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Nikolaus Flohr, a farmer, his wife Katharina Sophia, and children (Jürgen Christian, age 8; Elisabeth, age 5; Johann Ludwig, age 1) settled in the Volga German colony of Merkel on 28 August 1766.  They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 29.

In 1790, Mattias Michael Flohr moved from Merkel to Kutter. Michael Flohr and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kutter in Household No. Kt70.

In 1797, Johann Ludwig Flohr moved from Merkel to Galka. Johann Ludwig Flohr and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Galka in Household No. Gk14.

Johann Gieske and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Merkel on 28 August 1766.  They are recorded there, along with stepson Johann Dietrich (surname not recorded), on the 1767 census in Household No. 21.

In 1795, Georg Gieske and his wife moved from Merkel to Kratzke.

Georg Heinrich Gieske from Merkel and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Ährenfeld.

The 1767 census records that Johann Gieske was from Hildboltsweier.

Johann Friedrich Müller (born about 1749) is recorded on the 1798 census of Kratzke in Household No. Kr08. He does not appear to be connected to the other Müller families that had settled in Kratzke in 1767.

This Johann Friedrich Müller is believed to be the Friedrich Müller (born about 1744), a single farmer, who arrived in the Volga German colony of Bauer on 20 July 1766. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 43.

Philipp Müller, a carpenter (Tischler), his wife Katharina, and daughters (Katharina, age 16; Karlina Dorothea, age 12; Dorothea Margaretha, age 10; and Elisabeth, age 8) settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 34.

The 1767 census records Philipp Müller came from Wiesbaden in Nassau.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Müller family among the Volga German colonies.

Johann Ludwig Müller, a single cobbler (Schuhmacher), settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766.  He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 35.

The 1767 census records that Johann Ludwig Müller came from Saarbrücken in Nassau.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Müller family among the Volga German colonies.

Johann Meng, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Katharina, and sons (Johannes, age 8; Christoph, age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Messer in Household No. 10. They had arrived in Messer on 7 July 1766.

In 1795, Johannes Meng and his family moved from Kratzke to Messer.

Johannes Meng and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Messer in Household No. Ms40.

The 1767 census records that the Meng family came from the German district of Kurpfalz.

Nikolaus Ankorholtz and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 17.

He is recorded on the 1767 census as being from Sternberg in Mecklenburg.

There are no known make descendants of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Johann Heinrich Arnholdt, a tiler (Fliesenleger), and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Jost on 19 August 1767.  They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 37.

Before 1798, he moved to the colony of Kratzke and remarried to Katharina Gieske. He died in Kratzke in 1818.

The 1767 census records that he came from the German region of Berlin.

There are no known surviving male descendants of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Johann Zacharias Kisner and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 8 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 51.

In 1795, Zacharias Kisner and his family moved from Kratzke to Shcherbakovka.

Zacharias Kisner from Kratzke and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. Sv54.

According to the 1767 census record, the Kisner family was from the German village of Mühlhausen.