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Widow Elisabeth Asmus from Cäsarsfeld is recorded on the 1798 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. Nm29.

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

Friedrich Froos, a single barber, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Joh. Ludewig Froos is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Ludwig Fros, a single weaver (Schneider), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 128 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Biberstein in 1768.

Widower Georg Ephardt, a cobbler (Schuhmacher), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 84 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Biberstein in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Georg Ephardt came from the German village of Mekmal [?].

Documents record two Friedrich Emerichs affiliated with the colony of Biberstein. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

(1) Friedrich Emerich, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Hans Karholm.

Friderich Emmerich [sic] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johannes Dick, a tailor (Schneider), and his wife Barbara are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 9 along with a note that they resettled in the Volga German colony of Biberstein in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Dick came from the German village of Weener.

Anton Bernhardt Borschdrech, a single farmer, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Biberstein in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Anton Bernhardt Borschdrech came from the German village of Treptow.

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

Friedrich Wilhelm Bücker, a baker (Bäcker), and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 23.

In 1790, Wilhelm Bücker and his children moved from Biberstein to Näb.

Wilhelm Bücker from Biberstein is recorded on the 1798 census of Näb in Household No. Nb10.

Georg Bücker and his family are recored on the 1798 census of Biberstein in Household No. Bb20.

The 1767 census records that Friedrich Wilhelm Bücker came from the German region of Wetzlar.