Karpf (Preuss)
Jakob Karpf, a tailor (Schneider), his wife Katharina, and son Johann (age ½) are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. 111. They had settled there on 16 August 1767.
Peter Karpf, presumed son of Jakob Karpf, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps68.
Peter Karpf and his family (including siblings) are recorded on the 1811 census of Preuss in Household No. 68.
Peter Karpf [duplicate name], presumed son of Jakob Karpf, is recorded on the 1811 census of Preuss in Household No. 68 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Seelmann in 1799.
Peter Karpf from Preuss and his son Nikolaus (age 8) are recorded on the 1811 census of Seelmann in Household No. 9.
Franz Karpf, presumed son of Jakob Karpf, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps73.
Franz Karpf and his family are recorded on the 1811 census of Preuss in Household No. 73.
The 1767 census records that Jakob Karpf came from the German village of Unterumbach in the region of Bayern (Bavaria).
- 1811 Preuss Census (Households No. 68, 73).
- 1811 Seelmann Census (Household No. 9).
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Ps68, Ps73.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis; 2005): 433.
Brent Mai