Spelling Variations
Kniff*
Книфъ*
Discussion & Documentation
In 1787, Wilhelm Kniff moved from Schulz to Rohleder.
Wilhelm Kniff and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Rohleder in Household No. Rl33 along with a note that they are living in Herzog.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Sources
- 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): Rl33, Mv2659.
Contributor(s) to this page
Brent Mai