Peter Schönberger & Catharina Lick were married on 28 May 1765 in Roßlau.
Peter Schönberger and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Louis on 14 June 1766. Peter Schönberger, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughter Anna (age 1½) are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 32.
In 1788, Peter Schönberger and his family moved from Louis to Herzog.
Peter Schönberger from Louis is recorded on the 1798 census of Herzog in Household No. Hr28.
Peter Schönberger and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Herzog in Households No. 6 & 73.
The death of Peter Schönberger in 1845 is recorded on the 1850 census of Herzog in Household No. 97.
Anna Scheffin née Schönberger from Louis and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt67.
In 1797, Jonas Schönberger moved from Herzog to Rohleder.
Johann Jonas Schönberger from Herzog and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rohleder in Household No. Rl30.
There is a Sebastian Schönberger (age 64) recorded on the 1834 census of Rohleder in Household No. 17. Based upon his age, this has to be the Johann Jonas Schönberger recorded on the 1798 census of Rohleder in Household No. Rl30.
The death of Sebastian Schönberger in 1850 is recorded on the 1850 census of Rohleder in Household No. 28.
In 1860, Paul Schönberger, son of Sebastian Schönberger, and his family relocated to the daughter colony of Liebental.
Paul Schönberger and his family are recorded on the 1861 census of Liebental in Household No. 33.
In 1875, Johannes Schönberger, son of Paul Schönberger, migrated to Liebenthal, Kansas.
In 1792, Michael Schönberger moved from Herzog to Rohleder. [This family has not been located in Rohleder.]
The 1767 census records that Peter Schönberger came from the German region of Saarbrücken.
- 1834 Herzog Census (Households No. 6, 73).
- 1834 Rohleder Census (Household No. 17).
- 1850 Herzog Census (Households No. 7, 8, 97).
- 1850 Rohleder Census (Households No. 17, 28, 29, 30, 64, 77).
- 1857 Herzog Census (Households No. 7, 8, 118).
- 1857 Rohleder Census (Households No. 22, 23, 37, 38, 84, 99, 106).
- 1861 Liebental Census (Household No. 33).
- 1879 Herzog Family List (Households No. 13, 14, 174, 175).
- 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): Hr28, Rl30, Mt67, Mv0834, Mv0842, Mv1586.
- Mai, Brent Alan and Dona Reeves-Marquardt. German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767) (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2003): #843.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 87.
Brent Mai