Spadi / Spady
Johannes Spadi, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Johann Konrad, age 13; Johannes, age 11; Anna Maria, age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 43. They had settled in Norka on 15 August 1767.
Son Konrad Spadi and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Norka in Household No. Nr022.
The death of Konrad Spadi in 1808 is recorded on the 1811 census of Norka in Household No. 22.
Son Johannes Spadi and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Norka in Household No. Nr008 along with a note that the entire family is living in another illegible colony.
Johannes Spadi and his family are recored on the 1811 census of Norka in Household No. 8.
The 1767 census records that Johannes Spadi came from Austria.
[Research by Igor Plehve records that the Spadi family came from the German village of Afterroth, but this most likely refers to the place of birth of Anna Maria Wacker née Spady whose birth is recorded on the 1834-1845 Norka Communion Register on 29 November 1764 in Asterroth (probably a phonetic reference to Österreich = Austria).]
- 1811 Norka Census (Households No. 8, 22).
- 1834-1845 Norka Communion Register (Household No. 76).
- 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): Nr008, Nr022.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): 240.
Brent Mai
Steve Schreiber