Dulson
François Just Toulza, son of Jean Sebastian Toulza & Marie Bernatel, was baptized 5 August 1725 in Narbonne, France.
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Bäcker / Becker (Preuss-1)*
The parish register of St. Aureus & Justina Catholic Church in Bommersheim records the marriage of Wendelin Becker (born in 1692) & Maria Elisabethz Kretzlinger (born in 1694) on 1 November 1734.
Busch (Dehler-1)*
Paul Busch, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and daughter Katharina (age 10¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard a koff named Alette under the command of Skipper Wybe Hendricks.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Dehler on 26 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.
Paulus Busch and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Dehler in Household No. Dl36.
Schmidt (Keller-2)*
Michael Schmidt, a farmer, and his wife, Barbara, arrived in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 38.
A Michael Schmidt, stonemason (Maurer) from the Pfalz, and his wife Anna Margaretha arrived arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Vergoldete Weintraube (The Gilded Grape) under the command of Skipper Joachim Hermann Andersen. This may be the same Michael Schmidt who settled in Keller.
Schmidt (Keller-1)
The parish register of St.
Bommersheim, Kr. Hochtaunus, Hessen
In 1929, Bommersheim was administratively incorporated into the village of Oberursel (Taunus).
Metz (Brabander)*
Friedrich Metz, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and son Johann (age 12) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Vergoldete Weintraube (The Gilded Grape) under the command of Skipper Joachim Hermann Andersen.
Friedrich Metz, a farmer, his wife Maria Katharina, and son Johannes (age 12) settled in the Volga German colony of Brabander on 28 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 21.
Kessler (Kamenka)
Thomas Kessler, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Joseph, age 13; Franziska, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kamenka in Household No. 9. They had settled there on 28 April 1766.
The children of Joseph Kesler are recorded on the 1798 census of Kamenka in Household No. Km028.
Peter Kesler, son of Joseph Kesler, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Kamenka in Household No. 85 along with a note that they had relocated to the colony of Luzern.
Gorgie*
Heinrich Gorgie, a farmer, his wife Anna Margaretha, and daughter Anna Katharina (age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Vergoldete Weintraube (The Gilded Grape) under the command of Skipper Joachim Hermann Andersen.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 41.
Königshofen (Niedernhausen), Kr. Rheingau-Tanus, Hessen
After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Count Johannes of Nassau-Idstein settled Catholic Walloons from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège in several areas including Niedernhausen, Königshofen, and Engenhahn. He allowed these settlers to keep their Catholic faith even though they were in a Protestant territory. Today, this territory is in Hessen, and Königshofen is part of a larger administrative unit headquartered in Niedernhausen.