Schmidt (Grimm-6)

Spelling Variations: 
Schmidt (Grimm-6)
Шмидтъ (Grimm-6)
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Discussion & Documentation: 

The widow and children of Peter Schmidt from Grimm (Elisabeth, age 18; Susanna Margaretha, age 16; Johann Konrad, age 14; Anna Susanna, age 10; Anna Katharina, age 9; Johann Peter, age 8; Johann Georg, age 3; Heinrich Konrad, age 1; Johann David, age 1) are recorded on the 1798 census of Galka in Household No. Gk24.

[Johann] Konrad Schmidt and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Galka in Household No. 27 along with a note that his brother Heinrich Konrad had died there in 1820.

The death of Konrad Schmidt in 1857 is recorded on the 1857 census of Galka in Household No. 40 along with his family.

Peter Schmidt and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Galka in Household No. 171.

Johann Peter Schmidt from Galka, son of Peter Schmidt, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Grimm in Household No. 353 along with a note that they relocated to the daughter colony of Erlenbach in 1852.

Peter Schmidt from Grimm and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Erlenbach in Household No. 56 (although the referenced 1850 census household is in Galka).

Johann Georg Schmidt and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Galka in Household No. 145.

Johann Georg Schmidt and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Galka in Household No. 215.

Johann David Schmidt and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Galka in Household No. 116.

Johann David Schmidt and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Galka in Household No. 149.

Sources: 

- 1834 Galka Census (Households No. 27, 116, 145, 171).
- 1857 Erlenbach Census (Household No. 56).
- 1857 Galka Census (Households No. 40, 149, 215, 353).
- 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): Gk24.

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Brent Mai

Volga Colonies