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Wen(t)zel (Meinhard)

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Wenzel (Meinhard)
Wentzel (Meinhard)
Венцель (Meinhard)
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Discussion & Documentation

Johannes Wenzel, a farmer, and his wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 55.

In 1792, Christian Wenzel, presumed son of Johannes Wenzel, moved from Meinhard to Schaffhausen.

Christian Wenzel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. Sh08.

The descendants of Christian Wenzel are recorded on the 1834 census of Schaffhausen in Households No. 23, 25, 39, & 57.

Jakob Wenzel and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Meinhard in Household No. Mn10.

Jakob Wenzel is recorded on the 1834 census of Meinhard in Household No. 38.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Wenzel came from the German village of Nordhausen.

Sources

- 1834 Meinhard Census (Household No. 38).
- 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): Mn10, Sh08, Mv1674.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 172.

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Pre-Volga Origin

Volga Colonies

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