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Bronner

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Bronner
Броннеръ
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Discussion & Documentation

Georg Brunner [sic], a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Messer on 7 July 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 16 along with their 3-week-old son Georg Konrad.

In 1790, Georg Bronner and his family moved from Messer to Franzosen.

Georg Bronner from Messer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Franzosen in Household No. Fz42.

Georg Konrad Bronner, son of Georg Bronner, is recorded on the 1834 census of Franzosen in Household No. 36.

The death of Georg Konrad Bronner in 1840 is recorded on the 1850 census of Franzosen in Household No. 37.

Christina Margaretha Bronner, widow of Peter Bronner the son of Georg Konrad Bronner, and her family are recorded on the 1857 census of Franzosen in Household No. 150 along with a note that they relocated to the daughter colony of Erlenbach in 1852.

Christina Margaretha Bronner from Franzosen and her family are recorded on the 1857 census of Erlenbach in Household No. 59.

The 1767 census records that Georg Brunner [sic] came from the German district of Odenwald.

Sources

- 1834 Franzosen Census (Household No. 36).
- 1850 Franzosen Census (Household No. 37).
- 1857 Erlenbach Census (Household No. 59).
- 1857 Franzosen Census (Household No. 150).
- 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): Fz42, Mv1731.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 135.

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