Johann Kesselring (age 16) settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 8 May 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 46 living with his stepfather, Johann Mohr. [See Mohr Family.]
In 1790, Jakob Kesselring moved from Kratzke to Bauer.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Kesselring came from the German town of Hamburg.
Christian Friedrich Hanschu, a single laborer, settled in the colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 11.
Before 1798, his son Friedrich moved from Kratzke to Merkel.
Friedrich Handschu from Kratzke and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Merkel in Household No. Mr11.
Heinrich Hanschu, believed to be the son of Friedrich, is recorded on the 1834 census of Merkel in Household No. 68.
The 1767 census of Kratzke records that Christian Friedrich Hanschu came from the German village of Leipzig.
Johannes Hanschu, farmer from Wersau, and his family immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Friderica on 1 May 1760. They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 26 April 1763. They joined the migration to Russia.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Shcherbakovka on 15 June 1765.
Johannes Hanschuh, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and children (Georg Paul, age 18; Anna Katharina, age 17; Maria Katharina, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. 12.
Valentin Frühauf, a farmer, wife Margaretha, and children (Bernhardt, age 3; Katharina, age 6-weeks) are recorded on the 1767 census of Bauer in Household No. 19. They had settled in Bauer on 20 July 1766.
Valentin Frühauf and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Bauer in Household No. Br07.
There are several Frühauf families from Bauer in Neu-Bauer after 1858.
The 1767 census records that Valentin Frühauf came from the German village of Zweibrücken.
Johann Christoph Bender, a farmer (Ackerbauer), and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 8 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 40.
Kaspar Bender from Kratzke and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Ährenfeld.
The 1767 census records that Johann Christoph Bender came from the German village of Neilos [Cyrillic: Наилос] in the Württemberg region. Dr. Igor Plehve's translation of the 1767 census records this location as Nauleis near Wittenberg.
Adam Friedrich Kratzke, a musical instrument maker (Musikinstrumentenbauer), his wife Hedwig Katharina, and children (Heinrich Adam, age 14; Peter Nikolaus, age 11; Katharina [Mar]Gretha, age 9; Anna Dorothea, age 5; Katharina, age 2) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kratzke in Household No.1. They had arrived in Kratzke on 7 August 1766. He is recorded there as the mayor (Vorsteher) of the colony at that time, and is the person after whom the colony was named.
At some point, he moved to the neighboring colony of Dietel.
Jonas Lundgrün, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), his wife Christina Idilia, daughter Maria Barbara (age 1), and stepsons (Lorenz [Leonhardt] & Johann [Leonhardt]) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kratzke in Household No. 31. They had settled there on 7 August 1766.
In 1793, Johannes Lundgrün and his family moved from Kratzke to Stahl am Tarlyk.
Lorenz Leonhardt from Kratzke is recorded on the 1798 census of Schuck in Household No. Su10. Johann Leonhardt from Degott is recorded on the 1798 census of Franzosen in Household No. Fz20.
Johann Jakob Krug, a farmer, his wife Magdalena, and children (Louisa, age 17½; Johann [Jakob], age 13; Dorothea, age 10¼; Friedrika, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard a ship named Die Perle under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen.
The parents did not survive the journey between Oranienbaum and Saratov. The children settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 9.