Spelling Variations
Schneider (Kratzke-1)
Шнейдеръ (Kratzke-1)
Pre-Volga Origin
Discussion & Documentation
Nikolaus Schneider, a fabric weaver (Stoffweber), his wife Maria Katharina, son Johann Friedrich (age ½), and stepson Johann Heinrich [surname not recorded] (age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kratzke in Household No. 6. They had settled there on 7 August 1766.
The 1767 Kratzke census records that this Schneider family is from Salzwedel in Brandenburg.
Sources
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Kr35.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis; 20001): 45.
Contributor(s) to this page
Brent Mai
Pre-Volga Origin
52.85, 11.15
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