Georg Messer, a farmer, and his wife Sophia are recorded on the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 79. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.
In 1783, Georg Messer and his family moved from Boisroux to Reinhard.
Christian Messer, presumed son of Georg Messer, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Reinhard in Household No. Rh13.
In 1798, Andreas Messer moved from Reinhard to Boisroux. Andreas Messer from Reinhard and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Boisroux in Household No. Bx23.
Andreas Messer and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Boisroux in Household No. 94.
The 1767 census records that Georg Messer came from the German region of Dessau.
- 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): Bx23, Rh13, Mv0304, Mv2392.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 158.
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