Johannes Wessner and Katharina

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Johannes Wessner was born about 1726 in Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany. He was listed as a mason (Maurer) and a Catholic. Johannes married Katharina —. Katharina was born 1741, probably also in Memmingen. They settled in Volmer, Saratov, Russia 18 July 1766.

Johannes and Katharina’s children are:

1	Peter Wessner, born about 1765.
2	Probably Michael Weisner, born about 1768 in Volmer, Saratov, Russia, married 1) Maria Elisabetha Rekowski and 2) Elisabetha Lang 13 April 1808 in Volmer, Saratov, Russia, died in 1840. Wife 1: Maria Elisabetha Rekowski, b. abt. 1772 to Johann Rekowski and Maria Magdalena --. Wife 2: Elisabetha Lang, b. abt. 1790.
3	Probably Peter Weisner, born about 1774 in Volmer, Saratov, Russia, was living in his brother Michael's home in 1798 and was noted as having a broken leg.

Summary of Sources

Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 4 (Kolonien Reinhardt - Warenburg), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2008.
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.

Records related to Weisner family but not copied below due to copyright considerations:

Gartner, Angela (trans.), The 1834 Description of Kopenka (Volmer, 13 Dec 1834), 2006. (see https://sites.google.com/site/volmerrussia/)
Gartner, Angela (trans.), The 1850 Description of Kopenka (Volmer, 9 Oct 1850), 2009. (see https://sites.google.com/site/volmerrussia/)
Gartner, Angela and Rembe, Alexander (trans.), The 1857 Description of Kopenka (Volmer, 16 Dec 1857), 2012. (see https://sites.google.com/site/volmerrussia/)

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Kolonie Vollmer
(russicher Ortsname: Kopenka)
gegründet am 18. Juli 1767
…
19. Wessner, Johannes, 40, kath., Maurer aus Memmingen
Frau: Katharina, 25
Kinder: Peter, 1
in der Kolonie eingetroffen am 18.7.1766
erhalten vom der Voevodenkanzlei in Saratov 150 Rbl.

Source: Pleve, Igor, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 4 (Kolonien Reinhardt - Warenburg), Göttingen: Nordost-Institut, 2008.

1798

Volmer, Russia

Vm14     Michael Wiesner           h     30
               Elisabeth Rekowsky      sp   26          from Kamenka
               Valentin                         s     1
               Michael                         s     3mo
               Peter                              b    24          his brother; has a broken leg and cannot work

Workers: 1
Horses: 4
Cows: 2
Sheep: 10
Chickens: 10
Planted - 1796/1797
Rye: 3 chetvert 2 chetverik
Wheat: 3 chetvert 3 chetverik
Oats: 4 chetvert
Millet: 1/2 chetverik
Potatoes: 1 chetvert
Harvested - 1797
Rye: 5 chetvert
Wheat: 12 chetvert
Oats: 16 chetvert
Millet: 1 chetverik
Potatoes: 3 chetvert

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.