Schneider (Kratzke-2)

The births of five children born to Theobald & Elisabeth Barbara Schneider have been located in Herschberg: (1) Johann Adam, born 5 April 1756, baptized 6 April 1756; (2) Johann Valentin, born 22 July 1757, baptized 23 July 1757; (3) Georg Jacob, born 9 July 1759, baptized 10 July 1759; (4) Anna Margaretha, born 24 October 1761, baptized 25 October 1761; and (5) Anna Ottila, born 4 April 1765, baptized 5 April 1765. 

Theobald Schneider (age 32), a cobbler (Schuhmacher), his wife Elisabeth Barbara Langhitsch (age 34), and children (Johann Adam, age 10; Georg Jacob, age 6; Anna Margaretha, age 4; Anna Ottilia, age ½) are recorded on a list of colonists dated 23 September 1765 who were gathering in the town of Worms. They had arrived in Worms on 26 August 1765.

Dewald [sic] Schneider, his [new] wife Anna Maria, and son Johann Adam (age 13) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kratzke in Household No. 50. They had arrived in Kratzke on 8 May 1767.

Johann Adam Schneider and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kratzke in Household No. Kr18.

According to Igor Plehve, Dewald Schneider was from the Germany territory of Leiningen.

The 1765 Worms list records that Theobald Schneider came from the German village of Herschberg.