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Georg Fabrizius (age 31), a carpenter (Tischler), settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766.  He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 32.

The 1798 census of Kratzke records that his son, Christoph Jakob, is working in the colony of Bauer.

Johann Friedrich Fabrizius and Georg Heinrich Fabrizius from Kratzke and their families are recorded on the 1857 census of Ährenfeld.

Various descendant lines of this family use the spellings of Fabrizius and Fabricius and Fabricus.

Jakob and Susanna Elisabeth Herder from the Kurpfalz immigrated with their three children (Eva Barbara, age 14; Nikolaus, age 10; and Elisabeth, age 7) to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) in 1760.  They are last recorded in the Danish colonies on 7 January 1765. They joined the migration to Russia.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Beideck where they are recorded on the 1775 census in Household No. 26.

The Eichhorns record that Jakob Herder came from "Amte Lindenfels, Kurpfalz."

Johann Friedrich Ruf, a day laborer [Tagelöhner] and son-in-law of Christian Benner, migrated from Württemberg to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in the city of Flensburg on 9 June 1762.

The parish register of Havetoft [Denmark] records the marriage on 21 August 1762 of Johann Friedrich Roos [sic] to Euphrosina Barbara Boelern.

The parish register of Havetoft [Denmark] again records the baptism on 28 August 1762 of Johann Christoph Russ [sic], son of Johann Friedrich Russ [sic] & Barbara Euphrosina Boeler [sic].

Heronimous Ruf, a farmer from the Pfalz, and his wife Theresia arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard a ship with skipper Johann Grapp at the helm.

Hyoronymus Ruff and his wife Theresia are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Dietel where their children are recorded on the 1798 census.

Heinrich Engel, recorded as a mason from Neunhof, and his wife Catharina settled in the Volga German colony of Beauregard on 27 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 19.

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

Johann Georg Eichhorn, a single weaver from Suhl in Saxony, arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Adler with skipper Paul Adam Drath at the helm.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Urbach on 3 July 1767 where he is recorded with his new wife Maria Margaretha on the 1767 census in Household No. 54.

Widow Maria Margaretha Eichhorn is recorded on the 1798 census of Urbach in Household No. Ur20.

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

Georg Abraham Eberhard, son of Johann Andreas Eberhard & Anna Margaretha Traub, married in Schreisheim on 11 February 1754 to Maria Barbara Weber, daughter of Georg Weber of Nußloch. The births of four of their children are recorded in the parish register of Schriesheim: (1) Dorothea, born 29 April 1755, died 16 May 1755; (2) Johann Georg, born 11 May 1756; and (3) Anna Catharina, born 12 January 1759.

They migrated in 1760 to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein).

There are two Geier families that settled in the Volga German colony of Huck. It is unknown at this time whether they are related to one another.

(1) Johann Bernhard Geÿer, son of Joh. Henrich Geÿer from the area of Kurpfalz & Catharina, was born 20 April 1766 and baptized on 21 April 1766 in Büdingen.

Nicolaus Rupp, son of Valentin Rupp, was baptized 19 February 1730 at the Catholic church in Hofheim.  Nicolaus married there on 27 February 1764 to Maria Anna Hebeler, daughter of Johannes & Anna Dorothea Hebeler. The baptism of one child is recorded in the Hofheim parish register: Anna Margaretha, baptized 6 July 1765. 

Nikolaus Rupp, his wife Anna, and daughter Anna (age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard a ship with Skipper Johann Grapp at the helm.