Schneider

Associated Colonies
Place of origin
Düdelsheim, Büdingen, Hessen, Germany
Description

Johann Heinrich Schneider, son of Johann Peter & Gertraut Schneider, was baptized 24 June 1736 in Düdelsheim. He married there on 4 December 1760 to Anna Catharina Rühl, daughter of Caspar & Barbara Catharina Rühl. Anna Catharina had also been baptized in Düdelsheim on 16 october 1738.

They arrived in Balzer on 18 June 1767 and are listed there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 51.

Sources

- Bonner, Wayne H. Volga German Settlers Identified in Isenburg and Other German Church Records Part I (Gardena, CA: Wayne Bonner, 2007): 26.
- Decker, Klaus-Peter, Büdingen als Sammelplatz der Auswanderung an die Wolga 1766 (Büdingen: Geschichtswerkstatt Büdingen, 2009): 87.
- Düdelsheim Parish Records (LDS Intl Film #1201789).
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 86.

Researchers
John Wall