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The Reverend Christoph Heinrich Bonwetsch, son of hatter Johann Christoph Heinrich Bonwetsch and Maria Agnes Gänslen, was born in Metzingen, Württemberg (Germany), on 6 July 1804 and died in Norka on 17 February 1876 of a stroke. He married 8 January 1831 in Katharinenfeld, (Russian) Georgia, to Beate Christiana Friedrich, daughter of Pastor Johann Jakob Friederich and Eberhardine Dorothea Canz. She was born 19 October 1802 in Winzerhausen, Württemberg, and died in Norka on 10 February 1888.

The Reverend Emil Friedrich Bonwetsch is the son of Pastor Samuel Theophil Bonwetsch. He was born 30 (18?) January 1861 in Galka. He served parishes in Tomsk (1887-1891), Pjätigorsk (1891-1902), Rostov-on-Don (1922-1927), and Baku (1927-?). He moved to Moscow after retirement, and his whereabouts after 1928 are unknown.

The Rev. Gottlieb Nathanael Bonwetsch was born 5 February 1848 in Norka, the son of Pastor Christoph Heinrich Bonwetsch who was serving in Norka at the time, and Beate Christiana Friederich. He died in Göttingen (Germany) on 18 July 1925. He married in Grimm to Lydia Deggeller on 15 December 1883. She was born in Karras in the province of Stavropol on 5 March 1861 and died in Göttingen on 4 January 1939. She is the daughter of Pastor Bernhard Deggeller and Elisabeth Lang.

The Reverend Samuel Theophil Bonwetsch is the son of Pastor Christoph Heinrich Bonwetsch and Beate Christiana Friedrich. He was born 4 September 1832 in Katharinenfeld (Caucasus) and spent his childhood in the German city of Stuttgart.

He studied theology at the University of Dorpat (Estonia). He served the congregation in the Volga German colony of Galka from 1858-1874; in Fresental from 1875 to 1876, and in Kursk from 1876-1906 at the Lutheran parish of Saints Peter & Paul.

Father Boos was a son of the Ober-Monjou parish. He was born in Ober-Monjou in 1842. He was ordained on 4 September 1866.

The Reverend Karl Hermann Peter Brandt was born 14 December 1830. He was ordained on 2 February 1858 and served the congregation in Alt-Weimar from 1886-1900.

Pastor Johann Kaspar Brauns served the following parishes:

Stephan (1771-1778)
Galka (1778)
Astrakhan (1779-1785)
Archangelsk (1795-1882)

Father Brungardt was born in Hildmann, and died 2 November 1923. He was ordained 9 July 1872. He served the Kamenka Parish from 1872 to 1873, was in Köhler in 1887, Husaren in 1901, and Graf in 1903. He returned to Hildmann from 1919-1921.

Father Brungardt was born in 1875 in the Volga Region. He studied at the Saratov Seminary and was ordained in 1898. From then to 1901, he served the parish of Mariental. In 1903 he went to serve in Marienberg, and in 1905 to Streckerau. He also served Husaren from 1909 to 1910, Volmer from 1910 to 1920, Pfeifer from 1920 to 1928, and went to Hildmann in 1928.

He was arrested in 1930, but was not convicted. Five years later, he was arrested again and brought to Odessa where he was imprisoned. It is likely that he died in prison there.

Johann Heinrich Buck was born in Vörden near Bersenbrück, Hannover (Prussia). Schnurr describes him as "from Osnabrück."

He began his theological studies on 16 October 1788 in Halle. From 1793-1798, he served as the pastor in Dietel. From 1798 to 1820, he was pastor in Katharinenstadt (South) parish. From 1820 to 1831, he was pastor in Rosenheim.

He married Elisabeth Müller, the daughter of Ludwig Müller from Bieber near Hanau in Hessen-Nassau (Prussia) who was employed as a government official in Saratov.