Spelling Variations
Gerber (Schäfer)
Герберъ (Schäfer)
Gärber (Schäfer)
Discussion & Documentation
In 1795, August Gerber moved from Schäfer to Graf.
August Gerber from Schäfer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Graf in Household No. Gf12.
Augustin Gerber and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Graf in Household No. 41.
Translations of early documents record this surname as Gerger, but Gärber/Gerber continues on later documents.
Sources
- 1834 Graf Census (Household No. 41).
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Gf12, Mv2529.