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Joseph Charles, a carpenter (Zimmermann) and soldier (Soldat), and his wife Elisabeth Müller settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 126.

The 1767 census records that Joseph Charles came from the village of Baronville in Luxembourg and that Elisabeth Müller came from the German village of Erlangen in the Bayreuth region.

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

Martin Kal [sic], a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughter Christina (age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Martin Capelle [sic], his wife Anna, and daughter Christiana [sic] (age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Gottfried Burmeister, master of the Guardianship Office (Meister für Porzellanherstellung), his wife Anna Margaretha, son Johann (age 13), and stepchildren (Johann Muss, age 15; Anna Muss, age 8; Kaspar Muss, age 3; Dorothea Muss, age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 53. They had settled there on 5 March 1767.

The 1767 census records that Johann Gottfried Burmeister came from the German village of Ratzeburg.

Johanna Dorothea Brin (age 16), a single woman, settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 7 June 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 229 along with a note that she is working as a day-laborer (Lohnarbeiterin).

The 1767 census records that Johanna Dorothea Brin came from the German village of Gening [?].

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

Peter Wilhelm Blank, a single student (Student), settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 23 July 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 185 along with a note that he is working as a day-laborer (Lohnarbeiter).

The 1767 census records that Peter Wilhelm Blank came from the German region of Heidelberg.

Wilhelm Bissing, a blade sharpener (Scherenschleifer), and his wife Andreanna Hegelmann settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 27 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 60.

The 1767 census records that Wilhelm Bissing came from the Dutch town of Amsterdam in Holland.

Christoph Bischof, his wife Sophia Christina, and children (Johanna, age 9½; Henrietta, age 4; Kaspar, age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Christoph Bischoff, his wife Sophia Christina, and daughters (Johanna, age 11½; Henrietta, age 5) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Henrietta died in route.

Johann Samuel Beussert, a leather worker (Lederarbeiter), and his wife Johanna Elisabeth Hensch settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 17 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 138.

Samuel Beussert is recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka037 along with his daughter and her family.

The 1767 census records that Johann Samuel Beussert came from the German region of Breslau.

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

Johann Beuss, a gardener (Gärtner), his wife Anna Hell, children (Antonia, age 14; Johanna, age 3), and stepdaughter Maria [surname not recorded] (age 2) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 43. They had settled there on 27 August 1766.

The 1767 census records that Johann Buess came from the Dutch town of Amsterdam in Holland and that Anna Hell came from the German region of Köln.

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