Schäfer (Hölzel)

Jakob Schäfer, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and children (Anna Maria, age 16; Jakob, age 15; Nikolaus, age 13; Johann, age 11; Jakob [again], age 8; Johann Jakob, age 7, Peter, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Adler under the command of Skipper Paul Adam Drath.

Jacob Schäfer, his wife Margaretha, and children (Jacob, age 15; Nicolaus, age 11, Anna Maria, age 11; Johannes, age 10; Jacob [again], age 9; Jacob [again], age 7; Peter, age ½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Hölzel on 11 September 1767. Jakob Schäfer, his wife Margaretha, and children (by 1st wife: Anna Margaretha, age 18; [a] Georg Jakob, age 15; [b] Nikolaus, age 13; [c] Johannes, age 11. by 2nd wife: [d] Jakob, age 8; Peter, age 1½) are recorded there on the 1767 census of Hölzel in Household No. 30.

[a] This Georg Jakob may be a stepson with the surname of Weht/Wett. [See Weht Family.]

[b] Nikolaus Schäfer and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Hölzel in Household No. Hz24.

[c] The widow and children of Johannes Schäfer are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps34 with a note that two of his children are working in Hölzel.

Johann[es] Schäfer, son of Johannes Schäfer, is reocrded on the 1811 census of Preuss in Household No. 34 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Seelmann [year not recorded].

Johannes Schäfer from Preuss and his son (Augustin, age 4) are recorded on the 1811 census of Seelmann in Household No. 13 along with a note that he had arrived in Seelmann from Preuss in 1804.

[d] Jakob Schäfer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hölzel in Household No. Hz40.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Schäfer came from the German village of Lebach in the Trier region.