Jakob Wilger, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois on 2 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 36.
Following the destruction of Chasselois, the Wilger family relocated to the colony of Louis.
Peter [should be Nikolaus] Wilger from Chasselois and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Louis in Household No. Ls42.
Peter Wilger from Chasselois and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Louis in Household No. Ls45.
The 1767 census records that Jakob Wilger came from the German region of Trier.
- 1834 Louis Census (Household No. 76).
- 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): Ls42, Ls45.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 259.
Brent Mai
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Volga Colonies
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