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Meier (Katharinenstadt-3)
Мейеръ (Katharinenstadt-3)
Settled in the Following Colonies
Pre-Volga Origin
Discussion & Documentation
Jakob Meier and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka149.
A note on the 1798 census records that Jakob Meier came to Russia by himself from the city of Rostok in the duchy of Mecklenburg. He lived in various Russian cities and finally in 1797 came to Katharinenstadt where he married his current wife. He wishes to stay in the colony of Katharinenstadt. Jakob Meier is a cooper and his stepsons are turners who also wish to remain in Katharinenstadt and continue their profession.
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): Ka149.
Contributor(s) to this page
Brent Mai
Pre-Volga Origin
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Volga Colonies
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