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Beimler

Christoph Beimler and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Seelmann in Household No. Sm01.

The 1798 census has translated this surname as Bäumler, but subsequent documents indicate that it is Beimler.

The death of Christoph Beimler in 1824 is recorded on the 1834 census of Seelmann in Household No. 26.

Bickel (Seelmann)*

Georg Bickel, a baker (Bäcker), and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Seelmann on 15 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 60 along with orphan Elias Specht (age 17). The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Bickel and Specht families.

The 1767 census records that Georg Bickel came from the German village of Götzendorf [?] in the Bamberg region.

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

Beuschinger*

Anton Beuschinger, a cooper (Fassbinder), and his wife Johanna Eleonora are recorded on the 1767 census of Seelmann in Household No. 20. They had settled there on 15 July 1767.

The 1767 census records that Anton Beuschinger came from the German village of Landshut.

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

Altförst (Seelmann)

Gottfried Altförst, a single farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Seelmann on 24 August 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 90.

The 1767 census records that Gottfried Altförst came from the German region of Magdeburg.

Gropp (Basel)

Mattias Gropp, a linen weaver (Leineweber), and his wife Anna are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 41.

Mattias Gropp and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel.

His descendants are recorded on the 1834 census of Basel in Household No. 21.

The 1767 census records that Mattias Gropp came from the German village of Geislitz in the Hanau region.