Johann Peter Hartmann, son of Nicolaus Hartmann, was born 15 April 1707 in Gedern, baptized there on 17 April 1707.
Johann Peter Hartmann married in Gedern on 26 January 1736 to Elisabeth Lambmann, daughter of Johannes Lambmann & Catharina Schlag. Elisabeth had been baptized in Gedern on 28 January 1714.
The Wolferborn parish register records that Johann Michael Kaiser, son of Johann Kaiser of Michelau, married in Wolferborn on 12 March 1711 to Elisabetha Schneider, daughter of Johann Melchior Schneider of Michelau. Among their children was Johann Thomas, who was baptized on 19 August 1725.
Joachim Tschachmachsasjanz served as Adjunct Probst among the Volga German colonies on the Bergseite from 1880-1883.
In 1882, he was serving in Hussenbach when they were between pastors.
The village of Yurga was established in 1886 on the banks of the Tom River. In 1915, construction of the railway to the Kolchuginsky coal mines began.
Following the Deportation Decree in 1941, Volga Germans from the colony of Enders (among others) were resettled there. Many died during the first years they were in Yurga, and were buried in a mass grave. A memorial has been created at the site of the mass grave.
In 1943, construction of the Yurga Machine-Building Plant was completed, and what had been a village became an industrial center for the region.
When the Volga Germans arrived, this settlement was called Moinkum. At some point it was changed to Druzhba, and recently back to Moinkum. Although both are located in the Zhambyl Region of Kazakhstan, this Moinkum, located about 22 kilometers north of Shu in the Shuskaya District, should not be confused with another Moinkum (also called Furmanovka) which is further northwest in the Moinkum District, about 80 kilometers from Shu.
Most Volga Germans who lived in Moinkum have immigrated to Germany.
Today, Michelau is administratively part of the municipality of Büdingen.
The lists of the recruiter Johann Facius include Joseph Schöneman, from Michelau, with his wife, and four children.
The lists of the recruiter Johann Facius records that Phillip Faust, age 20, came from Wolferborn.
Johann Philipp Faust, son of Johannes & Anna Elisabeth Faust, was baptized on 24 January 1746.
Philipp Faust, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.
Lampertheim is located across the Rhein River from the city of Worms.