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Gloo*

Pierre Gloo, a physisian (Arzt), and his wife Dorothea settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 143.

The 1767 census records that Pierre Gloo came from the French city of Paris. The 1767 census also records that according to other information, he comes from the city of Dijon in Burgundy, and his wife is from Paris.

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

Truit*

Johann Martin Triut, a single farmer, is recorded on the 1767 census of Jost in Household No. 80. He had settled there on 5 July 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johann Martin Triut came from the German village of Gutenberg [?] in the Anhalt-Bernburg region.

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

Stempfner*

Martin Stempfner, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha are recorded on the 1767 census of Jost in Household No. 61. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Martin Stempfner came from the German region of Reutlingen in Schwaben (Swabia).

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

Strang*

Christoph Strang, a stone cutter (Steinschneider), his wife Elisabeth, and children (Christoph, age 11; Diana, age 8; Christina, age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 106. They had settled there on 5 March 1767.

They 1767 census records that Christoph Strang came from the Dutch town of Amsterdam in Holland.

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

Tiede (Katharinenstadt-2)

Reinhardt Tiede, a cloth weaver (Tuchweber), and his wife Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 160. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Reinhardt Tiede came from the German village of Neubrandenburg in the Brandenburg region.

Wagner (Katharinenstadt-4)*

Ludwig Wagner, a turner, his wife Johanna, and son Christian (age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Lud. Wegner [sic], his wife Johanna, and son Christian (age 12) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Johanna died in route.

Wiegand (Katharinenstadt)

Christian Wiegand, a tailor, his wife Katharina, and son Johann (age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Christoph [sic] Wigand [sic], his wife Maria, and son Johann Christoph (age ½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Johann Christoph died en route.

Wilhelmi

Joseph Wilhelmi, a cooper (Fassbinder), his wife Amalia Friedrika, and son Michael Friedrich (age 8-weeks) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 28. They had settled there on 27 August 1766.

Son [Michael] Friedrich Wilhelmi and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka116.

His sons and their families are recorded on the 1834 census of Katharinenstadt in Households No. 18, 227, 291, & 319.