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Johann August Golde, a cloth weaver (Tuchweber), and his wife Eva settled in the Volga German colony of Orlovskaya on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.

The 1767 census records that Johann August Golde came from the German village of Schmiedeberg.

Johann Friedrich Berger, his wife Louissa Hentriegetta [sic], and [step-]son Ferdinand [Götz] (age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the father Johann Friedrich Berger died in route.

Widow Louisa Berger remarried to Christian Hanke.

Wilhelm Ferdinand Götz (age 9) is recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 14 along with his stepfather Christian Hanke.

The 1767 census does not record from where Wilhelm Ferdinand Götz came.

There are two Hanke families recorded in Orlovskaya. They are believed to be father and son, but further research is needed to confirm this.

(1) Johann Gottfried Hanke (age 66), a widower, is recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 19 along with his son-in-law Martin Zorn.

The 1767 census does not record from where Johann Gottfried Hanke came.

Widower Elias Herget, a carpenter (Tischler), and his children (Valentin, age 12; Nikolaus, 10; Eva, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 21. They had settled there on 23 July 1767.

(1) Valentin Herget and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or54. His son is believed to be recorded there in Household No. Or71.

Andreas Herget is recorded on the 1834 Orlovskaya in Household No. 156.

Friedrich Gottfried Kahn, a barber (Friseur), his wife Margaretha, and daughter Dorothea (age 9) are recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 40 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Zürich in 1768.

In 1774, Friedrich Kahn and his family moved from Orlovskaya to Zürich.

Johann Gottlieb Lehmann, a cloth weaver (Tuchweber), and his wife Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Orlovskaya on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 76.

The 1767 census records that Johann Gottlieb Lehmann came from the German village of Gschmacheberg [?].

There are two Lampe families recorded in Orlovskaya.

(1) Orphan Lebrecht Lampe (age 6) is recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 65 along with the Georg Fischer family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Lampe and Fischer families.

In 1788, Wilhelm Lampe moved from Orlovskaya to Moscow.

Regina Merler (age 24) is recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 6 along with her brother-in-law Johann Christian Krämer and his family who had relocated to the colony of Katharinenstadt in 1768. It is assumed that she relocated there with them.

The 1767 census does not record from where Regina Merler came.

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