Johann Valentin Rockel married Anna Barbara Berk. She had been bor 30 October 1727 in Lauterbach.
The baptisms of the children of Johann Valentin Rockel & Anna Barbara Berk are recorded in the parish register of Lauterbach: (1) Ulric, baptized 23 August 1757, died 9 May 1758; (2) Johann Ulrich, baptized 8 April 1761; and (3) Ulrich, baptized 5 May 1763.
Jacob Müller, son of Ezechiel Müller & Anna Barbara Weinman, was born 31 May 1733 in Sprendlingen. His wife, Susanna Elz, daughter of Adam & Anna Katharina Elz, was born 4 November 1728 in Sprendlingen. They married there on 28 September 1755. They had four children whose births are recorded in the parish register of Sprendlingen: (1) Johann Bernhard, born 26 September 1756; (2) Anna Margaretha, born 29 August 1758; (3) Johann Wilhelm, born 13 September 1761; and (4) Anna Gertruda, born 31 May 1763.
Today, Mittel-Gründau is administratively part of the municipality of Gründau.
There are three Meininger families that traveled together from Germany to Russia and all settled in the Volga German colony of Messer. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Friedrich Meininger, a farmer, his wife Barbara, his mother-in-law Anna [Zeller], and brother-in-law Johann [Zeller] (age 16) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Johann Bernhardt Kirschbaum, son of Johann Peter Kirschbaum & Agnesia Meissenheimer, was born 19 October 1707 in Hochstätten. He married Catharina Margaretha Bender on 2 February 1736.
The baptisms of four of their children are recorded in the parish register of Hochstätten: (1) Maria Magdalena, baptized 27 August 1738; (2) Johann Nicolaus, baptized 22 April 1753; (3) Anna Maria, baptized 10 March 1756; and (4) Maria Elisabeth, baptized 7 August 1761.
Today, Falkenstein is administratively part of the municipality of Winnweiler.
The ruins of the castle of the Counts of Falkenstein are visible on the hill above the village.
Johann Valentin Thorn was born on 26 April 1733 in Falkenstein.
Johann Valentin Thorn, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Margaretha, age 6; Johann [Jakob], are 3; Maria, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Kolb on 13 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 3.