Amalia Brester (1913)

Born 19 Mar 1913 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Amalia Brester was a Volga German.

Amalia Brester has German Roots.

Amalia Brester was born 19 March 1913 in Grimm, Russia, to parents Johann Jakob Brester and Katharina Elisabeth Schäfer. Her parents were living in the same household in the 1897 Grimm census, although they were not yet married. Her father was a hired hand working for her mother's grandfather Christian Schäfer. The couple married between 1897 and 1901, and their first child was born in late 1902.

The 1897 Grimm census is the last census available or the Colony of Grimm. Therefore, any information about descendants comes from descendant records. Surviving villagers were forced to move east in 1940, with little time to pack things like family records. Any belongings left behind were most likely destroyed. This means that the likelihood of finding paper records for anyone born between 1898 and 1960 is low.

A copy of the 1897 census entry with her parents' names is show below as it helps connect this child to aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents.

1897 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 247

Head of the Household Christian Schäfer, age 59

Wife Katharina Elisabeth Schäfer, age 59

Child #1 Philipp Jakob Schäfer, age 38

Wife of Child #1 Louisa Schäfer, age 36

Grandchild #1 Heinrich Schäfer, age 2

Grandchild #2 Katharina Elisabeth Schäfer, age 16

Grandchild #3 Amalia Schäfer, age 9

Grandchild #4 Emilia Schäfer, age 6

Child #2 Jakob Schäfer, age 30

Wife of Child #2 Elisabeth Schäfer, age 24

Grandchild #5 Amalia Schäfer, age 5

Child #3 Christian Schäfer, age 27

Wife of Child #3 Eva Schäfer, age 27

Child #4 Heinrich Schäfer, age 25

Wife of child #4 Charlotta Schäfer, age 21

Hired Hand #1 Friedrich Schäfer, age 20, single

Hired Hand #2 Johann Jakob Brester, age 19, single

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 213, family #247, Christian Schäfer family.