Brandt (Schäfer)
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Brandt (Schäfer)
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Pre-Volga Origin:
Discussion & Documentation:
Wilhelm Brandt, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 30.
The 1767 census records that Wilhelm Brandt came from the German village of Büdingen.
Sources:
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 97.
Researcher(s):
Brent Mai