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Reuscher (Unknown)*

Peter Reuscher, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Katharina, age 4; Johann, age 9-months) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 27.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Peter Reuscher came from the German village of Alt[en]kirchen.

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

Schon (Unknown)*

Christoph Schon, a mason (Maurer), and his wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 26.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Christoph Schon came from the German village of Plisteranstof.

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

Meier (Unknown-7)*

Siblings Kaspar Meier (age 12) and Eva Meier (age 9) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 12 along with their stepfather Ignatius Hauer.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census does not record from where the Meier siblings came.

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

Hauer*

Ignatius Hauer, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and son Bernhard (age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 34 along with his stepchildren (Kaspar Meier, age 12; Eva Meier, age 9).

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Ignatius Hauer came from the German village of Neufeld.

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

Benedikt (Zürich)*

Johann Benedikt, his wife Barbara, and children (Margaretha, age 20; Margaretha [again], age 7; Katharina, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Franz Nikolaus Schröder.

Johann Benedict, his wife Barbara, and daughters (Margaretha, age 20; Margaretha [again], age 14; Katharina, age ½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Katharina died en route.

Reischenberg*

Franz Fischenberg [sic] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Frantz Reisenberg [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Franz Reischenberg, a tobacco worker (Tabakarbeiter), and his wife Barbara are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 21 along with his stepdaughter Margaretha Benedikt (age 12).

Burg(h)ardt (Unknown)*

Johann Burghardt, a farmer, and his wife Barbara are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 20.

It is not known in which colony the settled.

The 1767 census records that Johann Burghardt came from the German village of Benetsham.

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

Hacke*

Martin Hacke, a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 18.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Martin Hacke came from the German village of Gundheim.

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