Zeiler (Dobrinka)*

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Zeiler (Dobrinka)*
Зейлеръ (Dobrinka)*
Seiler (Dobrinka)*
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Discussion & Documentation: 

Balthasar Zeiler is recorded on the 1834 census of Dobrinka in Household No. 112.

Balthasar Seiler is recorded on the 1835-46 communion register of Dobrinka in Household No. 7. There it is recorded that he was born in 1760 in Heidelberg [Germany] and had been confirmed in 1775 in Heidelberg. He arrived in Dobrinka in 1791. He married in 1809 to Maria Regina Bischoff, the widow of an unnamed Hefele. His death on 9 January 1840 is also recorded on the aforementioned communion register.

Balthasar Zeiler is recorded on the 1850 census of Dobrinka in Household No. 151 along with a note that he had died in 1839 [sic].

There do not appear to be any surviving male lines of this Zeiler family among the Volga German colonies.

Sources: 

- 1834 Dobrinka Census (Household No. 112).
- 1835-46 Dobrinka Communion Register (Household No. 7).
- 1850 Dobrinka Census (Household No. 151).

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