Matthias Schwab (1747 - aft. 1798)

Born 1747 in Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim, Badenor Eschstedt, Kurmainz

Husband of Maria Anna (Bassian) Schwab — married 1770 (to after 1798) in Semenovka, Russia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1798 after age 51 in Semenovka, Saratov, Volga, Russia

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Biography

Matthias Schwab has German Roots.

Matthias Schwab was a Volga German.

Matthias Schwab was born about 1747 in Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim, Badenor Eschstedt, Kurmainz, he died after 1798, in Semenovka, Saratov, Russia. ^[1]

Matthias married Maria Anna Bassian, born 1748, Germany died after 1798 in Semenovka, Saratov, Russia.

On Surname Index to 1767 Census of the Volga German Colonies: Schwab, Matthias-Semenovka, birth year 1747, based on 1798 census.

On 1767 census: Mathias Schwab was 24, Kurmainz, Eichstatt. Schwab (Kaspar Mathias) said by the Roethling/Semenowka First Setttlers List and KS157 to be from Ehrstaedt, Sinsheim, Baden or Eschstedt (?) Kurmainz.^[2]

1794: Mv2737, Anna Maria, d/o Mattias Schwab married Heinrich Pfeifer in Pfeifer. 1796: Mv2742, Anna Maria d/o Kaspar Schwab married Johannes Kisner in Pfeifer. 1798: Mv2743, Magdalena d/o Mattias Schwab married Adam Lambrecht in Pfeifer. ^[3]

1798 Semonovka, Russia census:

Mattias Schwab, age 51, paralyzed

Maria Anna Bassian, age 50

son: Philipp age 27, his wife: Anna Elisabeth Ortmann, age 23, their children: Philipp age 3, Andreas, age 2, Magdalena age 1

daughter: Anna Margaretha, age 15

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Children

1. Phillip Schwab born 1771, married Anna Elisabetha Ortmann
2. Magdalena Schwab born 1773, died in Pfeifer, married Adam Lambrecht
3. Anna Maria Schwab born 1773, died in Pfeifer, married Heinrich Pfeifer
4. Anna Margareta Schwab born 1783

Research Note

Note: The Wuttemberg, Germany Family Tables used for the birth and death dates for Mattias Schwab and family are incorrect, Mattias Schwab didn't die in Germany he died in Russia. These dates belong to another Schwab. ' Matthias Schwab born May 19, 1749, baptized May 19, 1749 in Bochingen u vierundzwanzig (Baden-Wurttemberg) or Cresbach, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuettemberg. Parents: Johann Georg Schwab and Anna Maria Mutschlerin. 'the died 29 March 1814 in Germany is wrong. This information doesn't line up to what is on the 1767 census records, the location is wrong. The parents that were attached to Matthias is wrong, based on location.^{[5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ https://vgi.fairfield.edu/surnames/schwab-semenovka-1
2. ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 4 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 185.
3. ↑ Vol 2, Mv2737, Mv2742, Mv2743, Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999)
4. ↑ Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999):Pf40, Pf93, Pf80, Se07, Se35.
5. ↑ Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500–1985
6. ↑ Württemberg, Germany, Family Tables, 1550-1985

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