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Andreas Grünewald (age 32), a farmer, his wife Appolonia Brückmann (age 32), children (Maria Anna, age 6; Catharina, age 5; Caspar, age 4; Christoph, age 1), and his mother Eva Rosina Grünewald (age 50) are recorded on a list of colonists dated 23 September 1765 who were gathering in the town of Worms.

Andreas Grünewald, a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Schuck on 18 July 1766. He and his family are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 2.

The 1798 census records that this Grünewald family is living in the colony of Franzosen.

Jackob Schuch (age 29), a single hunter (Jäger), is recorded on a list of colonists dated 23 September 1765 who were gathering in the town of Worms.

Jakob Schuck, a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Schuck on 18 July 1766. He and his family are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 1 with a note that he was serving as the colony's mayor (Vorsteher). It is after him that the colony took its name.

Konrad Kohlmann, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Kronverk under the command of Lieutenant Dmitry Ilyin.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Göbel on 20 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 16.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Kohlmann came from the German village of Karburgheis in the region of Würzburg. The Oranienbaum passenger list records that he came from Franken (France).

Christoph Kohlmann, a single tailor (Schneider), 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.

Daniel Kohlmann is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Christoph Daniel Kohlmann, a tailor (Schneider), is recorded on the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 59 along with his new wife Louisa. They had settled in Paulskaya on 7 June 1767.

Georg Friedrich Kohlmann, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Maria Elisabeth, age 17; Hans Georg, age 14; Johann Nikolaus, age 11) are recorded on the 1767 census of Rohleder in Household No. 34. They had settled there on 14 July 1766.

Nikolaus Kohlmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rohleder in Household No. Rl10 along with a note that the family is in Herzog serving as a shepherd for the colonists there.

Johann Köhlermann, a weaver (Weber), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Schuck on 18 July 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 15.

In 1788, Johannes Köhlermann moved from Schuck to Saratov.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Köhlermann came from the German village of Suhl in the region of Sachsen (Saxony).

Peter Anton Köhler, a farmer, his wife Angelina, and sons (Johann Jakob, age 12; Konrad, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 164.

The 1767 census records that Anton Köhler came from the German village of Gerlachsheim in the Kurpfalz.

Andreas Köhler, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Pfeifer on 20 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 62.

The 1767 census records that Andreas Köhler came from the German village of Hammelburg in Franken (Frankonia).

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