Schechtel

Spelling Variations: 
Schechtel
Шехтель
Schachtel
Schächtel
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Discussion & Documentation: 

There are 3 Schechtel families recorded in Schuck. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) The widow and children of Anton Schechtel are recorded on the 1798 census of Schuck in Household No. Su26.

(2) Heinrich Schechtel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schuck in Household No. Su32.

Jakob Schechtel, son of Heinrich Schechtel, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Kamenka in Household 7.

(3) Peter Schechtel from Schuck and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Volmer in Household No. Vm02.

Jakob Schlechtel, son of Peter Schechtel, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Köhler in Household No. 20.

There is an additional Schechtel family that is assumed to be related to this family. In 1787, Heinrich Schechtel left Schönchen.

Sources: 

- 1834 Kamenka Census (Household No. 7).
- 1834 Köhler Census (Households No. 10, 20).
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Su26, Su32, Vm02, Mv2627.

Contributor(s) to this page: 

Brent Mai

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