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Volmer - Kopenka |
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Rolheiser Families of Volmer |
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Member of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. This site is owned by Angela Gartner. |
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The Rolheiser family was not part of the group of Germans who originally settled in Volmer. I have found the name of the Original Settler, but I don’t have proof yet as to which colony he originally settled in. His name was Theobaldi Rollhauser.
Information that I received from Alexander Rohlheiser, a researcher who lives in Germany, indicates that there are a great number of Rolheiser families in Hussaren. He and Deb Sweeny, another researcher, have donated their research and can be found in the Volmer Database stating at the name Theobaldi Rollhauser.
The Rolheiser Original Settlers also may have been in Rothammel (Pamyatnaya) as there is a note stating such in the 1798 Schuck (Gryaznovatka) Census, however the notation is typed under the wife’s name not under Mathias Rolheiser’s name. With that being said it is more likely that it is she who is from Rothammel and not him. Mathias Rolgauzin (Rolheiser) is listed as the head of household in the 1798 Schuck Census. He and his wife (Kress) have 3 sons and 3 daughters living with them, and one daughter who married into the Poljak (Polack) family and went to live in the Kamenka Colony.
I can’t know for sure if the young man who if found on the 1834 Volmer Census is Mathias’s son because he was born after 1798. He should show up in the 1815 Schuck Census since he was born in 1807. This young man came to Volmer in 1832 and has a wife and two children at the time of the 1834 Volmer Census, a son and a daughter.
In the 1850 Volmer Census the same man’s family has grown and it appears that he has a different wife. The surnames of the marriages made are: Schtang, Zauer(Saur), Roskopf, and Kloster.
I have been able to trace the Rolheiser families that immigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada to these Rolheiser families in Volmer.
I hope this information is helpful in determining what your next step in your research is. |
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Alternate spelling:
Rolheizer, Rollheiser, Rollhaiser, Rollhäuser, Rolgeiser, Rolgauser, Rohlheiser |
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Immigrated to Canada
Joseph Rolheiser & Catherine (Stang) George Rolheiser Sr. & Catherine (Schamber) John Jake Rolheiser & Christina (?)
See the Immigration Page for more details |
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If anyone has anything to add to this page please email me and I would be happy to add it.
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Below are lists of the Volmer Villagers that left Volmer |
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Rolheiser Families that Stayed in Russia
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Husaren A popular place for the Rolheiser Researchers!
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Husaren is another Catholic colony found in the Volga Bergseite Villages. I was looking at the possibility that the Volmer Rolheisers may have originally settled in Husaren. Volmer Researcher Deb Sweeney responded with the following information:
According to the 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga, by Brent Alan Mai there are two Rolheiser head of households listed. They are both listed as being from Franzosen. It appears to me, by looking at the birthdates, one of the households is run by a son of an original settler and the second household is very likely the son of the other household.
Given the above new information I am now looking at Franzosen as the village that the Rolheiser Family originally settled in. If someone has the Original Settlers List or the 1798 Census for Husaren or Franzosen please let me know if there are any Rolheisers listed.
In the 1798 Schuck Village Census there is a Rolheiser family listed with no mention of a previous village. I have concluded that this family came from another village because there are no Rolheisers in the 1766 Schuck Original Settlers List. So, I am still working on the assumption that the Rolheisers originally settled in Fransosen. I also looked at the birth date of the head of household in the 1798 Schuck Census, I think he is a son of the Original Rolheiser Family who settled presumably in Fransosen.
I know for sure that a Peter Rolheiser and his family came to Volmer from Schuck in 1832.
I have also found that there is Rolheiser families in the 1798 Kamenka and Franzosen Census Records. Another Rolheiser family is found in the 1834 Pfiefer Census.
Deb also found a group of Rolheisers that are from Kamenka came to Kansas City, KS. She is trying to find out if any of the Husaren, Volmer, and Kamenka families are linked to hers.
Thank you, Angela Gartner
If any one wishes to share information or discuss research strategies with Deb please email her. |