März / Mertz (Stahl am Tarlyk-2)*
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Mertz (Stahl am Tarlyk-2)*
März (Stahl am Tarlyk-2)*
Мерцъ (Stahl am Tarlyk-2)*
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Pre-Volga Origin:
Discussion & Documentation:
Christian März, a farmer, his wife Maria, and son Christian (age 8-weeks) are recorded on the 1767 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. 37. They had settled there on 5 September 1767.
The 1767 census records that Christian März came from the Danish village of Dorup [?].
There are no known surviving male lines of this Mertz family among the Volga German colonies.
Sources:
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 213.
Contributor(s) to this page:
Brent Mai