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Müller (Kratzke-3)

Johann Friedrich Müller (born about 1749) is recorded on the 1798 census of Kratzke in Household No. Kr08. He does not appear to be connected to the other Müller families that had settled in Kratzke in 1767.

This Johann Friedrich Müller is believed to be the Friedrich Müller (born about 1744), a single farmer, who arrived in the Volga German colony of Bauer on 20 July 1766. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 43.

Müller (Kratzke-1)*

Philipp Müller, a carpenter (Tischler), his wife Katharina, and daughters (Katharina, age 16; Karlina Dorothea, age 12; Dorothea Margaretha, age 10; and Elisabeth, age 8) settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 34.

The 1767 census records Philipp Müller came from Wiesbaden in Nassau.

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

Müller (Kratzke-2)

Johann Ludwig Müller, a single cobbler (Schuhmacher), settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766.  He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 35.

In 1788, Johann Christoph, Georg Franz, and Christina Dorothea Müller moved from Kratzke to Frank. These are believed to be Johann Ludwig's children.

The 1767 census records that Johann Ludwig Müller came from Saarbrücken in Nassau.

Meng

Johann Meng, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Katharina, and sons (Johannes, age 8; Christoph, age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Messer in Household No. 10. They had arrived in Messer on 7 July 1766.

In 1795, Johannes Meng and his family moved from Kratzke to Messer.

The 1767 census records that the Meng family came from the German district of Kurpfalz.

Ankorholtz

Nikolaus Ankorholtz and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 17.

He is recorded on the 1767 census as being from Sternberg in Mecklenburg.

There are no known make descendants of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Arn(h)old (Kratzke)*

Johann Heinrich Arnholdt, a tiler (Fliesenleger), and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Jost on 19 August 1767.  They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 37.

Before 1798, he moved to the colony of Kratzke and remarried to Katharina Gieske. He died in Kratzke in 1818.

The 1767 census records that he came from the German region of Berlin.

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

Kisner (Shcherbakovka)

Johann Sewerinus Kisner and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 8 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 51.

In 1795, Zacharias Kisner and his family moved from Kratzke to Shcherbakovka.

According to the 1767 census record, the Kisner family was from the German village of Mühlhausen.

Kesselring (Kratzke)

Johann Kesselring (age 16), from Hamburg, settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 8 May 1767.  He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 46 living with his stepfather, Johann Moor.

In 1790, Jakob Kesselring moved from Kratzke to Bauer.

Han(d)schu(h) (Kratzke)

Christian Friedrich Hanschu, a single laborer, settled in the colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766.  He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 11.

Before 1798, his son Friedrich moved from Kratzke to Merkel.

Friedrich Handschu from Kratzke and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Merkel in Household No. Mr11.

Heinrich Hanschu, believed to be the son of Friedrich, is recorded on the 1834 census of Merkel in Household No. 68.

The 1767 census of Kratzke records that Christian Friedrich Hanschu came from the German village of Leipzig.

Han(d)schu(h) (Shcherbakovka)

Johannes Hanschu, farmer from Wersau, and his family immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Friderica on 1 May 1760.  They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 26 April 1763. They joined the migration to Russia.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Shcherbakovka on 15 June 1765.

Johannes Hanschuh, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and children (Georg Paul, age 18; Anna Katharina, age 17; Maria Katharina, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. 12.