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Schad(t) (Schilling)

Heinrich Schadt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg037.

Johann [sic] Heinrich Schadt, presumed to be the son of Heinrich Schadt, and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg021.

The death of Georg [sic] Heinrich Schadt in 1830 is recorded on the 1834 census of Schilling in Household No. 37.

Ressler (Schilling)

Konrad Ressler and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg024.

Katharina Ressler, presumed to be Konrad's daughter, and her illegitimate son are recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg093 along with a note that they are living in the colony of Anton where she is working.

Johann Michael Ressler is recorded on the 1834 census of Schilling in Household No. 31 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Laub in 1834.

Heisner (Schilling)

Jost Heisner, his wife Elisabeth Dorothea, and their daughters (Anna Margaretha, age 10; Anna Margaretha, age 6½; Sophia, age 1½) are recorded on the 1775 census of Schilling in Household No. 53.

Just Burghardt Heisner and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg023.

The death of Burghardt Heisner in 1829 is recorded on the 1834 census of Schilling in Household No. 121.

Faas

Wilhelm Faas is recorded on the 1798 census of Schilling in Household No. Sg091 along with a note that he is working in Sarepta.

Bersa*

Bernhardus Bersa, a farmer, and his wife Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Ober-Monjou on 23 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 37.

In 1782, widow Bernhard Bersa moved from Ober-Monjou to Wittmann.

Widower Bernhard Bersa and the family of his stepson are recorded on the 1798 census of Wittmann in Household No. Wm16.

The 1767 census records that Bernhardus Bersa came from the German village of Leidendorf.

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

Abt (Ober-Monjou)

Konrad Abt, a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughter Anna (age 15) are recorded on the 1767 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. 67. They had settled there on 23 July 1767.

Conrad Abt, his wife Maria Elisabeth, and daughter Anna Elisabeth (age 13) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

In 1784, Konrad Abt and his family moved from Ober-Monjou to Louis. Widower Konrad Abt from Ober-Monjou are recorded on the 1798 census of Louis in Household No. Ls26.