Michael was born on September 29, 1857 in the village of Johannestal in the Beresan district of the Odessa area and Black Sea region of South Russia to Andreas Delzer Sr. and Anna Maria (Zimmermann) Delzer. He was the third of their 7 children. Michael was baptized in the Lutheran church in Johannestal on October 3, 1857.[1]
Death
On August 28, 1858, at the age of 11 months, Michael passed away in Johannestal. He was buried 3 days later.[2]
Census Data
1858 Johannestal Census: Age 23, living in Johannestal, South Russia with his parents, 3 siblings and their families, and 3 children.[3]
↑ "Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SF9-7T8 : 21 May 2014), Kherson > Odessa > Johannestal: Waterloo > 1857: Births, marriages, deaths ( 828-14/92) > image 27 of 31; Russland Historischen Staatsarchiv, St. Petersburg (Russian State Historical Archive, St. Petersburg).
↑ "Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62H7-STK : 21 May 2014), Kherson > Odessa > Johannestal: Johannestal > 1858: Births, marriages, deaths ( 828-14/96) > image 8 of 11; Russland Historischen Staatsarchiv, St. Petersburg (Russian State Historical Archive, St. Petersburg).
↑Black Sea German Russian Census Volume I, A supplement to the "Stumpp Book"; Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Bismarck, ND, Published 2003; Johannestal, gegr. 1825/34 (Evang.), Beresan Gebiet, Revisionliste 1825/30 – Stumpp page 714, 10th Revisionliste – 1 January 1858.
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