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Nordhauer*

Paul Nordhauer, a beer brewer (Bierbrauer), his wife Anna Maria, and daughter Maria Anna (age 11) are recorded on the 1767 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. 47. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Paul Nordhauer came from the Danish village of Riepen.

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

Mumm*

Hans Jakob Mumm, a mason (Maurer), his wife Hedwig, and daughters (Dorothea Sophia, age 13; Margaretha Sophia, age 10) are recorded on the 1767 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. 54. They had settled there on 13 September 1767.

The 1767 census records that Hans Jakob Mumm came from the German town of Schleswig in the Holstein region.

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

Nielsen

Nikolaus Nielsen, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Andreas, age 16; Margaretha, age 12) are recorded on the 1767 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. 58. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Nielsen came from the Danish village of Flensburg.

Matthisen (Stahl am Tarlyk-2)

Johann Arent Matthissen, a cobbler (Schuhmacher) and his wife Maria Magdalena settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 19 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 48.

Hans Christian Matthissen and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. St30.

The 1767 census records that Johann Arent Matthissen came from the German village of Lenzen in the Brandenburg region.

Konrad (Stahl am Tarlyk)*

Johann Konrad, a farmer, and his wife Regina settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 5 September 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 43.

Widow Eva Konrad and her daughter Friedrika are recorded on the 1798 census of Stahl am Tarlyk in Household No. St36.

The 1767 census records that Johann Konrad came from the German village of Großen-Linden in the Darmstadt region.

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