According to research done by the Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University, Portland, Oregon, Christoph Peter Kober moved to Franzosen.
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It was there that he married widow Elisabeth Schreiner Vogel, becoming step-father to her four children ranging in age from 4 to 15. Their father was Christian Vogel from Holstein.
Andreas Vogel, born 1783
Karl Vogel, born 1789
Maria Dorothea Vogel, born 1791
Maria Katharina Vogel, born 1794
By 1798, he had married Elisabeth and the couple had two children of their own:
Head of the Household Christoph Kober, age 26, from Grimm
Wife Elisabeth Schreiner Kober, age 37, deceased husband Christian Vogel from Holstein
Child #1 Nikolaus Kober, age 2
Child #2 Katharina Elisabeth Kober, age 3 months
Child #3 Andreas Vogel, age 15, father was Christian Vogel
Child #4 Karl Vogel, age 9, father was Christian Vogel
Child #5 Maria Dorothea Vogel, age 7, father was Christian Vogel
Child #6 Maria Katharina Vogel, age 4, father was Christian Vogel
Sources
↑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, Nebraska, USA; Published date: 1995; family #56 in the 1775 census, Michael Kober family.
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Mai, Brent Alan; 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga, Volume 1; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska; Published 1999 and 2005; page 426, family #Fz22, Christoph Kober family.
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