Johann Michael Getinger, son of Sebastian Getinger & Anna Maria Wind, was born 6 April 1716 in Adelshofen, a village in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. He married Eva Marghareta Müller in Adelshofen on 24 May 1751.
They had 2 sons, each born in Adelshofen: (1) Johann Leonhard born 26 March 1753; and (2) Georg Michael born 15 August 1757.
Michael Hettinger and his family immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) in 1762. They joined the migration to Russia in 1765.
Franz Hartung, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Maria and daughters (Anna Maria, age 6 Magdalena, age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Mariental in Household No. 44. They had arrived in Mariental on 14 June 1766.
The 1767 census records that Franz Hartung came from the German village of Eger.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Hartung family among the Volga German colonies.
Johannes [Heinrich] Hartung, son of Johann Heinrich Hartung, married Anna Margaretha Reifschneider, daughter of Nikolaus Reifschneider, on 2 November 1748 in Gettenbach. The baptisms of four of their children are recorded in the parish register of Gettenbach: (1) Elisabetha, born 15 March 1749; (2) Johann Christophel, born 19 June 1751; (3) Lorentz, born 9 May 1754; and (4) Anna Margaretha, born 19 September 1757, died 27 November 1758.
Friedrich Grasmück, a shoemaker from Friedland in Saxony, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Lauwe on 19 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 5.
There do not appear to be any descendants of this Grasmück family. Descendants of another Grasmück family from Balzer moved to Lauwe, and all families in Lauwe appear to be descendants of this Balzer-originated family.
Balzer Götz, a butcher from Wiesbaden in Nassau, and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Kukkus on 26 Jun 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 41.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Götz family among the Volga German colonies.
Johann Bohn and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the hooker Anna Catharina under the command of Skipper Adolph Scharpenberg.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.
Following the destruction of the colony of Keller, this family re-settled to Neu-Kolonie.
In 1787, widow Elisabeth Bohn and her children moved from Neu-Kolonie to Kamenka.
By the 1798 census, sons Peter and Johannes are working in the colony of Köhler.
Lorenz Schroh, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth Maria (age 26), children (Heinrich, age 18; Maria Eva, age 15), and [step-]children (Johann Adam [Gärtner], age 5; Anna Maria [Gärtner], age 2; Peter [Gärtner], age 1½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Volmer in Household No. 2. They had arrived in Volmer on 18 July 1766.
In 1789, Lorenz Schroh moved from Volmer to Sewald.
Jakob Geilo [sic], 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. 165.
Jakob Guio and his wife Katharina [Prester] are recorded on the 1775 census of Norka in Household No. 140 along with his in-laws Nikolaus & Elisabeth Prester.
Johann Georg Faber, a daylaborer (Tagelöhner), his wife Elisabeth Dorothea immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) in 1762 along with their children: (1) Johann Christoph, age 22, and his wife Susanna Katharina; (2) Johann Christian, age 11; and (3) Katharina Magdalena, age 4.
They arrived in Flensburg on 9 June 1762. Johann Georg died in 1763-1764. His son Johann Christoph and his wife Susanna Katharina petitioned to leave the Danish colonies on 1 May 1765 and joined the migration to Russia.
Gardach was originally an estate located outside of the village of Böllingen. It is first mentioned in documents dating to 767. By the 9th century, the estate had become larger than the nearby village. By 1161, a specific place named Neccargardacha is mentioned in documents - to distinguish it from neighboring Großgartach and Kleingartach. The name is derived from its location at the confluence of the Leinbach (formerly Gartach) and Neckar Rivers.
Neckargartach, northwest of Heilbronn, is today part of metropolitan Heilbronn.
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