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Widow Sophia Werner and her children are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs07.

Jakob Schmidt, a farmer, and his wife Anna are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits accompanying the 1767 census in Household No. 27.

Jakob Schmidt and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs04.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Schmidt came from the German village of Saalendorf.

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

Casper Schmidt, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Wilhelm, age 13; Johanna, age 5; Christina, age ½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Christina died en route.

Kaspar Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Wilhelm, age 15; Elisabeth 6) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 98.

In 1785, Johann Wilhelm Schmidt moved from Basel to Bettinger.

There are 3 Schmidt families affiliated with the colony of Basel that may be connected to other Schmidt families of Basel. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) The widow and children (Anna Elisabeth, age 23; Johann Ludwig, age 11) of an unnamed Schmidt are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs37.

(2) The widow and son (Heinrich, age 31) of an unnamed Schmidt are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs43.

Christian Schmidt (age 17) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 64 along with his stepfather Johann Katzenbach.

A note accompanying the census records that the Katzenbach family settled in the colony of Basel in 1768. It is presumed that Christian Schmidt also settled in Basel.

The 1767 census does not record from where Christian Schmidt came.

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

Widow Katharina Ripoi is recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs34.

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

There are two Poppe families from Basel. They are assumed to be father and son, but further research is needed to confirm this relationship.

(1) Widower Christian Poppe and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs13.

Heinrich Christian Poppe and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Basel in Household No. 22

(2) In 1790, Johann Gottlieb Poppe moved from Basel to Zürich.

There are two Niederheim families from Basel. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Karl Niederheim from Basel and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. Sh16.

(2) Jakob Niederheim from Basel is recorded on the 1798 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. Sh48.

Jakob Nebergal [sic] and his sons are recorded on the 1834 census of Schaffhausen, but each of them had died between 1816 and 1834.

Johann Mich and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hussenbach in Household No. Hs130.

Johannes Mich and his sons are recorded on the 1811 census of Hussenbach in Household No. 130.

The death of Johannes Mich in 1832 is recorded on the 1834 census of Hussenbach in Household No. 149.