Schumm*

Leonhardt Schumm, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Georg, age 6; Katharina, age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Leonhard Schum [sic], his wife Anna Margreth., and children (Georg, age 5; Catrina [born en route]) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Georg died en route.

Leonhardt Schumm, a farmer, and his wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 17. He is recorded on the 1798 census of Luzern in Household No. Lz10.

The death of Leonhard Schumm at the age of 73 is recorded on 17 July 1802 in the parish register of Luzern.

The 1767 census records that Leonhardt Schumm came from the German region of Kassel.

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