Muthi
Franz Muth [sic], a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Louis on 14 June 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 21.
In 1788, Franz Muthi and his family moved from Louis to Rohleder.
Michael Muthi, presumed son of Franz Muthi, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rohleder in Household No. Rl22.
Michael Muthi and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Louis in Household No. 16.
The 1767 census records that Franz Muth [sic] came from the German village of Sierck in the Lothringen region.
[Russian records record this surname with several spellings including Muth, Muti, Muty, Muthi, Muthy.]
- 1834 Louis Census (Household No. 16).
- 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): Rl22, Mv1582.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 84.
Brent Mai