Kaneau was founded on 7 June 1767 by colonists recruited by Baron Caneau de Beauregard from the regions of Dessau, Isenburg, and Bamberg.
The colony was named in honor of recruiter Baron Caneau de Beauregard. On 26 February 1768, a decree officially recognized its name as Kano (the Russian version of Kaneau).
In 1915, the village was renamed Andreyevka, but returned to Kaneau with the establishment of the Volga German Republic. Again on 2 July 1942, after all the Germans had been deported, it was renamed Andreyevka, and what remains today of the former colony of Kaneau is known as Andreyevka.
The colonists who settled in Kaneau were mostly Lutheran; there were a handful of Reformed colonists.
The congregation in Kaneau belonged to the parish of North Katharinenstadt until 1905 when it became part of the parish headquartered in Boisroux.
In the earlier years, the congregation in Kaneau worshiped in the school house. The first wooden church was constructed in 1795. In 1832, a new wooden church was built to accommodate the growing population. The corner stone for the third church structure was laid on 7 July 1885, and the new church was consecrated on 5 July 1887. It could accommodate 800 worshipers. By official order dated 10 July 1936, the church in Kaneau was closed.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
87
|
283
|
140
|
143
|
| 1769 |
87
|
310
|
158
|
152
|
| 1773 |
66
|
263
|
133
|
130
|
| 1788 |
31
|
163
|
97
|
66
|
| 1798 |
37
|
229
|
115
|
114
|
| 1816 |
45
|
383
|
187
|
196
|
| 1834 |
78
|
662
|
340
|
322
|
| 1850 |
108
|
826
|
404
|
422
|
| 1857 |
102
|
976
|
480
|
496
|
| 1859 |
90
|
986
|
493
|
493
|
| 1888 |
187
|
1,333
|
664
|
669
|
| 1891 |
|
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,703*
|
867
|
836
|
| 1904 |
|
2,303
|
|
|
| 1910 |
235
|
2,196
|
1,130
|
1,066
|
| 1912 |
|
2,494
|
|
|
| 1920 |
284
|
2,132
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,138
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
1,121
|
|
|
| 1926** |
213
|
1,060
|
507
|
553
|
| 1931 |
|
1,714***
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,692 were German.
**Of whom 1,057 (507 male & 550 female) were German living in 212 households.
***Of whom 1,704 were German.
Kano (Wolgadeutsche.net) in Russian
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