Weis(s) (Hildmann)
Peter Weiss, a farmer, and his wife Maria Eva Wolf settled in the Volga German colony of Hildmann on 20 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 15.
Eva, the widow of Peter Weiss, and their children are recorded on the 1798 census of Hildmann in Household No. Hd11.
In 1796, Peter Weiss (junior) moved from Hildmann to Preuss. Peter Weiss from Leichtling [sic] is recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps44.
Peter Weiss and his son Johannes are recorded on the 1811 census of Preuss in Household No. 44.
Peter Weiss and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Preuss in Household No. 39.
The death of Peter Weiss in 1847 is recorded on the 1850 census of Preuss in Household No. 47.
Johannes Preuss, the son of Peter Weiss, and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Preuss in Household No. 55.
The 1767 census records that Peter Weiss came from the French village of Finstreng [?].
- 1811 Preuss Census (Household No. 44).
- 1834 Preuss Census (Household No. 39).
- 1850 Preuss Census (Household No. 47).
- 1857 Preuss Census (Household No. 55).
- 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): Hd11, Ps44, Mv0855.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 101.
Brent Mai