Schreier*

Jakob Preuss, a farmer, his wife Sophia, and children (Anton [Schreier], age 19; Barbara, age 16; Andreas, age 15; Johann, age 9; Lorenz, age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Heidemann.

Johann Jacob Preiss, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Anthon [Schreier], age 19; Barbara, age 17; Andreas, age 15; Johannes, age 9; Catrina, age 7; Lorentz, age 3) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that mother Anna Maria and children (Johannes & Catrina) died en route.

Jacob Preuss, a farmer, his wife Susanna, and children (Barbara, age 15; Andreas, age 14; Lorenz, age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Lauwe in Household No. 8 along with stepson Anton [surname not recorded, but determined to be Schreier] (age 19). They had settled in Lauwe on 19 August 1767.

Anton Schreier and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Lauwe in Household No. Lw25.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Schreier family among the Volga German colonies.