Johannes Wiesner, a mason (Maurer), his wife Katharina, and son Peter (age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Volmer in Household No. 1766. They hare arrived in Volmer on 18 July 1766.
Brothers Michael & Peter Wiesner, presumed sons of Johannes Wiesner, are recorded on the 1798 census of Volmer in Household No. Vm14.
The 1834 census of Volmer records that Michael Wiesner moved from Volmer to Leichtling in 1823.
The 1767 census records that Johannes Wiesner came from the German village of Memmingen.
- 1834 Volmer Census (Household No. 65).
- 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): Vm14.
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 288.
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