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Erhard Lampel, a carpenter (Zimmermann) and miller (Müller), married Helena Magdalene Sophie Voitling on 2 May 1766 in St. Bartholomäus Church in Wöhrd. He is the son of Gregorius Lampel, a carpenter (Zimmermann) and miller (Müller) from Bruck. She is the daughter of the deceased Joh. Peter Voitling, mason (Maurer) and master stonemason (Steinmetzmeister) in Bruck.

Friedrich Heidt, a weaver (Weber), his wife Julianna, and sons (Wilhelm, age 8; Friedrich, age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Lauwe in Household No. 39. They had settled there on 5 September 1767.

Friedrich Heidt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Lauwe in Households No. Lw06 & Lw07.

The death of Friedrich Heidt in 1819 is recorded on the 1834 census of Lauwe in Household No. 42.

The 1767 census records that Friedrich Heidt came from the German village of Ecklefstein [?].

In 1788, Georg Rudel and his family moved from Kutter to Laub.

Georg Rudel from Kutter and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Laub in Household No. Lb37.

The descendants of Georg Rudel are recorded on the 1834 census of Laub in Households No. 63 & 105.

In 1795, Johannes Ring moved from Kutter to Laub.

Johannes Ring from Kutter and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Jost in Household No. Jo37.

The widow and son (Konrad, age 21) of Konrad Hinkel are recorded on the 1798 census of Kutter in Household No. Kt66 along with a note that Konrad (junior) is working in the colony of Beideck.

There are two Weber families that settled in Preuss that are believed to be father and son. They both settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 15 July 1767.

(1) Johannes Weber (age 49), a farmer, and his wife Susanna are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 66.

(2) Johann Weber (age 25), a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 66.

Johann Weber, a teacher, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager.

Georg Weber, his wife Margretha, and newborn daughter Cunigunda are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Cunigunda died en route.

Jacobus Wernerus Sinsler, a physician (Arzt), and his wife Amalia settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 12 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 41.

The 1767 census records that Jacobus Wernerus Sinsler came from the German region of Würzburg.