Konrad Schäfer and Elisabeta Schrill

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Konrad Schäfer married Elisabeta Schrill. Elisabeta was born about 1735. It is not known where they lived but Elisabeta's second husband is recorded as coming from either the regions of Fulda or Pfalz and as Elisabeta and her children are recorded as arriving in Russia with him, they were probably from the same place.

Konrad died before 1766 and Elisabeta married second Johann Glitsch. Johann is listed as a tailor from Pfalz in the Kulberg List but a carpenter from Fulda in the First Settlers List. He was born about 1737.

The couple arrived with Elisabeta's two children in Russia from Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (their point of departure and not their origin) 8 August 1766. They settled in Köhler, Saratov, Russia 21 August 1767.

Konrad and Elisabeta’s children are:

1 Katharina Elisabeth Schäfer, born about 1755, married Adam Bretz, died 7 Jan 1812 in Köhler, Saratov, Russia.

Husband: Adam Bretz, b. abt. 1745.

Children: Adam Bretz, Johann Michael Bretz, Johann Heinrich Bretz, Georg Anton Bretz, Maria Katharina Bretz, Maria Barbara Bretz, and Katharina Bretz.
2 Georg Anton Schäfer, born about 1759, married 1) Maria Katharina Leister and 2) Catharina Elisabetha Bellentier in 1803 in Köhler, Saratov, Russia.

Wife 1: Maria Katharina Leister, born about 1757.

Wife 2: Catharina Elisabetha Bellentier, b. abt. 1780 to Johannes Pelletier and Anna Maria Schneider.

Summary of Sources

  1. Pleve, Igor, List of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg, Saratov, Russia:  Saratov State Technical University, 2010.
  2. Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2 (Kolonien Galka - Kutter), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2001.
  3. Mai, Brent Alan, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture, Volumes 1 and 2, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999.
  4. Church records of Semenovka parish from Saratov Province State Archive. Retrieved by Wadim Eichmann and extracted by Michelle Boyd.
  5. Boyd, Darryl et al. (trans.), Semenovka Parish Records, 1803-1895, Concord, CA, 2021.


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Church Records of Semenovka Parish

Deaths
Image: 1812_10
Line: 15
Date: 1812    Jan 7
Age: 56
Name: Cath: Elis. Pretz [Bretz]
Colony: Köhler
Parish of record: Semenovka

Source: Boyd, Darryl et al. (trans.), Semenovka Parish Records, 1803-1895, Concord, CA, 2021.



Church Records of Semenovka Parish

[1803]
Names of marriage parties: Antonius Schäfer Vid.
                                                Catharina Elisabetha Bellentier Virgo
Names of witnesses: jacobus Mensing
                                    joan[n]es Leister
Blessed by: p. joan[n]es Mayer
Name of colony: Karaulnoy Bujerak.
Year collection: 1803
Image: 3 (right side)
 
Source: Church records of Semenovka parish from Saratov Province State Archive. Retrieved by Wadim Eichmann and extracted by Michelle Boyd.


List of Colonists to Russia in 1766

8 of August 1766.
Public colonists, arrived from Luebeck by the pink
under the Command of Lieutenant Moisey Davydov
...
Glitsch Johann, Cath., tailor from Pfalz, doc. No. 4137, wife: Elisabeth, children: Georg Anton, 7,5, Catharina Elisabeth, 11.

Source: Pleve, Igor, List of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg, Saratov, Russia:  Saratov State Technical University, 2010.



First Settlers List

Kolonie Köhler
(russicher Ortsname: Karaul'ny Buerak)
gegründet am 21. August 1767
…
68. Glitsch, Johann, 30, kath., Tischler aus Fulda
Frau: Elisabeth, 32
Kinder: Georg Anton, 8; Katharina Elisabeth, 12
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 21.8.1767
erhalten vom Vormundschaftskontor in Saratov 25 Rbl., 2 Zäume, 10 Sažen' Seil, 2 Pfd.
1768 gab es in der Wirtschaft 2 Pfd., gepflügt: 1/4 Des., gesät: 4 Četverik Roggen

Source: Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2 (Kolonien Galka - Kutter), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2001.


1798 Census
Köhler, Russia

K125         Johann Klieg                     h       60
                 Elisabeth Schrill                 sp      60      deceased husband: Konrad Schäfer
                 Georg Anton Schäfer      ss       39      father: Konrad Schäfer
                 Maria Katharina Leister    sdl     41
                 Maria Elisabeth                 sgd   17
                 Johannes Rosenbach      o       24      step-granddaughter's husband

Workers: 2
Horses: 4
Cows: 14
Sheep: 18
Swine: 4
Geese: 8
Ducks: 20
Chickens: 15
Planted - 1796/1797
Rye: 2 chetvert
Wheat: 5 chetvert 5 chetverik
Barley: 1 chetvert 3 chetverik
Oats: 3 chetvert
Millet: 3 chetverik
Potatoes: 2 chetvert 5 chetverik
Harvested - 1797
Rye: 5 chetvert
Wheat: 9 chetvert
Barley: 3 chetvert
Oats: 7 chetvert
Millet: 4 chetvert
Potatoes: 8 chetvert 3 chetverik

K173         Adam Bretz                               h        53
                 Katharina Elisabeth Schäfer    sp      42
                 Adam                                         s         21
                 Johann Michael                        s        17
                 Johann Heinrich                        s         6
                 Georg Anton                             s         3
                 Maria Katharina                       d         15
                 Maria Barbara                          d         14
                 Katharina                                  d         12

Workers: 3
Horses: 4
Cows: 15
Sheep: 18
Swine: 5
Geese: 5
Chickens: 15
Planted - 1796/1797
Rye: 3 chetvert
Wheat: 3 chetvert 4 chetverik
Barley: 1 chetvert
Oats: 3 chetvert
Millet: 1 chetverik
Potatoes: 2 chetvert 2 chetverik
Harvested - 1797
Rye: 9 chetvert
Wheat: 10 chetvert
Barley: 2 chetvert
Oats: 9 chetvert
Millet: 5 chetvert
Potatoes: 3 chetvert 6 chetverik

Source: Mai, Brent Alan, 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture, Volumes 1 and 2, Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999.



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