Michaelsdorf: Information | Family List/Census | Surnames | Ship Manifests
Surnames
Below is a listing of surnames identified to date for residents who lived in the German colony of Michaelsdorf in the Terek District, North Caucasus, Russia. This was a daughter colony formed mostly by Volga German colony members….read more.
Arnd, Arndt, Beitz, Derr, Dörr, Durr, Hebel, Getz, Goetz, Kindsfater, Kindsvater, Kobert, Korz, Lauck, Mai, Maar, Meier, Meyer, Myers, Mayer, Miller, Moor, Moore, Neuberger, Paul (Powell), Peitz, Prinz, Reifschneider, Reinick, Riedel, Ruppel, Schäffer, Schaefer, Schafer, Schaffer, Shaffer, Schaeffer, Ties, Wertz, Wirr, Wirz, Wirtz.
This information was compiled from Ship manifests, AHSGR gedcom postings, researcher contribution, US census, Michaelsdorf census data, obituaries, family bible, and naturalization records. Following are a few select sources.1,2,3,4,6,6,7
Notes: 1) Spelling variations occur with these names; 2: Some of the sources were translated from German to Russian, and back again.
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Footnotes
1.Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 149; Page: 2784; Microfilm No.: K_1782, Pretoria, 14. Nov 1903, Konrad Meyer family, last lived in Michaelsdorf, Russia.
2. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957; Ancestry.com. (www.ancestry.com); Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; 27 Nov 1903, Page 18, Line 24, Jakob Reifschneider family, from Michaelsdorf, Russia.
3. Marina Plieva, Translated and transcribed 1896 Michaelsdorf Census; Staat Archiv in Vladikavkaz; 19 Jun 2006. Citing personal correspondence with the author.
4. Adam Schaffer Obituary, Norfolk Daily News, Norfolk, Nebraska, (newspapers.com ), 28 Dec 1942, p 2, c 4. Adam Schaffer, born 1870 in Caucasus, Russia.
5. Anna Rothermal Obituary, The Greeley Tribune, Greeley, Colorado, 22 Feb 1977, Anna E Durr Rothermel, b. 13 Jul 1889 Michaelsdorf, Russia.
6. Sherri Steele, Ship Manifests with passengers from Michaelsdorf North Caucasus,
Tangled Web Genealogy (https://tangledwebgenealogy.com/index.php/michaelsdorfshipmanifests/ : accessed 24 Mar 2023)
7. Sherri Steele, 1896 Michaelsdorf Census; A German Colony in Russia,
Tangled Web Genealogy (https://tangledwebgenealogy.com/index.php/michaelsdorfcensus1896/ : accessed 20 Jan 2024)