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Leonhard(t) (Orlovskaya)

Johann Leonhardt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or57.

Nikolaus Leonhardt (age 2), son of Johann Leonhardt of Orlovskaya, and his mother (former wife of Johann Leonhardt) are recorded on the 1798 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. Om75.

The death of Johann Leonhardt in 1821 is recorded on the 1834 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 43.

Jägers*

In 1783, widower Ludwig Jägers moved from Orlovskaya to Boisroux.

Ludwig Jägers from Orlovskaya and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Boisroux in Household No. Bx16.

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

Helm (Orlovskaya)

Lorenz Helm (age 20) is recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or22 along with a note that he is working in Schaffhausen.

Lorenz Helm and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 40.

Günther (Orlovskaya)

Christian Günther from Orlovskaya and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Boisroux in Household No. Bx42.

Martin Günther, son of Christian Günther, from Boisroux and his son are recorded on the 1811 census of Fischer in Household No. 4.

The death of Christian Günther in 1827 is recorded on the 1834 census of Boisroux in Household No. 114.

Bullig

Christian Bullig and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or63.

Christian Buhlig died on 14 March 1808 in Orlovskaya.

Andreas Bullig, son of Christian Bullig, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 28.

Bernhard(t) (Hockerberg)

Johann Bernhardt, a farmer, his wife Sabina, and children (Johann, age 20; Anna, age 16½; Georg, age 12; Johannes, 9; Friedrich, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the galliot Anna Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Janson.

Johann Frid. Bernhard, his wife Barbara, and children (Johann Heinr., age 21; Christiana, age 17; Joh. Georg, age 13; Johannes, age 10; Friedrich, age 6) are recorded on a list of of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.