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Johann Christoph Weiss and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Seelmann in Household No. Sm39.

Peter Weiss from Seelmann and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps53.

The widow of Georg Sander and his son Johann Georg are recorded on the 1798 census of Seelmann in Household No. Sm20.

Son Johann Georg Sander is recorded on the 1811 census of Seelmann in Household No. 56.

Adam Reinhardt, a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Seelmann in Household No. 41. They had settled there on 24 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Adam Reinhardt came from the German village of Gen [?] in Böhmen (Bohemia).

In 1788, Johannes Nick moved from Seelmann to Preuss.

Johannes Nick from Seelmann is recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps52.

Anna Kumba and her sister Anna are recorded on the 1798 census of Seelmann in Household No. Sm57.

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

Kilianus Kitschler from Stift [diocese of] Fulda & Maria Margaretha Her [sic] from Heuchelheim near Giessen were married on 15 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Friedberg.

Kilian Kitschler, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), and his wife are recorded on the 1767 census of Seelmann in Household No. 5 along with an orphan Elisabeth [surname not recorded] (age 16). They had settled there on 15 July 1767.

Kilian Kitschler and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Seelmann in Household No. Sm59.

Johannes Höfner, a cooper (Fassbinder), his wife Katharina, children by his 1st wife (Dorothea, age 16; Anna Maria, age 14), and daughter by his 2nd wife (Barbara, age 1½) are recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 13. They had settled there on 15 July 1767.

In 1788, widower Johann Höppner [sic] moved from Seelmann to Preuss.

Johannes Höppner [sic] and his wife are recorded on the 1798 census of Preuss in Household No. Ps48.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Höfner came from the German village of Gemünden in the Würzburg region.

Widower Konrad Heindel, a farmer, and his children (Kartolia, age 20; [a] Walpurgia, age 15; [b] Stephan, age 14; [c] Martin, age 10) are recorded on the 1767 census of Seelmann in Household No. 80. They had settled there on 24 August 1767.

[a] Walpurga Schreiber née Heindel from Seelmann and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Brabander in Household No. Bn32.

Heinrich Gundrum is recorded on the 1798 census of Seelmann in Household No. Sm55.

His death in 1805 is recorded on the 1811 census of Seelmann in Household No. 55.

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