Georg Wilhelm Zepper (abt. 1683 - abt. 1750)

Born about 1683 in Germany

Descendants

Died about 1750 at about age 67 in Büdingen, Wetteraukreis, Hessen, Germany

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Biography

Wilhelm Zepper was a Volga German.

Wilhelm Zepper has German Roots.

Parent of a Volga German

Research Notes

Notes from VolgaGermans.org ^[1]

"VOLGA COLONIES

Huck

PRE-VOLGA ORIGIN

Wächtersbach, Isenburg, Hessen

DISCUSSION & DOCUMENTATION

Johannes Huck, son of Andreas Huck & Albertina Margaretha Brodbecker, was born 11 April 1734 in Wächtersbach, Isenburg, Hessen. He married Augusta Maria Zepper, daughter of Georg Wilhelm Zepper & Charlotte Messer. She was born 25 April 1728 in Büdingen, Isenburg, Hessen. They have three known children, all born in Wächtersbach: Jakob Wilhelm (b. 20 November 1753); Georg Philipp (b. 10 March 1757); and Katharina Elisabeth (b. 19 May 1761).

The Huck family arrived in Huck on 1 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 1. Johannes Huck was the first vorsteher (mayor) of Huck, and it is after his family that the colony is named.

Researchers

Fabian Zubia Schultheis

Sources

1. ↑ VolgaGermans.org online database, Georg Wilhelm Zepper, father of Augusta Maria Zepper. See: https://www.volgagermans.org/who-are-volga-germans/settlements/original/huck.

See also:

• Parish records for Wächtersbach, Hessen

• Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 139.

• Huck Family Tree, Roy Huck. See: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/105405238/person/120044307804/facts