Louis

LOUIS, RUSSIA
(OTROGOVKA)

Louis (Otrogovka), Russia was founded on the 14th of June 1766 on the Wiesenseite of the Volga area in Russia. At the time of it's founding there were 50 families consisting of 118 males and 119 females totaling 237 souls. Click on the map to the left for a full view of the Volga area. The colony is bordered by Mariental on one side and the former colony of Chasselois. Prior to 1786 the Saratov Treasury Chamber gave them possession of the colony of Chasselois because it was destroyed by the Kirghiz, and most of the inhabitants moved here to Louis.

In 1798 there were a total of 163 males and 151 females with a total of 314 inhabitants comprising of 52 families. Below is a list of heads of families from 1798 census.

1798 Head of families

1. Hein	27. Spiess
2. Schwemling	28. Bollig
3. Kram	29. Nikolai
4. Maier	30. Peter
5. Lorang	31. Spiess
6. Springer	32. Tire
7. Maier	33. Krehfeldinger
8. Reichert	34. Bollig
9. Abholz, nee Dening	35. Behrens
10. Saltzman	36. Berns
11. Quindt	37. Peter
12. Leichladner	38. Halle
13. Spiess	39. Orth
14. Bauer	40. Schaefer
15. Waltz	41. Schoenberger
16. Bauer	42. Walter
17. Quindt	43. Burgno
18. Eckhardt	44. De Patiste
19. Orth	45. Wilger
20. Orth	46. Frank
21. Trumpf	47. Jager
22. Schaefer	48. Kaspar
23. Auer	49. Delwa
24. Barbie	50. Kessler
25. Becker	51. Marx
26. Abt	52.Kessler

This is a picture of the Josef Pink Family
taken in Louis, Russia.
Josef Pink, seated in the middle,
was born 1875 in Louis, Russia.

Surnames in Louis, Russia in 1893
This list was supplied by Dr. Igor Pleve

Abt	Asselborn	Bach	Baecker	Bauer
Beil	Berns	Bittorf	Borgeno	Brant
Braun	Debatist	Delwa	Eberle	Eckardt
Ernst	Frank	Genselbluem	Garion	Geier
Graf	Grefeldinger	Gruenewald	Hein	Kener
Kessler	Lechleiter	Leichtling	Meier	Muti
Neif	Nicolai	Nussbaum	Obholz	Ort
Paul	Peter	Pinar	Pink	Reisch
Ries	Rohleder	Quint	Salzmann	Samsfort
Schamber	Schaemberger	Sucksdorf	Schwarz	Spies
Springer	Stein	Stolz	Stressler	Terre
Weirich

Research Material Available

	1798 Census - AHSGR
	1834 Census - Kevin Rupp
	1850 Census - Kevin Rupp

Below are some marriage records that I have been able to obtain from the archives in Russia from Dr. Igor Pleve. If someone needs any information from these records please let me know. I will be glad to look and see if they contain what you are looking for.

	Marriage Records for 1902 - Kevin Rupp
	Marriage Records for 1903 - Kevin Rupp
	Marriage Records for 1904 - Kevin Rupp

Village Coordinator - Thelma Mills