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There are two Müller families that settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou who are believed to be related:

(1) Johann [Martin] Müller, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Katharina, age 10; Johann, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the galliot Anna Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Janson.

Peter Lotz, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Hans Karholm.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 Census in Household No. 72.

The 1767 census records that Peter Lotz came from the German village of Breitenbach.

The parish register of the Lutheran church in Büdingen records the marriage on 9 April 1766 of Philip Rau from Salmünster and Margaretha Eckert from Spielberg.

Johan Rauh, son of Philip Rauh (a farmer) & Anna Margar. Eckert - both from the region of Isenburg, was baptized 4 June 1766 in St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

They joined the migration to Russia.

Philipp Rau, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the pink Cargo under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov.

Mattias Eichart, a merchant (Kaufmann), and his wife Anna Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Semenovka on 24 July 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 Census in Household No. 31.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Mattias Eichart came from the German town of Salmünster in the Fulda region.

This surname does not appear to continue among the Volga German colonies.

Peter Bäcker and his family immigrated to Russia from the German village of Salmünster.

Peter Bäcker, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Joseph, age 22; Michael, age 19; Heinrich, age 17½; Johannes, age 11) arrived at the port of Oranienbaum from Lübeck on 29 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper John Scott.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 where they are recorded on the 1767 Census in Household No. 45.

This Bäcker family doesn't seem to be related to the other one that settled in Krasnoyar.

Johannes Seipel, son of Johann Heinrich Seipel & Barbara Catharina Laberentz, was born 24 September 1740 in Romstahl. Sibilla Schmidt, daughter of Lorenz Schmidt & Anna Maria Weber, was born 18 April 1746 in Romsthal.

Johannes Seipel & Sybilla Schmidt from Romsthal married 17 April 1766 in the chapel of the church in Soden.

Johann[es] Seipel, a farmer, and his wife Sibilla arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Perepechin.

Johannes Klug and his family immigrated to Russia from the German village of Salmünster.

Johann[es] Klug, a weaver, his wife Anna Maria, and son Philipp (age 4) arrived at the port of Oranienbaum from Lübeck on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Perepechin.

Johannes Klug, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and son Wilhelm (age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Köhler in Household No. 44. They had settled there on 21 August 1767.

In 1818, Joseph Klug and his family relocated from Köhler to Seelmann.

Johannes Resch, son of Johannes Resch of Ulmbach, & Anna Margaretha Betz, daughter of the deceased Johannes Betz of Sarrod, were married 14 February 1743 in Ulmbach. They had a number of children: (1) Catharina, born 21 September 1744 in Ulmbach; (2) Johannes, born 7 October 1746 in Ulmbach, died 26 February 1747; (3) Nikolaus Resch, born 23 April 1748 in Ulmbach; (4) Johann Adam Resch, born 11 January 1751 in Ulmbach; (5) Johann Melchior Räsch, born 14 January 1753 in Marborn; and (6) Anna Maria Resch, born 25 July 1755 in Marborn.