pdf)
EWZ Worms in Excel (zip)

6-1-593 - Beresan District Supplement Report dated October 1811 - Listings of people born, died or moved.
Villages mentioned: Karlsruhe, Landau, München, Rastadt, Rohrbach, Speier, Sulz, Worms

6-1-626 - Beresan District Supplement Report dated 31 January 1812 - Listings of people born, died or moved.
PDF formated Gains and Losses Oct 1811 and Jan 1812
Villages mentioned: Karlsruhe, Landau, München, Rastadt, Rohrbach, Speier, Sulz, Worms

6-1-2694 pages 239-239b, 245
Odessa Archives
A request for permission for granting Worms colonist status to former widow Elizabetha Schweikert (late husband Johann) and her children in the family of her present husband Worms colonist Christian Schmirer

6-1-2694 pages 246-246b, 247- 247b, 248- 248b, 249
Odessa Archives
Former Grossliebental colonist Martin Grauer died in Worms leaving wife & 8 children, his relative Georg Schuler of Worms.

File 66-3-27 Index of 1922 Village of Worms Landholders

252-1-9 (.pdf) About marriages and transfers of households in the Beresan District 1816-1817
Villages mentioned: Karlsruhe, Landau, Muenchen, Odessa, Rastadt, Rohrbach, Speier, Worms

252-1-29a (.pdf format)
Fond 252 Inventory 1 ODESSA ARCHIVES
Marriages of Colonists and transfers of their farms.
28 December 1816-13 December 1817
Colonies mentioned: Grossliebenthal, Josephstal, Karlsruhe, Landau, Liebental, Mariental, München, Odessa, Rastadt, Rohrbach, Speier, Worms

File 274-2-18 pages 57b - 65b
Dated: 25 Aug 1892
Members of the Worms Village Society and other residents allowed to live in region
Head of Household, Family Composition, Land, Livestock, Farming Equipment, Occupations

File 274-2-18 page 66b
Question and Answer sheet about village information.

St.Petersburg Annual Reports of 1899-1917

Worms Family Database Project