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Leinhardt (Unknown)*
Kaspar Leinhardt, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 54.
It is not known in which colony they settled.
The 1767 census records that Kaspar Leinhardt came from the German village of Henneberg.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Leinhardt family among the Volga German colonies.
Mühl (Unknown)*
Johann Mühl, a farmer, his wife Susanna, and children (Johann, age 20; Otto, age 10; Elisabeth, age 3; Elisabeth, age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.
Just Muhl, his wife Susanna, and sons (Johann, age 20; Otto, age 10¼) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Krep*
Johannes Krep, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and children (Johannes, age 15; Elisabeth, age 11) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 49.
It is not known in which colony they settled.
The 1767 census records that Johannes Krep came from the German village of Unterhens [?].
There are no known surviving male lines of this Krep family among the Volga German colonies.
Döring (Unknown)*
Andreas Döring, a farmer, his wife Barbara, and son Johann Heinrich (age 6) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 50.
It is not known in which colony they settled.
The 1767 census records that Andreas Döring came from the German village of Igersheim.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Döring family among the Volga German colonies.
Bornträger*
Johann Bonträger [sic], a farmer, his wife Maria, and son Johannes (age 3) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 53.
It is not known in which colony they settled. However, Regina Keilmann née Bornträger and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Meinhard in Household No. Mn01. Margaretha Fellinger née Bornträg[er] from Meinhard and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka107.
The 1767 census records that Johann Bonträger [sic] came from the German village of Ingersheim.
Seifert (Unknown)*
Johannes Seifert, a farmer, his wife Christina, and children (Johannes, age 14; Johann Georg, age 11; Maria, age 9; Heinrich, age 7) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 44.
It is not known in which colony they settled.
The 1767 census records that Johannes Seifert came from the German village of Nechtisem [perhaps Nechtelsen].
There are no known surviving male lines of this Seifert family among the Volga German colonies.
Einike*
Samuel Einike, his wife Susanna, and children (Christoph, age 15; Andreas, age 8; Christina, age 7; Dorothea, age 4; Christina, age 1¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 26 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Die Jäger (The Hunter) under the command of Skipper Gabriel Will. [It appears that his wife and children died before arrival in the Volga German colonies.]
Samuel Einike, a farmer, and his [new] wife Margaretha are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 38.