Michael Obholz (age 42), a farmer, his wife Anna (age 38), and children (Heinrich, age 14; Peter, age 11; Mattias, age 8; Anna, age ½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Louis in Household No. 15. They had arrived in Louis on 14 June 1766.
The widow of Michael Opholz is recorded on the 1798 census of Louis in Household No. Ls09.
In 1788, Peter Opholz and his family moved from Louis to Mariental along with the Widow Maria Opholz and her family.
Peter Opholz from Louis and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt05.
The widow of Heinrich Opholz from Louis and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt13.
Franziska Kippes née Opholz (age 31) from Louis is recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt60.
The 1767 census records that Michael Obholz came from the German village of Bitsch in the region of Lothringen.
Descendants of this family use the surname of Obholz and Opholz.
- 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): Ls09, Mt05, Mt13, Mt60, Mv1575, Mv1576.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 86.
Brent Mai