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Kaiser (Norka-3)

Johann Peter Kaÿser from Keffenroth & Catharina Weinberger from Kirchbracht were married on 28 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen. Catharina Weinberger is the daughter of the deceased Christoph Weinberger [see Weinberger family].

Peter Kaiser, a farmer, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.

Kaiser (Norka-2)*

Just Kaiser, a farmer from Isenburg, and his wife Magdalena settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767.  They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 107.

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

Müller (Norka-7)*

Heinrich Müller, from the district of Isenburg, and his wife Anna Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 22 September 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 214.

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

Müller (Norka-6)

Johann Georg Müller, son of Johann Valentin Müller & Maria Johanetta Korber, was born on 4 November 1730 in Büdingen.

Julianna Winter, daughter of Johann Georg & Gertraut Winter, was born 25 February 1725 in Büdingen.

Johann Georg Müller and Julianna Winter married in Büdingen on 3 February 1757.  They had two children in Büdingen: (1) Catharina Elisabetha, baptized 22 January 1758; and (2) Johann Georg, baptized 31 May 1761.

Müller (Norka-5)

Johannes Müller, son of Johann Gebhardt Müller, married in Burgbracht on 25 February 1740 to Anna Margaretha Schmidt, daughter of Lipps Schmidt.

The baptisms of their children are recorded in the parish register of Burgbracht: (1) Johann Ernst, baptized in November 1743; (2) Johann Georg, baptized 15 July 1746; (3) Anna Margaretha, baptized 17 November 1749; (4) Johann Georg, baptized 15 January 1752; (5) Johann Heinrich, baptized in April 1754; (6) Johannes, baptized 2 May 1756; and (7) Anna Elisabetha, baptized 12 November 1759.

Müller (Norka-4)*

Johannes Müller, from the district of Stollberg, and his family [wife: Anna Margaretha; children: Kunigunde (age 16), Margaretha (age 6) and Elisabeth (age 3)] settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767. They are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 102.

Daughter Anna Margaretha Müller (age 15) is recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No 143.

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

Müller (Norka-3)*

Heinrich Otto Müller, son of Valentin Müller, married in Büdingen on 17 February 1724 to Anna Catharina Schüßler, daughter of Johann Heinrich Schüßler. Among their children was Hans Otto who was baptized in Büdingen on 12 May 1737.

Hans Otto Müller, a coachman (Fuhrmann) from Büdingen, married Anna Maria Weber from Wenings on 12 May 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen. Anna Maria, daughter of Johann Philip Weber & Elisabetha Nehl(?), had been baptized in Wenings on 29 April 1730.

Müller (Norka-2)

Johann Nicolaus Müller, son of Johannes & Anna Maria Müller, was born in November 1737 in Wiedermus. Anna Dorothea, daughter of Friedrich & Anna Margaretha Weÿgandt, was born on 4 March 1737 in Wiedermus. Johann Nicolaus Müller and Anna Dorothea Weÿgandt were married on 6 March 1760. The baptisms of three children, each born in Wiedermus, are recorded in the Eckartshausen parish records: (1) Anna Christina, born 29 February 1761; (2) Anna Catharina, born 1 August 1763; and (3) Johann Heinrich, born 20 March 1766.

Müller (Norka-1)

Konrad Müller, a single farmer, arrived at the port of Oranienbaum from Lübeck on 9 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Strelna under the command of Lieutenant Sornev.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 1 along with his new wife Elisabeth. He is serving as the mayor (Vorsteher) of Norka at the time.

Hoch / Hock (Grimm)

Nikolaus Hock, from the district of Isenburg, and his family settled in Grimm. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 82.

Nikolaus Hock and his family are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 142.

In 1788, Andreas, Johann Georg, and Maria Margaretha Hoch moved from Grimm to Bauer.