Georg Heinrich Schneider (abt. 1757)

Born about 1757 in Furfeld, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt [uncertain]

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Georg Heinrich Schneider was a Volga German.

Georg Heinrich Schneider has German Roots.

Family #31 in the 1767 Grimm census.
Family #111 in the 1775 Grimm census.
Family #101 in the 1798 Grimm census.
Family #129 in the 1834 Grimm census.

Georg Heinrich Schneider was born about 1757 in the Darmstadt area of what is now Germany, to parents Adam Schneider and Anna Clara (Unknown) Schneider. In 1766, his parents decided to immigrate to Russia with their four children. The family departed Luebeck on the Galliot Johannnes under the command of Skipper Stahl. ^[1]

Kulberg Report: Immigration Record^[1]

Document # 6358

Head of the Family Johann Adam Schneider

Religious Denomination Lutheran

Occupation Farmer

City of Origin Darmstadt

Wife Anna Clara Schneider

Child #1 Georg Heinrich Schneider, age 8

Child #2 Andreas Schneider, age 1 year 6 months

Child #3 Gertrude Schneider, age 16

Child #4 Sibilla Schneider, age 5

After arriving in St. Petersburg, Russia, the family spent the next 9 months in temporary living quarters, through the winter, before they began their journey to the Volga River region. They were assigned to the Colony of Grimm, which was settled on 01 July 1767. One month later, the first recording of the colony residents was taken.

1767 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 31

Head of the Household Johann Adam Schneider, age 35, Lutheran farmer from Darmstadt, widower

Child #1 Georg Heinrich Schneider, age 12

Child #2 Gertrude Schneider, age 20

Child #3 Sibilla Schneider, age 6

Based on the 1767 census, his mother, Anna Clara, and brother, Andreas, either did not survive the trek to Grimm or died shortly after their arrival.

Eight years later, his father had remarried a fellow traveler, widow Augusta Maria Seifert who brought her own three children into the family.

1775 Grimm Census ^[3]

Family # 111

Head of the Household Adam Schneider, age 44

Wife Augusta Maria Schneider, second wife, age 44

Child #1 Georg Heinrich Schneider, age 16

Child #2 Sybilla Schneider, age 12

Step-Child #1 Jakob Friedrich Seifert, age 20

Step-Child #2 Christian Seifert, age 17

Step-Child #3 August Seifert, age 14

By 1798, his father Adam had passed away and Heinrich was the head of the household. Also living with him, his wife, and his children was his step-mother, Augusta Schneider.

1798 Grimm Census ^[4]

Family # 101

Head of the Household Heinrich Schneider, age 39

Wife Elisabeth Müller, age 33

Child #1 Johann Jakob Schneider, age 12

Child #2 Konrad Schneider, age 8

Child #3 Anna Margaretha Schneider, age 14

Child #4 Anna Katharina Schneider, age 2

Step-Mother Augusta Schneider, widow, age 70

1834 Grimm Census ^[5]

Family # 129

Head of the Household Heinrich Schneider, age 77

Wife Elisabeth [Müller] Schneider, age 67

Child #1 Johann Jakob Schneider, age 48

Wife of Child #1 Anna Katharina Schneider, age 42

Grandchild #1 Heinrich Adolph Schneider, age 27

Wife of Grandchild #1 Anna Elisabeth Schneider, age 25

Great Grandchild #1 Johann Friedrich Schneider, age 6

Great Grandchild #2 Georg Jakob Schneider, age 4

Grandchild #2 Johann Jakob Schneider #1, age 22

Grandchild #3 Eva Katharina Schneider, age 17

Grandchild #4 Johann Michael Schneider, age 15

Grandchild #5 Johann Philipp Schneider, age 13

Grandchild #6 Johann Peter Schneider, age 12

Grandchild #7 Johann Heinrich Schneider, age 10

Grandchild #8 Johann Jakob Schneider #2, age 7

Grandchild #9 Katharina Margaretha Schneider, age 5

Grandchild #10 Georg Jakob Schneider, age 1

Child #2 Konrad Schneider, age 25 in 1816, deceased 1824

Wife of Child #2 Elisabeth Schneider, age 35

Grandchild #11 Johann Philipp Schneider, age 13

Child #3 Georg Michael Schneider, age 16 in 1816, to household #104

Child #4 Johann Peter Schneider, age 25

Child #5 Christina Margaretha Schneider, age 23

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pleve, Igor. List of Colonists to Russia in 1766, "Reports by Ivan Kulberg," Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, Saratov State Technical University; Published in Saratov, Russia 2010; page 402, Johannes Adam Schneider and family.
2. ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2, Herausgegeben von Alfred Eisfeld under Mitarbeit von Sabine Eichwald, Published by the Nordost-Instsitut - 38085 Göttingen, 2005; page 77, family #31.
3. ↑ The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Lesnoy Karamysh, also known as Grimm; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, NE, USA; Published 1995; family #111 in the 1775 census.
4. ↑ The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Lesnoy Karamysh, also known as Grimm; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, NE, USA; Published 1995; family #101 in the 1798 census.
5. ↑ 1834 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 2 February 1835; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2011; page 40, family #129.