Born about 1754 in Germany

Descendants

Died before 1834 in Grimm, Kamyshin, Saratov, Russia

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Biography

Maria (Scheffler) Gillig is a Volga German.

Maria (Scheffler) Gillig has German Roots.

Family #150 in the 1798 Grimm census.

Family #220 in the 1834 Grimm census.

1798 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 150

Head of the Household Samuel Gillig, age 54

Wife Anna Maria Scheffler, age 44

Child #1 Johann Peter Gillig, age 16

Child #2 Tobias Gillig, age 7

Child #3 Johann Valentin Gillig, age 5

Child #4 Johann Philipp Gillig, age 1

Child #5 Maria Elisabeth Gillig, age 19

Child #6 Elisabeth Gillig, age 12

She is not mentioned in the 1834 census, but her husband and sons are. She most likely died prior to 1834; her husband died in 1820. Had she survived, she would have been 80 years old. I am showing the 1834 census entry for the family below to connect her to her children and grandchildren.

1834 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 220

Head of the Household Samuel Gillig, age 71 in 1816, deceased 1820

Child #1 Johann Peter Gillig, age 33 in 1816, to household #261

Grandchild #1 Johann Jakob Gillig, age 8 in 1816, to household #261

Grandchild #2 Michael Gillig, age 4 years 9 months in 1816, to household #261

Child #2 Tobias Gillig, age 44

Wife of Child #2 Elisabeth Margaretha Gillig, age 41

Grandchild #3 Johann Philipp Gillig, age 19

Grandchild #4 Katharina Gillig, age 16

Grandchild #5 Valentin Gillig, age 12

Grandchild #6 Johann Michael Gillig, age 10

Grandchild #7 Katharina Margaretha Gillig, age 6

Grandchild #8 Christina Gillig, age 4

Grandchild #9 Georg Philipp Gillig, age 1 year 3 months

Child #3 Valentin Gillig, age 22 in 1816, to household #261

Child #4 Johann Philipp Gillig, age 37

Wife of Child #4 Margaretha Gillig, age 34

Grandchild #10 Tobias Gillig, age 14

Grandchild #11 Elisabeth Gillig, age 10

Grandchild #12 Heinrich Jakob Gillig, age 4

Grandchild #13 Maria Louisa Gillig, age 2 years 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 #150 in the 1798 Grimm census, Samuel Gillig family.
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 66, family #220, Samuel Gillig family.

• 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 #150 in the 1798 census, Anna Maria Scheffler Gillig, age 44.

• 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 66, family #220.

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