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Fuchs (Ober-Monjou)

Johannes Fuchs, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on the 1767 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. 50 along with stepchildren (Elisabeth Duchscherer, age 14; Anton Duchsscherer, age 4). They had settled there on 17 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Fuchs came from the German village of Gatscha [?].

Esslauer (Ober-Monjou)*

Orphan Anna Esslauer (age 13) is recorded on the 1767 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. 68 along with the Peter Wilhelm family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Esslauer and Wilhelm families.

The 1767 census does not record from where Anna Esslauer came.

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

Blumberger*

Peter Blumberger, a farmer, his wife Sophia, and children (Andreas, age 14; Margaretha, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Peter Blumberger, his wife Sophia, and daughter (Margaretha, age 4) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Anna [sic] Blumberger (age 4) is recorded on the 1767 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. 4 along with her stepfather Johannes Österlein.

Rechaer*

Barbara Rechaer (age 11), daughter of the deceased widow Barbara Rechaer, is recorded on the 1767 census of Pfeifer in Household No. 94 along with the Andreas Naumann family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Rechaer and Naumann families.

The 1767 census does not record from where Barbara Rechaer came.

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

Ramann

Nikolaus Ramann, a single man, settled in the Volga German colony of Pfeifer on 15 June 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 36 along with a note that he is living in the household of Mayor (Vorsteher) Gulder. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Ramann and Gulder families.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Ramann came from the German region of Würzburg.

Lohmann (Pfeifer)

Johannes Lohmann, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), his wife Maria Elisabeth, and daughter Maria Anna (age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Pfeifer in Household No 29. They had settled there on 15 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Lohmann came from the German village of Elters [?].

Kisner (Pfeifer-2)*

Johannes Kisner, a farmer, his wife Anna Barbara, and sons (Johannes, age 7; Philipp, age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Pfeifer in Household No. 46. They had settled there on 15 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Kisner came from the German region of Würzburg.

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

Gulder*

Johann Gulder, a priest (Priester [sic]), his wife Anna Margaretha, and daughters (Anna Maria, age 7; Christina, age 2-months) are recorded on the 1767 census of Pfeifer in Household No. 1 with a note that Johann Gulder is serving as the colony's mayor (Vorsteher).

The orphan Johann Adam Roth (age 14), son of the deceased Johann Georg Roth, is also recorded on the 1767 census of Pfeifer along with the Gulder family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Roth and Gulder families. They had settled in Pfeifer on 20 August 1767.