Johannes Schnitzer, a single farmer, immigrated to Russa from the German village of Steinau.
Joh. Schnitzer (als deserteur angenommen) [accepted as a deserter] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
He settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 49 in the appendix.
His widow an children are recorded in Nieder-Monjou on the 1798 Census in Household No. Nm48.
Christian Schnitzer is recorded on the 1857 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 161 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Ernestinendorf in 1855. Christian Schnitzer and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 77 along with a note that they had arrived in Ernestinendorf from Nieder-Monjou in 1856.
Christian Schnitzer and his family are recorded on an 1865 list of colonists resettled to Lilienfeld along with a note that they arrived in Lilienfeld from Ernestinendorf on 7 March 1859.
- 1857 Ernestinendorf Census (Household No. 77).
- 1857 Nieder-Monjou Census (Household No. 161).
- 1865 Lilienfeld List.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): 732.
- Müller-Marschhausen, Ernst. “Russland-Auswanderer aus dem Bergwinkel um 1766 und die Spurensuche nach ihrer Rückkehr im 20. Jahrhundert.” [Online]
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 214.
- Rauschenbach, Georg. Deutsche Kolonisten auf dem Weg von St. Petersburg nach Saratow: Transportlisten von 1766-1767 (Moscow: G.V. Rauschenbach, 2017): #7572.
Brent Mai