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Geist (Walter-2)

Johann Georg Gottlieb Geist, a baker (Becker [sic]) from Steinbach, & Anna Maria Schæfer from Renneln were married on 20 May 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

The widow and children of Gottlieb Geist are recorded on the 1798 census of Walter in Household No. Wt062.

Brehm (Grimm)*

Philipp Brehm, his wife Katharina, and daughters (Katharina, age 6½; Anna Elisabeth, age 1½) are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 85.

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

Hess (Grimm-2)*

Andreas Hess, his wife Maria Elisabeth, and children (Anna Dorothea, age 6½; Maria Elisabeth, age 4; Johann Konrad, age ¾) are recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 89.

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