Schäfer (Volmer)
Spelling Variations:
Schäfer (Volmer)
Шеферъ (Volmer)
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Discussion & Documentation:
There are two Schäfer families recorded in Volmer. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Johannes Schäfer from Volmer is recorded on the 1798 census of Husaren.
(2) The 1834 census of Volmer (Household No. 97) records that Michael Schäfer moved from Volmer to Liechtling.
Sources:
- 1834 Volmer Census (Household No. 97).
- 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): Hn20.
Contributor(s) to this page:
Brent Mai