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The widow and son of Johannes Göbel are recorded on the 1798 census of Schönchen in Household No. Sn20.

Johann Georg Loskand married on 12 September 1748 in the Heilige Dreifaltigkeit (Holy Trinity) Catholic Church in Neustadt to Anna Elisabetha Kuhn.

The baptism of their son Johann Conrad Loskand is recorded December 1750 in Neustadt.

Johann Georg Loskand died on 6 February 1751 at the age of 46. Anna Elisabetha remarried to Johann Heinrich Starck [See Starck Family]. They lived in the village of Momberg prior to migration to Russia.

Heinrich Dukart from Schuck and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Franzosen in Household No. Fz13.

Peter Bauer, a farmer, his wife Susanna, and sons (Johann Thomas, age 6; Wolfgang, age ¼) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schuck in Household No. 34. They had arrived in Schuck on 1 May 1767.

Widower Peter Bauer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schuck in Household No. Su05.

The 1767 census records that Peter Bauer came from the German village of Ladenburg.

Kaspar Waldweiten, a farmer, and his wife Theresia settled in the Volga German colony of Schönchen on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 4.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Waldweiten came from Luxembourg.

In 1774, Balthasar Tulmann moved from Schönchen to Simbirsk.

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

Reinhardt Offellmann and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Elisabeth died en route.

Reinhard Uffelmann, a farmer, and his wife [new] Christina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 115.

Franz Ludwig Mondieu, his wife Margaretha [sic], and daughters (Anna, age 20; Theresia, age 15¼; Anna [again], age 14; Maria, age 7½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Frantz Ludwig Montje [sic], his wife Maria Eva [sic], and daughters (Anna Barbara, age 20; Theresia, age 15¼; Anna Maria, age 14; Marianna, age 7½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughters Anna Barbara, Theresia, and Marianna died en route.

Nikolaus Schönchen, a student, and his wife Maria are recorded on the 1767 census of Schönchen in Household No. 1 along with a note that Nikolaus is serving as the colony's mayor (Vorsteher). They had settled there on 17 August 1767.

It is after him that the colony of Schönchen received its name.

In 1787, Johann Adam Schönchen moved from Schönchen to Schaffhausen.

Adam Schönchen from Schönchen is recorded on the 1798 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. Sh04.

In 1774, Nikolaus Schenk moved from Schönchen to Simbirsk.