Himmel / Rimmel (Huck)*

There are 3 orphaned girls on the 1767 census of Huck, living with 3 different families. They are believed to be siblings, but the surnames of their father is recorded as Rimwlin, Rimmel, & Himmel.

(1) Anna Margaretha Rimwlin (age 16½), daughter of the deceased Johannes Rimwlin, is recorded on the 1767 census of Huck in Household No. 4 along with the Ernst Heidenreich family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Rimwlin and Heidenreich families.

(2) Eva Katharina Rimmel (age 14), daughter of the deceased Johannes Rimmel, is recorded on the 1767 census of Huck in Household No. 11 along with the Johannes Schlotthauer family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Rimmel and Schlotthauer families.

(3) Elisabeth Himmel (age 7), daughter of the deceased Johannes Himmel, is recorded on the 1767 census of Huck in Household No. 44 along with the Konrad Brandt family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Himmel and Brandt families.

The 1767 census does not record from where any of these orphaned girls came.

There are no known surviving male lines of these families among the Volga German colonies.