Mattias Mertz (1779)

Born 1779 in Schoenchen

Died [date unknown] in Schoenchen

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Biography

Mattias Mertz was a Volga German.

Mattias Mertz was born in 1779 to Michael Mertz and Maria. The 1834 census shows he was married to Elisabeth. He wasn't on the 1857 census of Schoenchen.

Mertz in 1798 Schoenchen Census

• Jakob Mertz born 1767, sp: Barbara Leiker, (d/o Jakob Leiker) they had two sons age 4 and 2
• Johann Michael Mertz born 1770, is a widower his spouse: Katharina Ritter, she had died by 1796, they had two sons age 5 and 2. They had married in 1791.
• Mattias Mertz, born 1779, single, working in Susannental, Russia
• Father of the above sons: Michael Mertz born 1744, his spouse: Anna Maria Romberg, age 1745 was married 1st to Georg Zimmerman, 2nd to Anton Graf, Michael is her 3rd husband. Note: she was married four times.^[1]

1834 Census, Schoenchen

In 1834, Schoenchen Census, household #44:^[2]

Mattias Mertz age 37 in 1816, age 55 in 1834

Elisabeth (sp) age 45 in 1834

Johannes (son) age 4 in 1816, age 22 in 1834

Eva (daughter-in-law) age 20

Anna Margaretha (daughter) age 16 in 1834 (born 1818

Heinrich (son) age 14 in 1834

Franz (son) age 11 in 1834

Johann Karl (son) age 7 in 1834

Maria Elisabeth (daughter) age 4 in 1834

Sources

1. ↑ Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999), Volume 1 and Volume 2: Lz13, Sn03, Sn04, Sn39, Mv2623. p.903, 907
2. ↑ Mai, Dr. Brent, 2020, 1834 Census of Schoenchen in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 24 November 1834, pg. 13

Also See:

• Mertz (Schoenchen) https://volgagermaninstitute.org/surnames/m%C3%A4rz-mertz-sch%C3%B6nchen