Michael Schneider, his [2nd] wife Maria Elisabeth Buch, and 6 [unnamed] children immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Flensburg on 9 June 1762. He swore allegiance to King Friedrich of Denmark on 19 July 1762. He died in Denmark in 1762 or 1763.
The marriage of Franz Wilhelm Schneider, son of Michael Schneider, to Catharina Friederika Manweiler is recorded in the parish register of Översee on 29 June 1762. [See Manweiler Family.]
They were dismissed from the Danish colonies on 13 June 1763 and joined the migration to Russia.
Franz Schneider, a farmer, his wife Katharina Friederika, and daughters (Maria Barbara, age 5; Anna Maria, age 1½) are recorded there on the 1767 census of Messer in Household No. 2. They had arrived in Messer on 7 July 1766.
Franz Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Messer in Household No. Ms46.
The death of Franz Schneider in 1830 is recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 68. He had 8 sons: (1) Friedrich; (2) Franz Wilhelm; (3) Johann Heinrich; (4) Johann Peter; (5) Georg Jakob; (6) Johann Christian; (7) Heinrich Peter; and (8) Friedrich Leonhardt.
(1) Friedrich Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 48.
Heinrich Peter Schneider, son of Friedrich Schneider, is recorded on the 1857 census of Messer in Household No. 49.
(2) Franz Wilhelm Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 77.
Franz Wilhelm Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Messer in Household No. 78.
Johann Daniel Schneider, son of Franz Wilhelm Schneider, and his family are recorded on the 1862 census of Neu-Messer in Household No. 38.
(3) Johann Heinrich Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 76.
Heinrich Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Messer in Household No. 77.
Heinrich Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1862 census of Neu-Messer in Household No. 37.
(4) Johann Peter Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 101.
Johann Peter Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Messer in Household No. 102.
Johann Peter Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1862 census of Neu-Messer in Household No. 47.
(5) Georg Jakob Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 68.
(6) Johann Christian Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 68.
Johann Christian Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Messer in Household No. 69.
Johann Christian Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1862 census of Neu-Messer in Household. No. 35.
(7) Heinrich Peter Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 68.
Heinrich Peter Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Messer in Household No. 69.
(8) Friedrich Leonhardt Schneider is recorded on the 1834 census of Messer in Household No. 68.
Friedrich Leonhardt Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Messer in Household No. 69.
The parish register Översee [Denmark] and the 1767 census records that Franz Schneider came from the German village of Zweibrücken.
- 1834 Messer Census (Households No. 68, 76, 77, 101).
- 1857 Messer Census (Households No. 69, 77, 78, 102).
- 1862 Neu-Messer Census (Households No. 35, 37, 47).
- Eichhorn, Alexander, Jacob & Mary Eichhorn. The Immigration of German Colonists to Denmark and Their Subsequent Emigration to Russia in the Years 1759-1766 (Deiningen, Germany: Drukerei und Verlag Steinmeier GmbH & Co. Kg, 2012): B-1494, B-1499.
- 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): Ms46.
- Parish register of Översee [Denmark].
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 131.
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