Founded: 1804/05/09
German Name: Mariental, Russian Name:Georgievka/Georgiowka/Georgijewka, Ukrainian Name: Maryanovka/Marianowka
Religion: Catholic
Pioneer settler surnames: Acker, Ball, Barbie, Barthelmann, Bauer, Beck, Bohl, Bos, Braun, Buchel, Dillman, Dilschneider, Dobrowolsky, Epp, Eresman, Geiger, Gissi, Greber, Griebel, Hauck, Hebich, Heinz, Herbach, Herr, Hettler, Hobehr, Hohn, Keller, Klein, Klement, Klotz, Knoll, Kost, Kraus, Laschiller, Laturnus, Laufer, Lorenz, Lowenstein, Mansfeld, Martin, Mattern, Milius, Muller, Nidling, Rebstock, Rink, Schafer, Schlager, Schlecter, Schlick, Schnellbach, Schrot, Schutt, Silenki, Simon, Sitter, Stetzel, Stotzel, Strasser, Unterreiner, Weimer, Wieland, Wild, Wirth, Wolf, Zimmermann. (Source: Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack.) Search the Black Sea database (
http://www.blackseagr.org/blksea-db/searchform.php) for these surnames.
Articles:
GDO Newsletter - Mariental Plat Map - Volume 2 Issue 3, page 5
GDO Newsletter - Mariental Repression List - Volume 2 Issue 1, page 9
Books:
Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack (pages 191-202)
From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (pages 102-105)
Paradise on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (pages 258-259)
The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pages 614-618)
The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1 by Rev. Conrad Keller (pages 191-200)
Census Records:
1812 Liebental District Odessa Census by GRHS
1816 census in the Stumpp book
Mariental Liebental District Odessa 1858 Census by GRHS and AHSGR
Church Records
Beresan District Catholic Families A – L (available at
http://www.odessa3.org/collections/villages/link/cathla-l.txt)
Beresan District Catholic Families M – Z (available at
http://www.odessa3.org/collections/villages/link/cathlm-z.txt)
Website: Ancestors from Russia by Valery Mock:
http://ancestorsfromrussia.com/tag/mariental/Plat Map: Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa (page 202)
Village History: Paradise on the Steppe (pages 15 & 258) and The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1 (pages 191 – 200)