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Johannes Schnitzer, a single farmer, immigrated to Russa from the German village of Steinau.

Joh. Schnitzer (als deserteur angenommen) [accepted as a deserter] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 49 in the appendix.

His widow an children are recorded in Nieder-Monjou on the 1798 Census in Household No. Nm48.

Johan Adam Rosenberger, a farmer from the area of Hanau, & Anna Margar. Büttner from Engen Switzerland, were married on 20 August 1766 in Pastor Bruns's house in Lübeck. The marriage is recorded in the parish register of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Johann Adam Rosenberg[er], a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived at the port of Oranienbaum from Lübeck on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of skipper Franz Nicolaus Schroeder.

Daniel Maus, his wife Anna, and stepdaughters (Anna Elisabeth, age 15; Anna Margaretha, age 7) [surname not recorded] immigrated to Russia from the German village of Niederzell.

They arrived at the port of Oranienbaum from Lübeck on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love and Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Daniel Mauss [sic], his wife Elisabet, and children (Anna, age 12; Margaretha, age 6; Georg, born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

The marriage of Johannes Muth & Catharina Krass is recorded in the parish register of the Lutheran Church in Büdingen, but a line is drawn through the entry indicating that this marriage probably did not occur.

Johannes Mut[h] is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 77.

Johannes Muth and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of  Meinhard in Household No. Mn17.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Mut[h] came from the German village of Neuengronau.

There are two Bechthold families recorded in Kutter. They are presumed to be brothers, but their exact relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Markus Bechtholt (age 32), a farmer, and his wife Gertrude are recorded on the 1767 census of Kutter in Household No. 50. They had arrived there on 29 July 1767.

The widow and children of Markus Bechtold are recorded on the 1798 census of Kutter in Household No. Kt66 along with a note that the widow Margaretha Bechtold is working in Balzer.

Conrad Brescher married on 14 February 1706 to Gertrude Helffenbein. Their son Johann Franz was born 11 February 1709 in Rebsdorf.

Johann Franz Bräscher from Rebsdorf and the widow Anna Maria Zahn from Eckardroth were married 28 April 1739 in Soden.

Nicolaus Bräscher, son of Johann Franz & Anna Maria Bräscher, was born 24 April 1740 in Eckardroth and was baptized in the church in Soden.

Nicolaus Proescher [sic] from Eckendrodt in the area of Hutten & Anna Maria Reiss from Ronsfeldt were married on 24 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.