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Schwerlup*

Johannes Schwerlup (age 6) is recorded on the 1767 census of Leitsinger in Household No. 47 along with his stepfather Simon Limbach.

The 1767 census does not record from where Johannes Schwerlup came.

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

Schmidt (Seelmann-3)

Johannes Schmidt, his wife Maria Magdalena, and children (Johann Adam, age 13; Anna Maria, age 10; Anna Catharina, age 9; Conrad, age 2) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that father Johannes died en route.

Schaumkel*

In 1797, Johann Georg Schaumkel moved from Neu-Kolonie to Hölzel.

Johann Georg Schaumkel from Leitsinger is recorded on the 1798 census of Hölzel in Household No. Hz13.

Johann Georg Schaumkinn [sic] is recorded on the 1811 census of Hölzel in Household No. 12.

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

Basser*

Members of two Basser families from [Bad-]Orb that migrated to Russia. They arrived together in Oranienbaum. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) The birth & baptism of Johannes Adam Basser, illegitimate son of Eva Basser [but whose father is declared to be Georg Anton Aulmich from Lohr], is recorded on 13 March 1733 in the Catholic Cathedral in [Bad-]Orb.

Keim (Zug)

Martin Keim, a farmer, and his wife Walpurgia arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Martin Keim and his wife Waltburga are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Martin Keim, a farmer, and his wife Walpurga are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits appended to the 1767 census in Household No. 75 along with a note that they settled in the Volga German colony of Zug in 1768.

König (Wittmann)

Johann Knecht [sic], his wife Barbara, and children (Maria, age 8; Johann [Friedrich], age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Johann Knecht [sic], his wife Barbara, and children (Maria, age 8; Johann [Friedrich], age 4) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that mother Barbara and daughter Maria died en route.

Friedrich König and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Wittmann in Household No. Wm51.

Ritter / Reuter (Wittmann)*

Peter Ritter and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Wittmann in Household No. Wm56 along with a note that they are in the colony of Schönchen grazing their cattle. The agricultural section of the 1798 census records his surname as Reuter.

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