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Os(t)wald / Os(t)walt (Unknown-1)*

Adam Ostwald, a farmer, and his wife Christina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 116.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Adam Ostwald came from the German region of Hanau.

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

Bäcker / Becker (Unknown-3)*

Johannes Bäcker, a single farmer (age 21), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 119.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Bäcker came from the German village of Bassenheim.

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

Fiedler (Unknown)*

Johann Fiedler, a single miller, and Johann [again] Fiedler, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Johannes Fiedler and his brother Conrad are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Konrad Fiedler, a single farmer (age 21), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 126.

Tochtermann*

Bernhard Tochtermann, a tanner (Gerber), and his wife Anna Korb are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 90.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Bernhard Tochtermann came from the German region of Wüttemberg.

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

Sack (Unknown)*

Widow Elisabeth Sack is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 101 along with children Konrad Göbel (age 21) and Elisabeth [Göbel] (age 19). It is presumed that Johannes Göbel recorded in Household 100 is another child of Elisabeth Sack.

Johannes Göbel, a farmer, and his wife Dorothea are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 100.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

The 1767 census records that Elisabeth Sack and Johannes Göbel came from the German region of Mainz.

Göbel (Unknown)*

Widow Elisabeth Sack is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 101 along with children Konrad Göbel (age 21) and Elisabeth [Göbel] (age 19). It is presumed that Johannes Göbel recorded in Household 100 is another child of Elisabeth Sack.

Johannes Göbel, a farmer, and his wife Dorothea are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 100.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

The 1767 census records that Elisabeth Sack and Johannes Göbel came from the German region of Mainz.

Scholl (Unknown)*

Johann Heinrich Scholl, a farmer, and his wife Magdalena are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 97.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Scholl came from the German region of Darmstadt.

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

Henne*

Christian Henne, a linen weaver (Leineweber), and his wife Dorothea are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 96.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Christian Henne came from the German region of Dessau.

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

Heusel (Unknown)*

Johannes Heusel, a single baker (Bäcker) (age 20), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 93.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Heusel came from the German region of Hessen-Darmstadt.

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

Koch (Unknown-1)*

Philipp Koch, a single baker (Bäcker) (age 24), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 94.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Philipp Koch came from the German region of Hessen-Darmstadt.

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