349:. However all transactions had to be owned under somebody else's name, because, according to the Statute, only members of the Great Guild had the right to trade and to own property, and membership was refused to them because they were Latvian and of serf origin. In 1747 the Steinhauers brought the case before Riga's Senate but in 1753 it issued its verdict against the appellants. After the Senate's Decision, new restrictions against the Latvians were enacted. The Steinhauers brought their case before the Governor General of
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601:." Strangely enough, almost all the contracts and certificates issued by the Society are preserved in the Herrnhut Archives, and after the lapse of more than a century it is possible to compile a complete list of the original shareholders, to note their places of residence, and the order in which they subscribed : ...5. 1754. Johann Steinhauer, Riga, Russia "
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social movement, the ruling of Riga's Senate opened new opportunities for future generations of inhabitants of Riga. Partly because of his support of the
Moravian Church, it eventually became an accepted and popular religious movement among Latvians, having at one point 50,000 converts in three years.
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Pantzer, Baltische Ahnen- und Stammtafeln 28.]ahrgang (Köln: Deutsch-Baltischen Genealogischen Gesellschaft e.V, 1986), Stammliste Moritz / Mastenwracker-Familie Steinhauer in Riga und ihre Nachkommen in aller Welt; Page 30. "Matthias' Haus in Riga wurde zu einem Zentrum der sich auf ihre
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Steinhauer's entrepreneurial successes, his efforts to bring about the right of ownership and freedom of worship on behalf of the native Latvians and serfs had far reaching consequences. At the time of his birth native Latvians and serfs were a stagnant social caste with little opportunity for
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Dr. Philosophie, researcher, author and publisher of
Latvian historical and biographical books: Index corporis historico-diplomatici Livoniae, Esthoniae, Curoniae, Monumenta Livoniae antiquae volumes 1 and 2, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Kirchen und Prediger in Livland. 4 Volumes, among others.
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and Daniel's son in law, applied for membership at the Great Guild and was refused on the grounds that he had given no proofs of his standing as a bookkeeper, and that his wife was a
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Steinhauer II, Rev. Johan Steinhauer III, Daniel Steinhauer, Barbara "Babbe" Wier, Margarethe Messerschmidt, Anne Steinhauer, Elizabeth Steinhauer, Johanna Catherina Schmiedt, Grete Steinhauer, Johanna Magdalena Riegelmann, Martha Maria Schroll, Christiane
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efforts to create a Moravian Colony there. This land was later sold to the Moravian Church and colonists who emigrated there. Throughout his live he promoted religious understanding and freedom in Riga.
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