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Gärtner (Katharinenstadt-1)*

Ludwig Gärtner, a farmer, his wife Anna, and son Georg Daniel (age 9-months) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 78. They had settled there on 27 August 1766.

The 1767 census records that Ludwig Gärtner came from the German region of Alzey.

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

Feidel (Katharinenstadt)

Heinrich Feidel, a weaver (Weber), his wife Anna Katharina, and children (Anna Katharina, age 17; David Heinrich, age 15; Johanna Maria, age 12; Gottlieb, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 12. They had settled there on 27 July 1767.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Feidel came from the German village of Lübeck.

Anna Maria Feidel, also from Lübeck, is also recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 140 as the wife of Martin Kapel.

Esslau*

Herrmann Esslau, a polisher (Polierer), his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Adelheit (age 4-months) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 69. They had settled there on 27 August 1766.

The 1767 census records that Herrmann Esslau came from the German village of Vechta.

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

Eckardt (Katharinenstadt-1)*

Georg Heinrich Eckardt, a master porcelain maker (Meister für Porzellanherstellung), his wife Anna Katharina Fromm, and son Johann (age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 64. They had settled there on 5 March 1767.

The 1767 census records that Georg Heinrich Eckardt came from the German village of Klauser in the Hannover region and that Anna Katharina Fromm is from the German village of Glückstadt in the Holstein region.

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

Eberhardt (Katharinenstadt)

Adam Eberhardt, a weaver (Weber), his wife Anna Elisabeth Rohr, and children (Johann Heinrich, age 11; Anna Barbara, age 8) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 19. They had settled there on 2 December 1766.

The 1767 census records that Adam Eberhardt came from the German region of Nassau-Usingen.

Dubois (Katharinenstadt-2)*

Michael Dubois, a lace maker (Spitzenmachermeister), and his wife Louisa Fendel settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 23 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 131.

In 1791, Johann Friedrich Dubois [believed to be their son] moved from Katharinenstadt to Rosenheim.

Friedrich Ditti [sic] from Katharinenstadt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Rosenheim in Household No. Rm48.

Friedrich Ditti [sic] is recorded on the 1811 census of Rosenheim in Household No. 48.

Dubois (Katharinenstadt-1)

Isaak Dubois, a teacher of French (Schulmeister der französischen Sprache), his wife Johanna Gertrude, and children (Ernst Friedrich, age 17; Helena, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 26. They had settled there on 27 August 1766.

The 1767 census records that Isaak Dubois is from the German town of Berlin in Brandenburg, and Johanna Gertrude is from the German town of Schönebeck in the Magdeburg region.