Schepp / Schett*
Spelling Variations:
Schepp*
Schett*
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Pre-Volga Origin:
Discussion & Documentation:
Georg Schepp / Schett, a butcher (Fleischer), settled in the Volga German colony of Brabander on 26 June 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 122 along with a note that his wife had died during the trip under the command of Oberleutenant Dunkel.
The 1767 census records that Georg Schepp / Schett came from the German village of Innsburg [Innsbruck?] in the Tirol region.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Sources:
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 240.
Contributor(s) to this page:
Brent Mai