Schäfer (Norka-1)
Johannes Schäfer, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Henriette Julianna settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.
Widower Johannes Schäfer and his sons (Johannes, age 24; Heinrich, age 21; Johann Peter, age 15) are recorded on the 1798 census of Norka in Household No. Nr066.