VGI Updates

The widow and daughters of Martinus Becker are recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl58.

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

There are two Burghardt families mentioned in relation to the colony of Graf. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research [and they may actually be the same family].

(1) In 1788, Johann Burghardt and his family moved from Schönchen to Graf.

(2) Johannes Burghardt from Paulskaya and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Graf in Household No. Gf04.

Neither of these families are recorded on the 1834 census of Graf.

Peter Diehl and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl67 along with a note that he is working in Katharinenstadt.

Peter Diehl and his descendants are recorded on the 1834 census of Paulskaya in Households No. 57, 62, and 117.

Konrad Elscheidt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl03.

The death of Konrad Elscheidt in 1825 is recorded on the 1834 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 19.

Johann Heinrich Geisel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl45.

His sons and their families are recorded on the 1834 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 26.

His surviving son and his family are recorded on the 1850 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 35.

Wilhelm Gette from Paulskaya and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schwed in Household No. Sw05.

Friedrich Gette and his brother Johann Kaspar (presumed to be sons of Wilhelm Gette) and their families are recorded on the 1834 census of Schwed in Household No. 52.

In 1797, Karl Ichtritz moved from Paulskaya to Philippsfeld.

Karl Ichtritz from Paulskaya is recorded on the 1798 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. Pp19 along with a note that he is working the colony of Basel.

The death of Karl Ichtritz in 1817 is recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 16.

Additional descendants of Karl Ichtritz are recorded on the 1834 census of Philippsfeld in Households No. 50 & 51.

Peter Jakobÿ and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl12.

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

Johannes Müller, a linen weaver (Leineweber), and his wife Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 20. They had settled there on 7 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Müller came from the German village of Lauterbach.

[There appear to be two Michael Müllers from Paulskaya.]

The widow and sons (Johann Sebastian, age 20; Karl Lorenz, age 13) of Michael Müller are recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl20 along with a note that Johann Sebastian is working in Orlovskaya and Karl Lorenz is working in Katharinenstadt.

The death of Lorenz Müller in 1826 is recorded on the 1834 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 130.

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