Richmeier (Herzog)
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Richmeier (Herzog)
Ригмейеръ (Herzog)
Рихмейеръ (Herzog)
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Pre-Volga Origin:
Discussion & Documentation:
Michael Richmeier, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Herzog on 14 July 1766 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.
The 1798 census of Zug records August Richmeier from Herzog in Household No. Zg22.
The 1767 census records that Michael Richmeier came from the German village of Kelheim in Bayern (Bavaria).
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): Hr03, Zg22.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 93.
Contributor(s) to this page:
Brent Mai
Immigrated to the following locations: