Heinrich Pfeifer and Anna Maria Schwab

Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "Heinrich Pfeifer and Anna Maria Schwab," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."

Heinrich Pfeifer was born in about 1770 to Johannes Pfeifer and Katerina Jäger and was of Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia.

Heinrich married first Anna Maria Schwab. Anna Maria was born in about 1773 to Matthias Schwab and Maria Anna Bassian and was of Semenovka, Saratov, Russia.

The 1834 Herzog census mentions probable son Adam’s stepmother, meaning that Heinrich probably married second Katharine –.

Note that only Mathias and Peter are recorded as Heinrich and Anna Maria's children in the 1798 census. However, as this census is currently the only record we have of this couple and their children were so young in 1798, it is reasonable to suppose that there were other children born after the census. The fact that Johannes Pfeifer was listed as being from the village of Pfeifer in his marriage record strengthens the idea that he is likely Heinrich and Anna Maria's son. As to the connection of Johann Adam to this family, it should be noted that there are no other Pfeifers in Rohleder parish and the Pfeifers of Pfeifer were the nearest and likeliest candidates for his parents. In addition, an Adam Pfeifer appears as the baptismal witness for Marianna, the daughter of Johannes Pfeifer, thus strengthening the idea that he was part of this family.

Heinrich and Anna Maria’s children are:

1 Mathias Pfeifer, born about 1795, of Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia.
2 Peter Pfeifer, born about Apr 1798, of Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia.
3 Probably Johannes Pfeifer, of Pfeifer, Saratov, Russia, married Marianna Benz 11 Jan 1827 in Rohleder, Samara, Russia.

Wife: Marianna Benz, of Rohleder, Samara, Russia.

Child: Marianna Pfeifer.
4 Probably Johann Adam Pfeifer, born in 1800 in Russia, married Justina Catharina Billinger, lived in Herzog, Samara, Russia by 9 Aug 1828 (when one of his children was baptized there).

Wife: Justina Catharina Billinger, b. 27 Sep 1805 in Herzog, Samara, Russia to Valentin Billinger and Maria Eva Bauer, bp. 28 Sep 1805.

Children: Maria Eva Pfeifer (m. Balthasar Rome), Anna Maria Pfeifer (d. young), Johannes Pfeifer (m. Anna Margaretha There), Michael Pfeifer (m. Theresa Knoll), Maria Magdalena Pfeifer (m. Johannes Windholz), Catherina Pfeifer (m. Johann Adam Knoll), Barbara Pfeifer (m. Michael Weigel), Elisabetha Pfeifer (d. young), Anna Barbara Pfeifer (d. young), Anna Maria Pfeifer (m. Balthasar Kuhn), Johann Georg Pfeifer (d. young), Peter Pfeifer (d. young), Anna Catharina Pfeifer (m. Johannes Braun), (Georg Pfeifer?), and Andreas Pfeifer.

Summary of Sources

  1. Boyd, Darryl and Dreiling, Trecil (comp.), Rohleder Parish Records 1801 to 1857, https://volgaparishes.com/rohleder_page.html, 2022.
  2. Kholmatov, Bachtiar (trans.), No. 2836, Description of the Saratov colony of Gnilushka also known as Pfeifer, No. 117, Lincoln, NE:  American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995.
  3. Kholmatov, Bachtiar (trans.), No. 2838, The 1798 Description of the Saratov colony of Semenovka, No. 119, Lincoln, NE:  American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1996.
  4. Leus, Pavel M. (Trans.), Rupp, Kevin D. (Comp.), and Leiker, Anthony (Comp.), Revision List (Census) of the Colony of Herzog, Russia (Susly): A Census of the Village in 1834, Hays, KS, 2002.
  5. Leus, Pavel M. (trans.), Rupp, Kevin D. (comp.), Herzog, Russia (Susly): A census of the Village in 1850, December 12, 1850, Hays, KS: Kevin D. Rupp, 2002.
  6. Pflug, Waldemar (trans.), 1857 Census of Herzog (Susly), Russia, translated from FHL 2373592, microfilmed from the original records in the state archives of Samara province.


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Rohleder Parish Records 1801 to 1857

Births and Baptisms

Photo: 33-1
Line: 44
Birth date: 27 Sep 1805
Baptism date: 28 Sep 1805
Child: Justina Catharina
Father: Billinger    Valentin
Mother: Bauer    Maria Eva
Village: Herzog
Witnesses: Peter Becker & Maria Catharina Becker

Photo: 453-2
Line: 33
Birth date: 12 May 1828
Baptism date: 13 May 1828
Child: Marianna
Father: Pfeifer    Johannes
Mother: Bens    Mariana
Village: Rohleder
Witnesses: Adam Pfeifer & Anna Maria Kapp


Marriages

Photo: 127-1
Line: 2
Date: 11 Jan 1827
Groom: Pfeifer    Johannes
    Marital Status: S
    Village: Pfeifer
Bride: Benz    Marianna
    Village: Rohleder
Where married: Rohleder
Witness: Fidelis Benz


Source: Boyd, Darryl and Dreiling, Trecil (comp.), Rohleder Parish Records 1801 to 1857, https://volgaparishes.com/rohleder_page.html, 2022.


Pfeifer Census, Oct 1798

Register made for the Office [Kontora] of Immigrant Oversight by Fellow of the Chief Justice, Court Counsellor Popov, in the colony of Gnilushka [Pfeifer], about the number of foreigners residing therein, males and females; with an indication of their ages, who among them from the age of 16 to 60 years is able to work, and remarks about the colony, by personal observation. October 1798.

