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Bolgert*

Christina Bolgert (age 17) and her sister Anna Elisabeth Bolgert (age 15), daughters of the deceased Johann Bolgert, are recorded on the 1798 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. Sk35.

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

Hartmann (Stahl am Karaman)

There are two Hartmann families from Stahl am Karaman recorded on the 1798 census. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) The widow and daughters of Heinrich Hartmann are recorded on the 1798 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. Sk37.

There is a Heinrich Hartmann from Wiederode in the Hessen district of Rothenburg & Anna Margaretha Meÿer from Schwickershausen were married on 5 June 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen. This may be the same Heinrich Hartmann recorded in Stahl am Karaman.

Schipper (Stahl am Karaman)*

Johann Michael Schipper from Gochsheim & Margaretha Geiling from Rhein Münster were married on 7 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Johann Schippert [sic], a farmer, and his wife Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the galliot named Kronshlot under the command of Skipper Ivan Kunakovskii.

Sierwald*

The widow of Johann Georg Sierwald is recorded on the 1767 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. 46 as the wife of Johannes Martin. They had settled in Stahl am Karaman on 22 June 1767.

The 1767 census does not record from where Johann Georg Sierwald came.

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

Weber (Stahl am Karaman)

Johan Hinr. Weber, a tailor (Schneider) from the area of Darmstadt, & Anna Cathar. Schleegel [sic] from the county of Isenburg were married on 21 May 1766 in Pastor Peterssen's house in Lübeck. The marriage is recorded in the parish register of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Johann Heinrich Weber, a farmer, and his wife Anna Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Karaman on 10 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.

Wen(t)zel (Stahl am Karaman)

Widower Johann Gottfried Wenzel, a craftsman (Handwerker), is recorded on the 1767 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. 18. He had settled there on 10 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johann Gottfried Wenzel came from the German village of Langensalza in the region of Sachsen (Saxony).

Müller (Stahl am Tarlyk-3)*

Sophia Müller (age 13) and her brother Johann (age 12) are recorded on the 1767 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. 50 along with stepfather Heinrich Dietrich. They had settled there on 5 September 1767.

The 1767 census does not record from where the Müller children came.

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

Müller (Stahl am Tarlyk-2)*

Orphan Samuel Müller is recorded on the 1767 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. 1 along with the Johannes Stahl family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Müller and Stahl families. They had settled in Stahl am Tarlyk on 13 August 1767.

The 1767 census does not record from where Samuel Müller came.

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