Schäfer (Grimm-5)
Spelling Variations:
Schäfer (Grimm-5)
Шеферъ (Grimm-5)
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Discussion & Documentation:
The following Schäfer families in Grimm are believed to be related to each other, but this needs to be confirmed by further research.
(1) Johannes Schäfer (senior) and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Grimm in Household No. Gm129.
(2) Johannes Schäfer (junior) and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Grimm in Household No. Gm127.
(3) Heinrich Schäfer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Grimm in Household No. Gm134.
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): Gm127, Gm129, Gm134.
Contributor(s) to this page:
Brent Mai