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Weber (Schulz-1)

Johann Jakob Weber, a single soldier (Soldat), settled in the Volga German colony of Schulz on 8 September 1766. He is recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 7.

The 1767 census records that Johann Jakob Weber came from the German village of Stettin in the region of Prussia.

Herzog (Schulz)

Johann Christian Herzog, a surgeon (Feldscher), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Schulz on 8 September 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 6.

The 1798 census records that Christian Herzog from Schulz is living in the colony of Schwed (Sw15).

The 1767 census records that Johann Christian Herzog came from the German village of Kindelbrück in the region of Sachsen (Saxony).

Heimel

Adam Christian Heimel, a craftsman (Handwerker), setttled in the Volga German colony of Schulz on 8 September 1766. He and his wife Anna Margaretha are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 5.

The 1767 census records that Adam Christian Heimel came from the German village of Weimar in the region of Sachsen (Saxony). His wife Anna Margaretha is recorded as coming from the Dutch city of Amsterdam.

Mattern (Schulz)

Peter Mattern, a craftsman (Handwerker), settled in the Volga German colony of Schulz on 8 September 1766. He and his family are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 4 along with his mother-in-law Anna Maria (surname not recorded).

The 1767 census records that Peter Mattern came from the Russian city of Petersburg.

Frei (Huck)

Johann Henrich Freÿ & Anna Maria Scharmann were married on 23 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Johann Heinrich Frei, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Kronstadt under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Gibbs.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Huck on 1 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 60.

Frei (Schulz)

Johann Heinrich Frei (age 15) and Eva Margaretha Frei (age 9) settled in the Volga German colony of Schulz on 8 September 1766 along with their mother Anna Sophia who was married to Andreas Müller. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 3.

Müller (Schulz)

Andreas Müller, a craftsman (Handwerker), settled in the Volga German colony of Schulz on 8 September 1766. He and his wife Anna Sophia are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 3 along with his stepchildren: Johann Heinrich Frei (age 15) and Eva Margaretha Frei (age 9).

The 1767 census records that Andreas Müller came from the German village of Birkheim near Leiningen.