VGI Updates

Joseph Jest and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt44.

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

In 1784, Michael Giebelein left Mariental for Moscow.

Christian Giebelein and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt32.

The death of Christian Giebelein in 1829 is recorded on the 1834 census of Mariental in Household No. 55.

Margaretha Dreher, widow of an unnamed craftsman (Handwerker), and her son Franz Jakob [surname believed to be Heroneme] settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 15 July 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 83.

Franz Jakob Heroneme and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt39.

The death of Jakob Hieronime in 1819 is recorded on the 1834 census of Mariental in Household No. 61.

Bartolomäus Behlen and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt14.

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

There are two Schulz families recorded in Näb. They are assumed to be father and son, but further research is needed to confirm this relationship.

(1) Christian Schulz arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Christian Schultze [sic] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Christian Schulz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Näb in Household No. Nb27.

Widow Anna Mertbock and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Näb in Household No. Nb32.

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

Kaspar Müller, a farmer, and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Caspar Müller and his [new] wife Anna Catharina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

The widow and son (Johann Jost, age 16) of Kaspar Müller are recorded on the 1798 census of Näb in Household No. Nb10.

Johann Jost Müller and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Näb in Household No. 67.

In 1770, Johannes Würst and his family moved from Näb to Basel.

Heinrich Würst from Näb and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka108.