Nikolaus (Näb)
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Nikolaus (Näb)
Николаусъ (Näb)
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Discussion & Documentation:
Johann Nikolaus, a tailor (Schneider), his wife Margaretha, and their son Franz Ludwig (1 week old) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau.
Widow Margaretha Nikolaus and her son Johann Bernhard Nikolaus (age 26) are recorded on the 1798 census of Näb in Household No. Nb37.
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): Nb37.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 272.
Contributor(s) to this page:
Brent Mai