Nagel (Schäfer)
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Nagel (Schäfer)
Settled in the Following Colonies:
Pre-Volga Origin:
Discussion & Documentation:
Franz Nagel, a soldier (Soldat), 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. 43.
The 1767 census records that Franz Nagel came from the German village of Frankenstein in the Schlesien region.
Sources:
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 100.
Researcher(s):
Brent Mai