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Tag(g) (Jost)

Gottfried Tag (age 17) is recorded on the 1767 census of Jost in Household No. 74 along with his stepfather Rudolph Krieger. They had settled there on 5 July 1767.

Gottfried Tag and his family are recored on the 1798 census of Jost in Household No. Jo33.

The death of Gottfried Tag in 1829 is recorded on the 1834 census of Jost in Household No. 51.

The 1767 census does not record from where Gottfried Tag came.

Stier (Jost)

Johann Christoph Stier, a miller (Müller), and his wife Margaretha Barbara are recorded on the 1767 census of Jost in Household No. 72. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

Christoph Stier and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Jost in Household No. Jo33.

Johann Gottlieb Stier, son of Christoph Stier, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Jost in Household No. 8. Another son, Johann Rudolph, and his family are recorded there in Household No. 9.

Steinbiess*

There are two Steinbiess families that settled in the Volga German colony of Jost on 5 July 1767. They are assumed to be father and son, but further research is needed to confirm this relationship.

(1) Georg Steinbiess (age 52), a farmer, his wife Johanna Sophia, and sons (Johann Gottlieb, age 14; Johann Immanuel, age 11) are recorded on the 1767 census of Jost in Household No. 4.

Gottlieb Steinbiess and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Jost in Household No. Jo24.

Simpel*

Gertrude Simpel (age 7) is recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 109 along with her stepfather Friedrich Kaweiler.

The 1767 census does not record from where Gertrude Simpel came.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Jarke*

Christoph Jarke, a leather worker (Lederarbeiter), his wife Julianna, and children (Dorothea, age 9; Valentin, age 4-months) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 130. They had settled there on 7 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Christoph Jarke came from the German village of Quedlinburg.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Happe*

Ernst Elias Happe, a laborer (Fabrikarbeiter), his wife Anna, and daughter Maria (age 6) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 50. They had settled there on 27 August 1766.

The 1767 census records that Ernst Elias Happe came from the German village of Eisenach in the Thüringen region.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Grassmann (Katharinenstadt)*

Margaretha Grassmann (age 10) and her sister Louisa (age 6) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 128 along with their stepfather Karl Christian Westhausen. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

The 1767 census does not record from where the Grassmann sisters came.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Grassmann among the Volga German colonies.

Gönningen*

Johann Samuel Gönningen, a gardner (Gärtner), his wife Anna, and daughter Wilhelmina (age 14) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 164 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Basel in 1768. They had settled in Katharinenstadt on 17 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johann Samuel Gönningen came from the German village of Nordhausen in the Thüringen region.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.