Barbara Jane Held Nelson
Author
Publisher
B.J. Nelson
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
i, 367 p. : ill., geneal. tables, map, ports.
Language
English
Formats
Description
August Heinrich Schneider (b. 1822) was the son of Heinrich Schneider (b. 1792) and Concordia Carolina Ratzschen. August emigrated to Russia from Prussia and settled in Marienpohl (Mariupol) on the Black Sea near Odessa. He married Anna Deutschmann in 1847. August walked to Italy where he learned to make violins and returned to his family in South Russia. They had 12 children, six boys and six girls, in Wickerau. Though a blacksmith by trade, August...