VGI Updates
Beier (Schäfer)*
Wilhelm Beier and his wife Elisabeth Briegemann are recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf19.
There is a Johann Beier and his wife Elisabeth who are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 48.
The 1767 census records that this Johann Beier came from the German village of Gönnheim.
There are no known surviving male descendants of this Beier family among the Volga German colonies.
Brack (Schäfer)
Christoph Brack and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf32.
The death of Christoph Brack in 1825 is recorded on the 1834 census of Schäfer in Household No. 11.
Gerber (Schäfer)
In 1795, August Gerber moved from Schäfer to Graf.
August Gerber from Schäfer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Graf in Household No. Gf12.
Augustin Gerber and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Graf in Household No. 41.
Translations of early documents record this surname as Gerger, but Gärber/Gerber continues on later documents.
Kreiner(t) (Schäfer)
Adam Kreiner, a farmer, his wife Anna Katharina, and son Johann Mattias Franz (age 1-month) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schäfer in Household No. 47 along with his stepson Markus Johannes [surname not recorded] (age10).
Mattias Kreiner and his family (including his mother and step-father Gottlieb Lerch) are recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf20.
Mattias Kreiner and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Urbach in Household No. 38.
The death of Mattias Kreiner in 1835 is recorded on the 1850 census of Urbach in Household No. 67.
Michaelis, Dennis F.
Dennis F. Michaelis, son of Fred Michaelis & Minnie Elizabeth Adams of Hill City, Kansas, served as president of Lake Region Community College, president of Paris Community College (1983-88), and president of McLennan Community College (1988-2009).
He earned degrees from the University of Kansas (BS 1965), Fort Hays State University (MA 1970), and Kansas State University (EdD 1979).
His Volga German ancestors come from the colony of Kratzke.
Beck (Rosenheim)
Johann Georg Beck and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rosenheim in Household No. Rm06.
The death of Johann Georg Beck in 1831 is recorded on the 1834 census of Rosenheim in Household No. 4.
Alt (Rosenheim)
Johannes Alt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rosenheim in Household No. Rm10.
The death of Johannes Alt in 1819 is recorded on the 1834 census of Rosenheim in Household No. 8.
Schreiner (Rohleder)
Johann Schreiner, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager.
Johannes Schreiner and his wife Margaretha are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Johannes Schreiner, a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha are recorded on the 1767 census of Rohleder in Household No. 49. They had settled there on 28 August 1767.
Golai*
Thomas Golai is recorded on the 1798 census of Rohleder in Household No. Rl36 along with a note that he was in Katharinenstadt.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.