von der Au (Boisroux)
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von der Au (Boisroux)
Au, von der (Boisroux)
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Pre-Volga Origin:
Discussion & Documentation:
Christian von der Au, a farmer, and his wife Sophia settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 7 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 26.
The 1767 census records that Christian von der Au came from the German village of Bleicherode.
Sources:
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 145.
Contributor(s) to this page:
Brent Mai