Katharina Elisabeth (Huck) Schäfer (abt. 1761 - bef. 1857)

Born about 1761 in Germany

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Died before 1857 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Elisabeth (Huck) Schäfer is a Volga German.

Elisabeth (Huck) Schäfer has German Roots.

Family #127 in the 1798 Grimm census.
Family #182 in the 1834 Grimm census.

Her family originally settled in the village of Huck (Splavnucha). According to the Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University, Huck was founded by Germans from Isenburg and the Palatinate.

Birth Date and Place

• 1761
• Germany

Parents

• Johannes Huck
• Augusta Maria (Zepper) Huck

Marriage

• Johannes Schäfer
• by 1782
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Children

• Johann Philipp Schäfer, born 1783
• Johann Jakob Schäfer, born 1786
• Johann Daniel Schäfer, born 1790
• Anna Margaretha (Schäfer) Schwemmer, born 1794
• Johann Michael Schäfer, born 1798

Death Date and Place

• before 1857
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

1798 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 127

Head of the Household Johannes Schäfer, age 47

Wife Katarina Elizabeta Huck Schäfer, age 37, from Huck

Child #1 Johann Philipp Schäfer, age 15

Child #2 Johann Jakob Schäfer, age 12

Child #3 Johann Daniel Schäfer, age 8

Child #4 Michael Schäfer, age 6 months

Child #5 Anna Margareta Schäfer, age 4

1834 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 182

Head of the Household Johannes Schäfer, age 83

Wife Katharina Schäfer, age 73

Child #1 Johann Philipp Schäfer, age 32 in 1816, to household #90

Grandchild #1 Jakob Schäfer, age 10 in 1816, to household #90

Grandchild #2 Johannes Schäfer, age 7 in 1816, to household #90

Grandchild #3 Christian Jakob Schäfer, age 1 in 1816, to household #90

Child #2 Johann Jakob Schäfer, age 48

Wife of Child #2 Maria Katharina Schäfer, age 44

Grandchild #4 Philipp Michael Schäfer, age 23

Wife of Grandchild #4 Katharina Margaretha Schäfer, age 21

Great Grandchild #1 Katharina Elisabeth Schäfer, age 3

Great Grandchild #2 Theresa Katharina Schäfer, age 2

Great Grandchild #3 Alexander Schäfer, age 6 weeks

Grandchild #5 Johann Konrad Schäfer, age 18

Grandchild #6 Christian Jakob Schäfer, age 14

Grandchild #7 Johannes Schäfer, age 11

Grandchild #8 Katharina Margaretha Schäfer, age 8

Grandchild #9 Georg Friedrich Schäfer, age 6

Grandchild #10 Anna Margaretha Schäfer, age 4

Grandchild #11 Maria Katharina Schäfer, age 2

Child #3 Daniel Schäfer, age 25 in 1816, to household #293

Child #4 Michael Schäfer, age 16 years 6 months in 1816, to household #52

Sources

1. ↑ 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 #127 in the 1798 census, Johannes Schäfer.
2. ↑ 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 55, family #182, Johannes Schäfer family.

See also:

• The Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; online resource, Settlements, Mother Colonies, Huck; see: http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/settlements/mother_colonies/colony_huck.cfm.

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