Mattias Schönberger and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois on 2 August 1766. Mattias Schönberger, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Peter, age 18; Jakob, age 15; Anna Katharina, age 13; Michael, age 11) are recorded there on the 1767 census in Households No. 8 & 9.
Following the destruction of Chasselois, the Schönberger family resettled to the colony of Mariental.
Jakob Schönberger from Chasselois, his wife, and children (Peter, age 20; Anna Maria, age 18; Katharina, age 15; Anna Katharina, age 14; Nikolaus, age 9; Jakob, age 5; Elisabeth, age 2; Margaretha, age 1) are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt61.
Nikolaus Schönberger, son of Jakob Schönberger (Sr.), and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Mariental in Household No. 132.
Jakob Schönberger, son of Jakob Schönberger (Sr.), and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Mariental in Household No. 131.
In 1860, Anton Schönberger, son of Jakob Schönberger (Jr.), and his family relocated to the daughter colony of Liebental.
Anton Schönberger and his family are recorded on the 1861 Census of Liebental in Household No. 49.
Joseph Schönberger, son of Jakob Schönberger (Sr.), and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Mariental in Household No. 147.
[Anna] Katharina Dack née Schönberger from Chasselois and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Graf in Household No. Gf14.
Michael Schönberger from Chasselois, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Michael, age 18; Mattias, age 14; Johann, age 12; Anna Maria, age 8; Peter, age 7) are recorded on the 1798 census of Louis in Household No. Ls41.
Michael Schönberger, son of Michael Schönberger, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Louis in Household No. 101.
Mattias Schönberger, son of Michael Schönberger, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Louis in Household No. 136.
Johannes Schönberger, son of Michael Schönberger, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Louis in Household No. 78.
Peter Schönberger, son of Michael Schönberger, and his wife are recorded on the 1834 census of Louis in Household No. 44.
The 1767 census records that Matthias Schönberger came from the French village of Sierck.
- 1834 Louis Census (Households No. 44, 78, 101, 136).
- 1834 Mariental Census (Households No. 131, 132, 147).
- 1850 Louis Census (Households No. 60, 107, 140, 155, 171).
- 1850 Mariental Census (Households no. 156, 194, 195, 215).
- 1857 Louis Census (Households No. 77, 135, 178, 179, 213).
- 1857 Mariental Census (Households No. 170, 211, 212, 213, 235).
- 1861 Liebental Census (Household No. 49).
- 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): Gf14, Ls41, Mt61.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 251, 252.
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