Meier (Schaffhausen)

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Meier (Schaffhausen)
Мейеръ (Schaffhausen)
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Discussion & Documentation: 

Anna Margaretha Meier, widow of Philipp Meier, and their children (Christoph, age 16; Christina, age 11; Maria, age 10; Dietrich, age 4; Heinrich, age 4) are record are recorded on the 1798 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. Sh47.

Wilhelm Dietrich Meier and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. 8.

Christoph Meier, whose age matches with that of the Christoph above, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Basel in Household No. 2.

Sources: 

- 1834 Basel Census (Household No. 2).
- 1834 Schaffhausen Census (Household No. 8).
- 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): Sh47.

Contributor(s) to this page: 

Brent Mai

Volga Colonies