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Schäfer (Schilling-1)

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Schäfer (Schilling-1)
Шеферъ (Schilling-1)
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Discussion & Documentation

Widow Christina Schäfer and her sons ([a] Johannes, age 13½; [b] Joachim, age 12½; [c] Johann Georg, age 9½; Georg Konrad, age 6) are recorded on the 1775 census of Schilling in Household No. 8.

[a] Johannes Schäfer and his daughters are recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg009.

[b] In 1788, Joachim Schäfer moved from Schilling to St. Petersburg.

[c] [Johann] Georg Schäfer, his wife, and his daughters are recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg007.

 

Sources

- 1775 Census of Schilling (No. 8).
- 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): Sg007, Sg009, Mv2551.

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Brent Mai

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