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Johann Philipp Lange and his family immigrated first to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Fridericia on 1 May 1760. In December 1760, they settled in the Danish colony of Friderichsheede.

The parish register of Friderichsheede (Karup Parish) records on 27 May 1761 the baptism of Johann Peter Lange, son of Philipp & Catharina Lange.

In December 1762, Johann Philipp Lange, his [unnamed] wife, and [unnamed] children (sons, ages 5 & 2; daughters, ages 12 & 10) are recorded in the colony of Friderichsheede.

Johannes Schmidt, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Elisabeth, and son Johann Gottlieb (age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schäfer in Household No. 23. They had settled there on 6 August 1766.

Johannes Schmidt is recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf06 along with a new wife Johanna Magdalena, believed to be the daughter of Konrad Krämer. The Johann Schmidt recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf35 is presumed to be part of this same Schmidt family.

Johann Peter Reckling, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 15.

Johann Georg Reckling and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf12.

In 1786, Georg Wilhelm Reckling moved from Schäfer to Graf.

Georg Reckling from Schäfer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Graf in Household No. Gf10.

Johannes Schäfer, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Anna Maria settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 1 where Johannes is noted to be the mayor (Vorsteher) of the colony. It is after him that the colony took its name.

Philipp Schäfer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf18 along with a note that his brother Johannes Schäfer is working in the colony of Katharinenstadt.

Johann Daniel Wolf, a soldier (Soldat), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 31.

The 1767 census records that Johann Daniel Wolf came from the German city of Kiel in the Holstein region.

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

Johann [Friedrich] Wolf, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Schäfer on 1 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 16.

The children of the deceased Friedrich Wolf (Rudolf, age 21; Katharina Elisabeth, age 19; Johann Gottlieb, age 15) are recorded on the 1798 census of Schäfer in Household No. Sf13 along with their stepfather Philipp Wellinger. A note records that Rudolph Wolf was working in the colony of Rosenheim.