Johann Wilhelm Asmus (abt. 1809 - aft. 1858)

Born about 1809 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Died after 1858 after about age 49 in Oberdorf, Saratov, Volga, Russia

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Biography

Wilhelm Asmus was a Volga German.

Wilhelm Asmus has German Roots.

Family #108 in the 1834 Grimm census.
Family #125 in the 1857 Grimm census.

Birth Date and Place

• 1809
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Parents

• Christian Asmus
• Katharina (Unknown) Asmus

Marriage

• Anna Katharina (Unknown) Asmus
• by 1831
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Children

• Johann Jakob Asmus, born 1832
• Georg Konrad Asmus, born 1834
• Philipp Asmus, born 1841
• Friedrich Asmus, born 1849

Move

• 1852: Moved to Oberdorf

1834 Grimm Census, Family #108 ^[1]

Family # 108

Head of the Household Christian Asmus, age 49 in 1816, deceased 1819

Wife Katharina Asmus, age 64

Child #1 Georg Heinrich Asmus, age 25 in 1816, to household #283

Grandchild #1 Johann Dinges [sic] Asmus, age 4 in 1816, to household #283

Grandchild #2 Johann Konrad Asmus, age 2 years 6 months in 1816, to household #283

Grandchild #3 Philipp Jakob Asmus, age 1 year 6 months in 1816, to household #283

Child #2 Heinrich Philipp Asmus, age 23 in 1816, to household #109

Child #3 Johann Friedrich Asmus, age 17 years 6 months in 1816, to household #282

Child #4 Georg Konrad Asmus, age 14 in 1816, to household #123

Child #5 Johann Jakob Asmus, age 12 in 1816, to household #262

Child #6 Philipp Asmus, age 8 in 1816, to household #124

Child #7 Johann Wilhelm Asmus, age 25

Wife of Child #7 Anna Katharina Asmus, age 23

Grandchild #4 Johann Jakob Asmus, age 1 year 9 months

Grandchild #5 Georg Konrad Asmus, age 6 weeks

Wilhelm Asmus moved his family to Oberdorf in 1852. The family's entry in the 1857 Grimm census repeats the male members of the family as of 1850 and adds a notation about the family moving to another village. A copy of the 1857 Oberdorf census should include the name of his wife and any female children still living in the family.

1857 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 125

Head of the Household Wilhelm Asmus, age 41 in 1850, to Oberdorf in 1852

Child #1 Johann Jakob Asmus, age 17 years 6 months in 1850, to Oberdorf in 1852

Child #2 Georg Konrad Asmus, age 16 years in 1850, to Oberdorf in 1852

Child #3 Philipp Asmus, age 9 in 1850, to Oberdorf in 1852

Child #4 Friedrich Asmus, age 1 in 1850, to Oberdorf in 1852

Listing of partial 1857 Oberdorf census^[3]:

• Johann Wilhelm Asmus, 48 (from Grimm)
  • w. Louisa Catharina 43
    • 1.s. Jacob 24
    • 2.s. Georg Conrad 23
      • • w. Catharina Elisabeth 22
          • d. Catharina Elisabeth 1
    • 3.s. Philipp 11
    • 4.s. Friedrich +1851

Sources

1. ↑ 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 34, family #108, Christian Asmus family.
2. ↑ 1857 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 5 November 1857; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2005; page 48, family #125, Wilhelm Asmus family.
3. ↑ Oberdorf 1857 Partial census