Tschachmachsasjanz, Joachim
Joachim Tschachmachsasjanz served as Adjunct Probst among the Volga German colonies on the Bergseite from 1880-1883.
In 1882, he was serving in Hussenbach when they were between pastors.
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Yurga, Kemerovskaya Oblast (Siberia)
The village of Yurga was established in 1886 on the banks of the Tom River. In 1915, construction of the railway to the Kolchuginsky coal mines began.
Following the Deportation Decree in 1941, Volga Germans from the colony of Enders (among others) were resettled there. Many died during the first years they were in Yurga, and were buried in a mass grave. A memorial has been created at the site of the mass grave.
In 1943, construction of the Yurga Machine-Building Plant was completed, and what had been a village became an industrial center for the region.
Moinkum, Shuskaya District, Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan
When the Volga Germans arrived, this settlement was called Moinkum. At some point it was changed to Druzhba, and recently back to Moinkum. Although both are located in the Zhambyl Region of Kazakhstan, this Moinkum, located about 22 kilometers north of Shu in the Shuskaya District, should not be confused with another Moinkum (also called Furmanovka) which is further northwest in the Moinkum District, about 80 kilometers from Shu.
Most Volga Germans who lived in Moinkum have immigrated to Germany.
Schönemann
The lists of the recruiter Johann Facius include Joseph Schöneman, from Michelau, with his wife, and four children.
Faust (Kutter)
The lists of the recruiter Johann Facius records that Phillip Faust, age 20, came from Wolferborn.
Johann Philipp Faust, son of Johannes & Anna Elisabeth Faust, was baptized on 24 January 1746.
He immigrated to Russia, arriving from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.
Lampertheim, Kr. Bergstraße, Hessen
Lampertheim is located across the Rhein River from the city of Worms.
Berg (Sewald)*
Johann Christoph Berg, son of Simon & Anna Eva Berg, was baptized in the Assumption of Mary Catholic church in Lampertheim on 5 November 1724. Catharina Münzberger, daughter of Johann Georg & Anna Eva Münzberger, was also baptized there on 5 December 1723. The couple married in this parish on 7 February 1753.
The baptisms of two of their daughters are recorded in the Lampertheim parish records: (1) Maria Elisabeth on 12 January 1754, and (2) Judith on 3 January 1756.
Schwab (Sewald)
Johann Philipp Schwaab, son of Michael & Eva Schwaab, and Catharina Werran, daughter of Johannes & Susanna Werran, were married on 28 May 1754 in the Catholic church in Hofheim. The baptisms of six of their children are also recorded in the Hofheim parish records: (1) Balthasar Joseph, 19 April 1755; (2) Maria Anna, 13 February 1757; (3) Anna Maria, 1 October 1758; (4) Johann Georg, 19 September 1760; (5) Johannes, 7 July 1762; and (6) Heinrich, 12 June 1764.