Christina (Bauer) Melcher (abt. 1770 - aft. 1834)

Born about 1770 in Dönhof, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1834 after about age 64 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia

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Biography

Christina (Bauer) Melcher was a Volga German.

Christina (Bauer) Melcher has German Roots.

Christina Bauer was born about 1770-1771 in Dönhof, Volga, Russia to Georg Michael Bauer who was baptized in Böckingen, Stadt Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg. Her father was a first settler to the colony of Dönhof.^[1]

Christina married Johann Georg Melchior (Melcher) and their family lived in Walter colony.

Her husband passed away in 1832 in Walter. Christina Melcher most likely passed away sometime after 1834 in Walter.

Census

Family #55 in the 1798 Census^[2]

1798 Census of Walter, Saratov, Russia

No. 55

1. Melcher, Johann Georg, age 31
2. Bauer, Christina, wife, age 27 from Gololobovka [Dönhof]
3. Johann Georg, son, age 3
4. Leonhard, son, age 1

Family #111 in the 1834 census.^[3]

1834 Walter Census

No. 111

1. 1059 Melchior, Georg, head of the household, age 48 in 1816, +1832
2. 1060 Christina, spouse, age 64
3. 1061 Georg, son, age 20 in 1816, [to Household #155]
4. 1062 Leonhard, son, age 18 in 1816 [to Kolb in 1813 (year as recorded)]
5. 1063 Christian, son, age 32
6. 1064 Katharina, daughter-in-law, age 32
7. 1065 Katharina, granddaughter, age 11
8. 1066 Christian, grandson, age 9
9. 1067 Margaretha, granddaughter, age 6
10. 1068 Wilhelm, grandson, age 4
11. 1069 Heinrich, son, age 20
12. 1070 Margaretha, daughter-in-law, age 22
13. 1071 Heinrich, grandson, age 1

Sources

1. ↑ Bauer|Dönhof|VGI|Hirt/Hein/Mai
2. ↑ 1798 Walter Census, No. 2862 A Description of the Saratov Colony of Grechinaya Luka also known as Walter, no. 143; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, NE, USA. Published 1996. Page 11 Register, Family #55 Johann Georg Melcher.
3. ↑ 1834 Census of Walter in the District of Saratov, Russia, Dated 10 November 1834; Translated by Dr. Brent Mai, Fairfield University, Fairfield CT; Dynasty Publishing, Fairfield, CT; Published 2016; page 30, family #111, lines 1059-1071, Georg Melchior.

• First-hand information as remembered by Kimberly Curry, Wednesday, April 2, 2014.