Larson (Schäfer)
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Larson (Schäfer)
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Discussion & Documentation:
Kornelius Larson, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Katharina, and his stepson Carl Manus settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 33.
The 1767 census records that Kornelius Larson came from the Danish village of Nasku [?].
Sources:
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 97.
Contributor(s) to this page:
Brent Mai