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Gottlieb Schneider, a tailor (Schneider), his wife Anna Barbara, and daughter Elisabeth (age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Müller in Household No. 33. They had settled there on 16 August 1767.

Johann Gottlieb Schneider and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Müller in Household No. Ml38 along with a note that they are living with their daughter in the colony of Kraft.

The 1767 census records that Gottlieb Schneider came from the German region of Sachsen (Saxony).

Jakob Schaubert, a farmer, and his wife Friederika are recorded on the 1767 census of Leitsinger in Household No. 22 along with orphan Eleonora Hammel (age 8). They had settled there on 12 May 1767. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Schaubert and Hammel families.

Georg Schaubert and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. Nk28.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Schaupert came from the German region of Zweibrücken.

Johannes Schaber, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughter Katharina Elisabeth (age 10) are recorded on the 1767 census of Leitsinger in Household No. 7. They had settled there on 12 May 1767.

Widow Margaretha Sapper [sic] is recorded on the 1798 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. Nk28.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Schaber came from the German village of Lauterburg in the Elsass region.

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

Johann Graf, a baker (Bäcker), and his wife Barbara settled in the Volga German colony of Leitsinger on 12 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census of Leitsinger in Household No. 18.

Widow Barbara Graf from Leitsinger is recorded on the 1798 census of Seelmann in Household No. Sm44.

The 1767 census records that Johann Graf came from the German village of Vorweichloch [?] in the Würzburg region.

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

Joseph Fuchs, a tailor, and his wife Marianna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Frei Gebruder under the command of Skipper Minzberger.

Joseph Fuchs, a tailor (Schneider), his wife Maria, and son Philipp (age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Leitsinger in Household No. 46. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

Joseph Fuchs and his wife Maria Anna are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Friedrich Faust, a gardner (Gärtner), and his wife Anna Maria are recorded on the 1767 census of Leitsinger in Household No. 20. They had settled there on 12 May 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johann Friedrich Faust came from the German region of Bamberg.

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

Johannes Rein, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and daughter Anna Maria (age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Lauwe in Household No. 37. They had settled there on 5 September 1767.

Johann[es] Rein and his son [Johann] Heinrich are recorded on the 1798 census of Lauwe in Household No. Lw37.

Johann Heinrich Rein and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Lauwe in Household No. 18.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Rein came from the German village of Undenheim.

Johann[es] Meisner, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha are recorded on the 1767 census of Lauwe in Household No. 3. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

The widow and children of Johann[es] Meisner are recorded on the 1798 census of Lauwe in Households No. Lw15 & Lw22.

In 1790, Johannes (junior) Meisner moved from Lauwe to Jost. His family is recorded on the 1798 census of Jost in Household No. Jo36.

The 1767 census records that Johann[es] Meisner came from the German region of Bayreuth.