Safenreiter

Spelling Variations: 
Safenreiter
Софенрейтеръ
Smith (Safenreiter)
Сaфенрейтеръ
Sapenreiter
Settled in the Following Colonies: 
Discussion & Documentation: 

Johannes Safenreiter and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps75.

The death of Johannes Safenreiter in 1820 is recorded on the 1834 census of Preuss in Household No. 86.

Peter Safenreiter, son of Mattias Safenreiter, is recorded on the 1850 census of Preuss in Household No. 25 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Rothammel.

Peter Safenreiter and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Preuss in Household No. 78.

A branch of the Safenreiter family that settled in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, goes by the surname of Smith.

Sources: 

- 1811 Preuss Census (Households No. 35, 75, 76).
- 1834 Preuss Census (Househods No. 21, 25, 75, 76, 86).
- 1850 Preuss Census (Households No. 25, 30, 90, 91, 100, 101).
- 1857 Preuss Census (Households No. 6, 31, 36, 84, 118, 119, 133, 134, 135).
- 1857 Rothammel Census (Household No. 78).
- 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): Ps75.

Contributor(s) to this page: 

Brent Mai

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