Niessen

Georg Niessen, a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Shcherbakovka on 15 June 1765. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 34 along with his new wife Sophia.

Anna Maria Kurtz, wife of Adolph Romig & widow of Georg Niessen from Schilling, and their children ([d] Johann Jakob; [e] Johannes, [f] Georg Friedrich) as well as her stepchildren ([a] Balthasar; [b] Johann Daniel; [c] Sophia), Georg's children by a previous wife, are recorded on the 1798 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. Sv53. [See Kurtz Family.]

[a] The 1798 census of Shcherbakovka records that Balthasar Niessen is working in Dobrinka.

Balthasar married on 5 February 1803 in Stahl am Karaman to the widow Susanna Rose née Urbach. He died in Stahl am Karaman before 1808.

Heinrich Niessen (born 10 October 1804, baptized 16 October 1804), son of Balthasar Niessen, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. 62.

Heinrich Niessen and his family are recorded on the 1850 census of Stahl am Karman in Household No. 94.

Heinrich Niessen and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. 103.

[b] Johann Daniel Niessen married in Holstein on 17 March 1803 to Margaretha Barbara Busch. He died in Holstein on 2 January 1806. He has no surviving descendants.

[c] The 1798 census of Shcherbakova records that Sophia Niessen is working in Grimm.

Sophia died in Shcherbakovka on 22 May 1842. She had no family.

[d] The 1798 census of Shcherbakovka records that Johann Jakob is working in Grimm.

Johann Jakob Niessen and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 33.

The death of Jakob Niessen in 1845 is recorded on the 1850 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 60.

Johann Heinrich Niessen, son of Jakob Niessen, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 63.

Georg Balthasar Niessen, son of Jakob Niessen, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 64.

[e] Johannes Niessen married Anna Dorothea Schmidt, widow of Georg Philipp Martin from Franzosen, on 11 July 1809 in Shcherbakovka. 

[f] Georg Friedrich Niessen married in Shcherbakovka on 23 January 1812 to Katharina Margaretha Heidelbach. He died in Shcherbakovka on 8 September 1850. His descendants continue in Shcherbakovka.

In 1858, Johann Georg Friedrich Niessen, son of Georg Friedrich Niessen, moved with his family to Morgentau.

The 1767 census records that Georg Niessen came from the German village of Tonrod in the Holstein region.

[Some publications of this family have recorded the surname as Nasan and Niesing.]