Mestmaker Family

The Mestmaker family is a Russian noble family of German origin, originally from Lübeck. Members of the family held the title of Baron in the Russian Empire. The family went extinct in 1909.

History
The name can be traced back to Ivan Ivanovich Mestmaker (German Johann von Mestmacher; 1732–1805), who was the resident minister under the Prince-bishop of Lübeck, later envoy to Dresden. He was elevated to baronial level in 1777.

The name is included in the noble Matricula of the Courland Governorate and in the V part of the pedigree book of the Podolian Governorate.

The State Council approved Baron Pavel Mestmaker's, nephew Viktor Viktorovich Buddha (1881-1914)  allowed to add to his surname - the surname and title of his adoptive parent, Baron Mestmaker and be called Baron Mestmaker-Buddha, with the right to use the family coat of arms.

Coat of Arms
The shield has a blue field and depicts an elevated golden rafter. On either side and in the middle are three black doves.

The shield is crowned with a baronial crown. The basting on the shield is blue, enclosed in gold.

Lineage

 * Ivan Ivanovich Mestmaker 1st Baron von Mestmaker (born 17.08.1733, Revel, d.10.12.1805, St. Petersburg). Wife : Baroness Wilhelmina-Juliana-Sophia von Wedel-Jarlsberg (b. 05/31/1752, Copenhagen, d. 02/22/1789)
 * Baron Fyodor Ivanovich Mestmaker (born 05/12/1774, d. 05/08/1817). Wife : Louise-Rosina von Zeiten (Louise Rosine von Zeiten; b. 12/28/1789, d. 02/05/1834, St. Petersburg).
 * Baron Pavel Fedorovich Mestmaker (born 05.08.1807, d.?). Wife : Elizabeth (or Olga) Pavlovna Divova, daughter of Pavel Gavrilovich Divov (born 01/18/1765, d. 09/19/1841) and Elena Stepanovna, née. Strekalova (born 02.01.1786, d.21.02.1868).
 * Baron Pavel Pavlovich Mestmaker
 * Baroness Elena Pavlovna Mestmaker
 * Baroness Olga Pavlovna Mestmaker (d. After 11/25/1856)
 * Baroness Alexandra Pavlovna Mestmaker (born 11/10/1850, d. 06/12/1909). Husband: Victor Emmanuilovich Buddha (born 03/01/1836, d. 02/02/1903 (07/02/1901?)).
 * Alexandra Viktorovna Buddha (b. 09/18/1879, d. 1919). Husband: Mikhail Oskarovich Paton (born 05.08.1865, Nice, France, d. 1919), son of Oscar-Johann-Yakov Petrovitch Paton (born 08.11.1823) and Ekaterina Dmitrievna, née. Shishkova (born about 1834).
 * Victor Viktorovich Buddha, 1st Baron Mestmaker-Buddha (born 15.04.1881, d.19.07.1914, Kharkov). Wife : Lyudmila Alekseevna, née Dmitrieva (b. 07/30/1884, d. 11/08/1953, Brussels, Belgium).
 * Baron Viktor Viktorovich Mestmaker-Buddha (born 03.06.1906, St. Petersburg, d.20.03.1987, Emburg, Belgium). Wife : Svetlana Kornelievna, née. N.
 * Baroness Ludmila Viktorovna Mestmaker-Buddha.
 * Olga Viktorovna Buddha
 * Natalia Viktorovna Buddha (born 25.10.1884, died 1971). Husband : Evgeny Paton (born 03/04/1870, died 08/12/1953), brother of M.O. Paton.
 * Baron Nikolai Fedorovich Mestmaker.
 * Baroness Wilhelmina Fedorovna Mestmaker (born 06/15/1812, d. 07/13/1852). Husband : Sergei Andreevich Faminitsyn (born 18.10.1803, d. 14.03.1879), son of Andrei Egorovich Famitsyn and Praskovya Ivanovna, née. Romanchukova
 * Baroness Luiza Fedorovna Mestmaker (b. 1816, d. 11/28/1874, St. Petersburg).
 * Baron Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig Mestmaker (Peter Friedrich Ludwig; born 03/10/1779, Entin, died 05/05/1815, St. Petersburg).
 * Baroness NN Ivanovna Mestmaker. Husband : Prince Alexander Yakovlevich Khilkov (born 04.04.1755, died 04.1819), son of Prince Yakov Vasilyevich Khilkov and Elizaveta Nikitichna, née. Zotova