| 1762 |
Catherine The Great of Russia issues first Manifesto Dec. 4,
little response |
| 1763 |
Catherine The Great of Russia issues second
Manifesto with propaganda and more
incentives, many Germans respond and emigrate to Russia, July 22 |
| 1788 |
Gottlieb Grenz,
Samuel’s brother is born |
| 1789-1799 |
French Revolution takes place. Napoleon rises to
power |
| 1796 |
Samuel Grenz born in
Posen, Prussian Poland |
| 1804 |
Czar Alexander re-issues Catherine’s Manifesto with even more
incentives |
| 1812 |
Napoleon marches into Moscow in September, but leaves in
October and all but 29,000 of
575,000 men in his army die from the war or disease |
| 1812 |
Gottlieb Grenz marries Mariana Sommerfeld |
| 1813 |
Samuel Grenz and his brother Gottlieb and wife Mariana emigrate
to Ukraine, South Russia with 18 other families |
| 1816 |
Samuel and Gottlieb and wife (now with a 9 month old child,
Anna) in Rohrbach census |
| 1818 |
Samuel marries Anna Elisabeth Rosina Schuelke, probably in
Rohrbach |
| 1819 |
George Adam Christian Grenz,
Samuel and Anna’s first child, born in Rohrbach. Now twenty years
old |
| 1821 |
Catharina Elisabetha Dengler born in Waterloo September 30 |
| 1830 |
The Grenz’s move to
Güldendorf. Güldendorf is founded by
settlers in Friedrichstal, Stuttgart and Waterloo due to water
shortage |
| 1837 |
Georg Adam Christian Grenz weds Catherina Elisabetha Dengler in
Guldendorf Nov 30 |
| 1838 |
Samuel Grenz, (the
younger) oldest child of Georg and Catharina born in Guldendorf,
October 5 |
| 1847 |
Samuel’s (the older) wife Anna (Goerg’s mother) dies in
Güldendorf October 19 at age 57 |
| 1851 |
Samuel’s 2nd wife Salomea Braun Grenz dies August 4
at age 55 |
| 1858 |
Samuel (the older) dies in Güldendorf Dec 18 at age 62 |
| 1861 |
Samuel (the younger) marries Christina Lutz |
| 1871 |
Privileges taken away from Russian colonists. Germany unifies
as a nation for the first time. Time of increased animosity towards
foreigners in Russia. Imperial Russian Government issues decree
repealing the Manifestos of Catherine and Alexander June 3 |
| 1872 |
Exodus of German settlers from southern Russia begins (mostly
to America) |
| 1874 |
Compulsory military conscription instituted for the German
colonists |
| 1880 |
Christina Schnaidt (grandma) born December 2 in south Russia,
probably Guldendorf |
| 1882 |
Friedrich Grenz
born December 2 in south Russia, probably Güldendorf |
| 1884 |
Catharina Elisabetha Dengler Grenz, Georg’s wife, dies 15 August
in Gnadenfeld at age 65 |
| 1885 |
Samuel and Christina Grenz sail on
S.S.
Suevia to New York; arrive on June 1 at Castle Garden.
Settle near Eureka, south of Artas in South Dakota |
| 1886 |
Samuel Grenz charter member of First Baptist Church Eureka June
21 |
| 1887 |
Railroad extended to Eureka, South Dakota. Eureka, becomes
wheat market of the world |
| 1889 |
North and South Dakota join the Union and receive Statehood |
| 1890 |
Massacre at Wounded Knee in South Dakota |
| 1892 |
Christina Schnaidt (Friedrich Grenz future wife) comes to
America with parents April 30 on the S.S. Edam
from Rotterdam to Logan County, North Dakota |
| 1900 |
First Baptist Church of Eureka has 300 members |
| 1900 |
Samuel, wife and 4 children living in Postal Township, Campbell
Co., South Dakota. According to the census, Samuel is a farmer |
| 1902 |
Friedrich Grenz moves to Streeter area in North Dakota |
| 1903 |
Friedrich Grenz marries Christina Schnaidt Oct 13, in Streeter,
Stutsman, North Dakota Samuel and Christina Grenz retire and move
from their Campbell Co. SD farm into the town of Eureka, South
Dakota |
| 1904 |
Samuel, wife Christina and daughter Lidia move from Campbell,
Co. South Dakota to Lodi, California in April |
| 1904 |
Christina Lutz Grenz (Samuel’s wife) dies Aug 20 at 66. Buried
in old Lodi City Cemetery |
| 1904 |
Friedrich Grenz homesteads in Logan, County North Dakota |
| 1905 |
Friedrich Grenz accepts Christ as Savior and is baptized |
| 1905 |
Samuel Grenz is charter member of First Baptist Church of Lodi
April |
| 1908 |
Samuel married widow Katharina Theurer Nathan who has 11 living
children, June 29 in Lodi |
| 1910 |
Samuel Grenz and Katharina living in Lodi (Elkhorn Township),
according to census |
| 1914 |
Samuel Grenz listed as gardener in Lodi City Directory and lives
on N. Stockton Street |
| 1919 |
Friedrich and Christina Grenz live in Ashley, North Dakota |
| 1932 |
Katharina Nathan Grenz (Samuel’s second wife) dies in
Sacramento, California August 26 at age 85. Buried old Lodi City
Cemetery |
| 1945 |
Friedrich and Christina Grenz retire and move to Napoleon, North
Dakota |
| 1953 |
Friedrich and Christina Grenz celebrate their
50th wedding
anniversary in Napoleon |
| 1964 |
Friedrich Grenz and Christina move to Bismarck Baptist Home
April 7 |
| 1968 |
Friedrich Grenz dies in Bismarck Jan 28 at age 86, buried
Napoleon City Cemetery |
| 1973 |
Christian Schnaidt Grenz dies in Bismarck March 31 at age 93.
Buried Napoleon city Cemetery |