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Nikolaus Jansen and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Volmer in Household No. Vm33.

Johann Ludwig Konrad (age 3) is recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 124 along with his stepfather Johannes Berger.

The 1767 census does not record from where Johann Ludwig Konrad came.

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

Johann Daniel Detler, a baker (Bäcker), his wife Katharina Elisabeth, and son Johann Peter (age 8-weeks) are recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 22. They had settled there on 12 May 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johann Daniel Detler came from the German town of Lübeck.

Johann Peter Eng, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 141 along with stepchildren (Johann Geier, age 11; Maria Margaretha Geier, age 5). Based upon the age of these children, they must be from a previous marriage because neither Johann Peter Eng nor his wife Elisabeth are old enough to be their parents.

The 1767 census records that Johann Peter Eng came from the German village of Eschbach [today called Laubuseschbach] in the Runkel area.

Ulrich Fels, a single man, is recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 173 along with a note that he is living in Saratov.

Johannes Fenitz and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Warenburg in Household No. Wr034.

The death of Johann[es] Fenitz in 1809 is recorded on the 1811 census of Warenburg in Household No. 34.

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

Christian Hartz, a single farmer, arrived from Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 30 May 1766 aboard the pink Lopamink under the command of Lieutenant Kryukov.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 115 along with a note that he is living with the Pastor.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christian Hartz came from the German region of Nassau. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Allendorf in the Nassau-Weilburg.

Johann Gerhard and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Warenburg in Household No. Wr074.

Johann Heinrich Gorg, a stocking maker (Strumpfwirker), his wife Katharina Susanna, and daughter Anna Margaretha (age 4-weeks) are recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 163. They had settled there on 12 May 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Gorg came from the German village of Michelbach in the Hanau region.

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