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Rückert (Preuss)*

Sebastian Rückert, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and daughter Katharina (age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 4. They had settled there on 12 May 1767.

The 1767 census records that Sebastian Rückert came from the German village of Algesheim in the Kurmainz region.

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

Thuris*

Franz Thuris, a miller (Müller), his wife Katharina, and son Johann Adam (age ¼) are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 33 along with the orphaned Katharina Reuter. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Thuris and Reuter families. They had settled in Preuss on 12 May 1767.

The 1767 census records that Franz Thuris came from the Austrian village of Mürzzuschlag.

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

Vanmispel*

Johann Batist Vanmispel, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), and his wife Katharina Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 12 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 36.

The 1767 census records that Johann Batist Vanmispel came from the German village of Lebbin [?] in the Brandenburg region.

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

Reuter (Preuss)*

Orphan Katharina Reuter (age 6) is recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss in Household No. 6 along with the Franz Thuris family.

The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Reuter and Thuris families.

The 1767 census does not record from where Katharina Reuter came.

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

Schütz (Rosenheim)

In 1790, Johann Friedrich Schütz moved from Rosenheim to Krasnoyar.

Friedrich Schütz from Rosenheim is recorded on the 1798 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. Ks068.

The death of Friedrich Schütz in 1819 is recorded on the 1834 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. 61.

Paulÿ (Rosenheim)

In 1789, Heinrich Paulÿ moved from Rosenheim to Zürich.

Heinrich Paulÿ from Rosenheim and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Zürich in Household No. Zr40.

The death of Heinrich Paulÿ in 1820 is recorded on the 1834 census of Zürich in Household No. 73.

Mühl (Rosenheim)*

In 1795, Christoph Mühl moved from Rosenheim to Enders. Christoph Mühl from Rosenheim is recorded on the 1798 census of Enders in Household No. En30.

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

Christag*

The children of deceased Erdmann Christag are recorded on the 1798 census of Rosenheim in Household No. Rm02.

Christian Christag and his wife are recorded on the 1834 census of Rosenheim in Household No. 99.

They do not appear to have any surviving descendants.

Felde (Rosenheim)

There are two Felde families recorded in Rosenheim. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Heinrich Felde and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rosenheim in Household No. Rm29.

(2) The widow and children of Peter Felde are recorded on the 1798 census of Rosenheim in Household No. Rm45.