Johann Matthias Mentzer (abt. 1775)

Born about 1775 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Johann Matthias Mentzer was a Volga German.

Johann Matthias Mentzer has German Roots.

Family #142 in the 1798 Grimm census.
Family #296 in the 1834 Grimm census.

At the time of the 1798 census, he was working in Anton (Sebastyanovka). In the 1834 census, there is no mention of a wife or children. It is very possible he remained single and had no heirs. Upon his death in 1819, his younger brother Johann Heinrich Menzer became head of household #296.

1798 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 142

Head of the Household Jakob Mentzer, age 53

Wife Anna Maria Julanin [?], age 48

Child #1 Johann Matthias Mentzer, age 23, worker in Sebastyanovka [Anton]

Child #2 Johann Just Mentzer, age 21

Child #3 Johann, age 19, In Oleshna [Dietel], studying to become a weaver

Child #4 Johann Christian Mentzer, age 11

Child #5 Johann Heinrich Mentzer, age 8

Child #6 Maria Magdalena Mentzer, age 17

1834 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 296

Head of the Household Mattias Menzer, age 40 in 1816, deceased 1819

Brother Johann Heinrich Menzer, age 44

Wife of Brother Anna Regina Menzer, age 40

Child #1 Barbara Menzer, age 8

Child #2 Katharina Christina Menzer, age 5

Child #3 Charlotta Menzer, age 6 months

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 #142 in the 1798 census, Johann Just Mentzer, age 21.
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 82, family #296.