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Heimann (Zug)

Johannes Heimann from Zug is recorded on the 1798 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. Sh12.

His mother and sister are likely recorded on the 1798 census of Schaffhausen in Household No. Sh14.

Knoll (Zug)

There are two Knoll families recorded in Zug. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Jakob Knoll and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Zug in Household No. Zg14.

(2) The widow and sons of Johannes Knoll are recorded on the 1798 census of Zug in Household No. Zg35.

Lang (Zug)

Georg Lang, a farmer, his wife Philippina, and sons (Vincent, age 10; Georg, age 7) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Georg Lange [sic], his wife Maria, and sons (Vincentz [sic], age 10¼; Georg, age 7) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767.

Huber, Edward

Edward Huber, son of the Rev. Johann Samuel Huber & Johanna Louisa Weigand, was born in 1814 in Katharinenstadt [some sources record his birth in Messer] where his father was serving as pastor of the northern parish. Huber was native language German. The family moved to the colony of Messer in 1820 where his father served as pastor.

At the age of four, under the guidance of his father, he learned to read, and soon began to study Latin and Greek. When he was six years old, he wrote in German and Latin.

Grossmann (Warenburg)

There are two Grossmann families from Warenburg. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Johann Christoph Grossmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Warenburg in Household No. Wr093.

(2) In 1790, widower Johann Peter Grossmann moved from Warenburg to Lauwe.

Peter Grossmann from Warenburg and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Lauwe in Household No. Lw26.

Heil (Warenburg)*

Heinrich Heil, a single blacksmith (Schmied), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 June 1766 aboard the ship named Die Neue Fortuna under the command of Skipper Ahrens Steingraber.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 169.

Koch (Warenburg-3)*

Friedrich [Wilhelm] Koch, a single cabinetmaker (Tischler), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Mann und Frau under the command of Skipper Daniel Berg.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767 and married Maria Dorothea, the widow of Asmus Göbel. They and the surviving younger Göbel children are recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 51.

Raabe (Warenburg)*

Orphan Johannes Raabe (age 15) is recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in Household No. 35 along with the family of Johann Peter Nickel.

The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Raabe and Nickel families.

[Johann Nickel, a farmer, his wife Julianna, and children (Johann, age 15; Johann [again], age 8; Barbara, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Mann und Frau under the command of Skipper Daniel Berg. It appears that the 15-year-old Johann was Johann Raabe.]