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Hacke*

Martin Hacke, a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 18.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Martin Hacke came from the German village of Gundheim.

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

Untermann*

Johann Untermann, a grower of mulberry trees (baut Maulbeerbäume an), and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 12.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Johann Untermann came from the German village of Rosinbrin.

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

Just (Unknown)*

Johann Just, a farmer, his wife Maria, and daughter Anna (age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 11.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Johann Just came from the German region of Nassau.

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

Kesser*

Thomas Kesser and his wife Theresia arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Thomas Kesser and his wife Theresia are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Thomas Kesser, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), and his wife Theresia are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 6.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Leopold (Unknown-2)*

Andreas Leopold and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Andreas Leipold [sic] and his wife Margaretha are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Andreas Leopold, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 5.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Löbe (Basel-2)*

Johann Löbe, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 3 along with a note [errantly published under Household No. 4] that they settled in the colony of Basel in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johann Löbe came from the German village of Benzingerode.

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