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Haase*

Johann Peter Haase, a tailor (Schneider), and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 38 along with a note that they settled in the colony of Schaffhausen in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johann Peter Haase came from the German village of Seisfelden.

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

Soring*

Widower Wilhelm Soring, a farmer, and his daughters (Elisabeth, age 14; Helena, age 11; Martha, age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 39.

It is not known in which colony they settled

The 1767 census records that Wilhelm Soring came from the German village of Wolf in the Hessen region.

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

Kuhn (Unknown)*

Leonhard Kuhn, a cloth weaver (Tuchweber), his wife Magdalena, and daughter Maria (age 5) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 40.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Leonhard Kuhn came from the German village of Runkel.

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

Amer*

Gertrude Amer arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Gertruda Amer is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It appears that Gertrude Amer married widower Cornelius Deisling whose family had been traveling with her on the same ship arriving in Oranienbaum and is recorded on the same transport list with them in 1767. [See Deisling Family.]

Werner (Unknown)*

Jakob Werner, a linen weaver (Leineweber), his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Elisabeth (age 6-months) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 37.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Werner came from the German village of Koffeld.

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

Heinrich (Unknown-1)*

Orphan Katharina Heinrich (age 12) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 22 along with the family of Johann Georg Mehner. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Heinrich and Mehner families.

It is not known in which colony Katharina Heinrich settled.

The 1767 census does not record from where Katharina Heinrich came.

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

Lotz (Unknown-1)*

Johann Lotz, a miner, his wife Anna, and daughter Anna (age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Johann Georg Lotz, his wife Maria Barbara, and daughter Martha (age ½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Lotz came from the German region of Hessen.

Bäcker / Becker (Did Not Arrive)*

Just Becker and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Hans Karholm.

Jost Becker and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both of them died in route.