No. Names of Foreigners Age
 		No. of Souls
 		Able or not to work
 		Remarks



M
 		F
 		Y
 		N
40. Johannes Pfeifer 60
 1

1

    wife Katerina Jäger 50
1



    son:  Heinrich 28
 1
1


        wife Anna Maria Schwab from Semenovka 25
1



        sons:






          Matthias 2 1

1

          Peter ½ 1

1

Register made for the Office [Kontora] of Immigrant Oversight by Fellow of the Chief Justice, Court Counsellor Popov, in the colony of Gnilushka [Pfeifer], with an explanation of the number of workers, livestock and fowl in each family, and an indication of crops planted in the autumn of 1796 and the spring of 1797, and the harvests therefrom.*

No. Head of Household
 		Workers Livestock
 		Fowl



Horses
 		Cows
 		Sheep
 		Swine
 		Geese
 		Turkeys
 		Ducks
 		Chickens
40.
 Johannes Pfeifer
 1
 5
 9
 10
 4


12

No.
 		Planted in 1796 and 1797

Rye
 		Wheat
 		Barley
 		Oats
 		Millet
Peas
Potato

¼
 		C
 		¼ C
 		¼
 		C
 		¼
 		C
 		¼
 		C
 		¼
 		C
 		¼
 		C
40.
 3
 1
 4
 3
 1
4

3

2
 2

No.
 		Harvest of grain and potatoes, 1797

Rye
 		Wheat
 		Barley
 		Oats
 		Millet
Peas
Potato

¼
 		C
 		¼ C
 		¼
 		C
 		¼
 		C
 		¼
 		C
 		¼
 		C
 		¼
 		C
40.
 6
12

5
 4
 3
 6


8

* ¼=chetvert, C=chetverik.


Source:  Kholmatov, Bachtiar (trans.), No. 2836, Description of the Saratov colony of Gnilushka also known as Pfeifer, No. 117, Lincoln, NE:  American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1995.



Semenovka Census, 4 Oct 1798

Register made for the Office [Kontora] of Immigrant Oversight by Deputy of the Chief Justice, Court Counsellor Popov, in the colony of Semenovka, listing those foreigners who have departed the colony for various places and those widows and maidens given in marriage. October 4, 1798.

No.
 		Who, where left colony
 		When (yr.)
13.
 Anna Maria, daughter of Matthias Schwab, married Heinrich Faif [Pfeif] in Gnilushka [Pfeifer]
 1794


Source:  Kholmatov, Bachtiar (trans.), No. 2838, The 1798 Description of the Saratov colony of Semenovka, No. 119, Lincoln, NE:  American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1996.



Herzog Census, 12 Dec 1834

Name:  Pfeiffer
Other spouses:   Katharine –
Spouse:   ?

Children:
Adam Pfeiffer        Male
Birth:   1800
Spouse: Katharine


Name:    Adam Pfeiffer
Birth:    1800
Father:    Pfeifer
Mother:    ?

Spouse:    Katharine
Birth:    1806

Children
1    M    Johannes Pfeiffer
Birth:    1826

2    M    Michael Pfeiffer
Birth:    1828

3    F    Maria Eva Pfeiffer
Birth:    1821

4    F    Anna Maria Pfeiffer
Birth:    1823

5    F    Magdalena Pfeiffer
Birth:    1830

6    F    Katharine Pfeiffer
Birth:    1832


Source: Leus, Pavel M. (Trans.), Rupp, Kevin D. (Comp.), and Leiker, Anthony (Comp.), Revision List (Census) of the Colony of Herzog, Russia (Susly): A Census of the Village in 1834, Hays, KS, 2002.



Herzog Census, 30 Jul 1850

Name:    Adam Pfeiffer
Birth:    1800        Herzog (Susly), Russia

Spouse:    Katharine ?
Birth:    1807

Children
1    M    Johannes Pfeiffer
Birth:    1826        Herzog (Susly), Russia
Spouse:    Margaret ?

2    M    Michael Pfeiffer
Birth:    1828        Herzog (Susly), Russia
Spouse:    Teresa ?

3    M    Andreas Pfeiffer
Note: No age was given for this child in the 1850 census.

4    F    Katharine Pfeiffer
Birth:    1833        Herzog (Susly), Russia

5    F    Barbara Pfeiffer
Birth:    1836        Herzog (Susly), Russia

6    F    Anna Maria Pfeiffer
Birth:    1841        Herzog (Susly), Russia

7    F    Katharine Pfeiffer
Birth:    1846        Herzog (Susly), Russia


Source: Leus, Pavel M. (trans.), Rupp, Kevin D. (comp.), Herzog, Russia (Susly): A census of the Village in 1850, December 12, 1850, Hays, KS: Kevin D. Rupp, 2002.



Census, 4 Nov 1857

Household number: 34 (38)
Adam Pfeifer                            head                                50                        57                            "Peifer"
Katharina Bilinger                     spouse                                                         50
Johannes                                  son                                   24                         31
Margaretha There                    daughter-in-law                                          30
Michael                                     grandson                        3                            30
Johann Peter                            grandson                        2                            † 1851
Johannes                                   grandson                                                     6
Magdalena                               granddaughter                                           4
Anna Maria                               granddaughter                                           3
Elisabetha                                  granddaughter                                           1/2
Michael                                      son                                  22                          29
Theresia Knoll                             daughter-in-law                                          28
Johannes                                   grandson                        1                            8
Anna Katharina                         daughter                                                     11
Andreas                                      son                                  2                           † 1851


Source: Pflug, Waldemar (trans.), 1857 Census of Herzog (Susly), Russia, translated from FHL 2373592, microfilmed from the original records in the state archives of Samara province.



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