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The widow and daughters of Johannes Gerbet are recorded on the 1798 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. Nk03.

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

The widow and daughter of Joseph Heidterscheidt are recorded on the 1798 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. Nk35.

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

There are three Keiler families recorded in Neu-Kolonie. The first is assumed to be the father of the other two, but further research is needed to confirm this relationship.

(1) In 1790, Johann Keiler and his family moved from Neu-Kolonie to Brabander.

Johannes Keiler (age 68) from Neu-Kolonie is recorded on the 1798 census of Brabander in Household No. Bn75.

(2) In 1793, Jakob Keiler moved from Neu-Kolonie to Brabander.

Johann[es] Mager, his wife Katharina, and daughter Margaretha (age 2½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Frei Gebruder under the command of Skipper Minzberger.

Johann Mager, his wife Catharina, and daughter Margaretha (age 2½, died en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johannes Mager and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. Nk08.

Peter Pracht and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Neu-Kolonie in Household No. Nk30 along with a note that they are now in the colony of Volmer.

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

Andreas Böhme [sic] & Dorothea Christiana Herklotzsch were married on 17 September 1765 in Roßlau.

The widow Dorothea and son (Konrad) of Andreas Böhm are recorded on the 1798 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. Nm05.

Konrad Böhm and his wife are recorded on the 1834 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 29.

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

Nikolaus Christ, a farmer, his wife Anna, and sons (Johann, age 6; Georg, age 4) 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.

Nicolaus Christ, his wife Anna Margreta, and sons (Johan Peter, age 6½; Johann Georg, age 4¼) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Paul Hix, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Jakob, age 20; Johann, age 8; Heinrich, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Paul Hix, his wife Conigunda, and sons (Jacob, age 20; Conrad, age 8; Heinrich, age ¼) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that son Heinrich died en route.

Widow Gertrude Jagtmann is recorded on the 1798 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. Nm62.

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

Anton Schmidt from Nieder-Monjou and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. Om72 (erroneously under the surname of Schmitz).

Wilhelm Schmidt, son of Anton, and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. 94.