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Widow Sophia Grass is recorded on the 1798 census of Merkel in Household No. Mr30 along with a note that she is living in the neighboring colony of Dietel.

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

In 1794, Johann Kimmel and his family moved from Luzern to Rohleder.

Johann Kimmel from Luzern and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rohleder in Household No. Rl33 along with a note that he is working as a shepherd in the colony of Mariental.

The death of Johannes Kimmel in 1830 is recorded on the 1834 census of Rohleder in Household No. 76.

Peter Kimmel, son of Johannes Kimmel, and his family are recorded on the 1850 census of Rohleder in Household No. 99.

Peter Kimmel and his wife are recorded on the 1857 census of Rohleder in Household No. 121.

There are two Schäfer families that settled in the colony of Stephan on 24 August 1767 that came from the German village of Wininghausen [Willingshausen]. They both arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Fortitude under the command of Skipper John Scott. Their relationship to each other is not recorded, but they are presumed to be brothers.

(1) Eckhardt [sic] Schäfer, a farmer, his wife Apollonia, and daughter Anna (age 5) arrived in Oranienbaum.

Christian Gruhl from Sarepta is recorded on the 1811 census of Kukkus in Household No. 65 along with a note that he had arrived in Kukkus from Sarepta in 1800.

Christian Gruhl and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Kukkus in Household No. 105.