On 14 January 1899 the colony of La Llave was officially founded by a decree issued by Governor Maciá. However, Volga German families who had first settled in Brazil had already been living there for ten years. There were also some Italians in the colony.
The following Volga German families are known to have been living in Colonia La Llave:
Bernhardt, Conrado & Franz, Matilde
Bernhardt, Enrique & Liebrecht, Estela
Dubs, Georg Konrad (from Rosenheim) & Sauer, Ana Elisabeth
Dubs, Federico & Strauch, Elisabeth
Dubs, Adan & Motz, Magdalena
Dubs, Guillermo & Weimer, Hilda
Dubs, Juan Melchor & Franz, Ilda
Dubs, Juan Gaspar & Franz, Maria Elisa
Dubs, Juan & Franz, Sofia Maria
Dubs, Juan Andres & Fries, Emilia
Franz, Johan Jakob & Schneider, Susanna (midwife)
Franz, Johann Karl & Schneider, Amalia
Franz, Heinrich & Schneider, Katharina
Franz, Johann Heinrich & Hilgenberg, Katharina Elisabeth
Franz, Jakob Heinrich & Rosenberger, Katharina
Franz, Guillermo & Meier, Amalia
Franz, Oscar & Nagel, Otilia
Franz, Enrique Cristobal & Dubs, Maria Catalina
Franz, Juan Carlos & Horst, Elisabeth
Franz, David & Staubert, Elvira
Franz, Juan & Motz, Emma
Franz, Adan & Hilgenberg, Emma
Franz, Juan & Sinner, Ana Elisabeth
Hildebrandt
Hilgemberg, Enrique & Hardt, Maria Katharina
Hilgenberg, Enrique & Franz, Anna
Hilgenberg, Gaspar & Weisheim, Emilia
Hilgenberg, Federico & Ott, Sofia
Horst, Johann Friedrich (from Rosenheim) & Huber, Maria Katharina
Horst, Pedro & Erbes, Ana Elisabeth
Horst, Godofredo & Marker, Ana
Horst, Pedro & Hilgenberg, Matilde
Horst, Juan Guillermo & Franz, Olga
Horst, Jorge & Fail, Katharina Elisabeth
Lind, Felipe & Hilgenberg, Sofia
Pipus, Reinaldo & Strauch, Susanna
Regner, Pedro Luis & Stang, Catalina|
Regner, Juan & Krenz, Mariana
Reinhardt, Daniel & Fries, Maria
Schäfer, David & Dubs, Sofia
Schneider, Conrad (from Beideck) & Strauch, Susanna
Schneider, Carlos & Wenner, Bárbara
Strauch, Enrique & Schneider, Susana
Strauch, Jorge & Rosemberger, Maria
Strauch, Jorge & Hanemann, Emilia
Völker, Conrado (from Krasnoyar) & Weber, Susanna
Wagner, Juan & Catalina
- Elena Vega Stehle
- Franz, Antonio Néstor. Huellas de Colonos, 100 años de las colonias La Esperanza y La Llave.