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Deptor*

Christian Deptor, a beer brewer (Bierbrauer), his wife Elisabeth, and daughters (Katharina, age 3; Maria, age 6-months) are recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 12. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Christian Deptor came from the German region of Zerbst.

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

Deringer (Orlovskaya)

Orphan Johann Deringer (age 20) is recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 2 along with the Johann Friedrich Reisch family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Deringer and Reisch families.

In 1774, Andreas Deringer moved from Orlovskaya to Bettinger.

In 1788, Johann Heinrich Deringer moved from Meinhard to Bettinger.

Andreas Deringer from Orlovskaya and Heinrich Deringer from Meinhard are recorded on the 1798 census of Bettinger in Households No. Bt21 and Bt22, respectively.

Bonegardt

Widower Johannes Bonegardt, a physician (Arzt), and his daughter Louisa (age 21) are recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 32. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

In 1795, Heinrich Bonegardt moved from Orlovskaya to Hummel.

Andreas Bonegardt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or22 [erroneously published as Bonekar by Mai, 1999].

The death of Andreas Bonegardt in 1818 is recorded on the 1834 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 37.

Blum (Orlovskaya)*

Kaspar [sic] Blum, a farmer, his wife Klara, and son Johann [Thomas] (age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Xaverius Blum, his wfe Clara, and son Thomas (age 5) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Clara died en route.

Förster (Lauwe-2)*

Konrad Förster, a baker (Bäcker), his wife Eva, and daughter Kunigunda (age 8-days) are recorded on the 1767 census of Lauwe in Household No. 19. They had settled there on 5 September 1767.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Förster came from the German village of Karich [?] in the Berend [?] region.

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

Fischer (Lauwe)*

Jakob Fischer, a chimney sweep, his wife Margaretha, and [step?-]children (Margaretha, age 15½; Karl, age 10; Friederika, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 25 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Maria Sophia under the command of Skipper Johann Bauert.

Jakob Fischer, a chimney sweep (Schornsteinfeger), and his wife Margaretha are recorded on the 1767 census of Lauwe in Household No. 14 along with stepson Karl Raschler (age 12). They had settled in Lauwe on 19 August 1767.

Ekspel*

Christoph Ekspel, a clerk (Schreiber), and his wife Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Lauwe in Household No. 17. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Christoph Ekspel came from the German village of Wildbach in the Württemberg region.

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

Dipolt*

Johann Dipolt, a tilemaker (Ziegelbrenner), and his wife Magdalena are recorded on the 1767 census of Lauwe in Household No. 10. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

The 1767 census of Lauwe records that Johann Dipolt came from the German village of Ravensburg [?] in the Schwaben (Swabia) region.

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

Schwachewer*

Orphan Thomas Schwachewer (age 16) is recorded on the 1767 census of Laub in Household No. 47 along with the Gottlieb Horth family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Schwachewer and Horth families.

The 1767 census does not record from where Thomas Schwachewer came.

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