Donis
Franz Donis, his wife Dorothea Margaretha, and daughters [by a previous marriage] (Franziska, age 12; Christina, age 10) are recorded on the 1775 census of Beideck in Household No. 1. Franz Donis is recorded as the mayor (Vorsteher) of the colony at this time.
Franz Donis and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Beideck in Household No. Bd21.
Christina Donis, wife of Konrad Filbert, is recorded on the 1798 census of Beideck in Household No. Bd94.
Franziska Donis from Beideck, wife of Heinrich Becker, is recorded on the 1798 census of Dönhof in Household No. Dh087.
- 1775 Census of Beideck (No. 1).
- 1834 Beideck Census (Households No. 10, 52, 55, 196).
- 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): Bd21, Bd94, Dh87.
Brent Mai