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Wesch

Nikolaus Wesch, a single cobbler (Schuhmacher), settled in the Volga German colony of Stephan on 24 August 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 36 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Shcherbakovka in 1768.

Nikolaus Wesch from Stephan is recorded on the 1798 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. Sv40.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Wesch came from the German village of Quedlinburg.

Guthschmidt

In 1795, Johannes Guthschmidt moved from Stephan to Astrakhan.

Johannes Guthschmidt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Stephan in Household No. Sp15.

König (Semenovka)*

Jakob König, a farmer, and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Semenovka on 24 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 17.

The 1767 census records that Jakob König came from the German village of Michelbach in the Kurmainz region.

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

Ritt (Semenovka)

The baptisms of the following children of Johannes & Anna Maria Rüth are recorded in the parish register of Bieber: (1) Margaretha, baptized 3 April 1756; (2) Johannes, baptized 11 December 1757; (3) Anna Maria, baptized 17 September 1760; (4) Heinrich, baptized 30 June 1762; and (5) Johann Adam, baptized 5 March 1764.

Schalitz*

Anton Chalitz, a surgeon (Chÿrurgus) from Dietigheim, & widow Caharina Maria Theresia Busch née Franck from Sinnburg in the duchy of Bergen were married on 27 June 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Anton Schalitz, a farmer, and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Semenovka on 24 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 3.

The 1767 census records that Anton Schalitz came from the German village of Thüngersheim.

Mich (Sewald)*

Jakob Mich and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Sewald in Household No. Sd24.

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