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Gammel (Bangert)

There are two Gammel families that settled in the Volga German colony of Bangert on 1 July 1767. Their relationship to each other is not recorded, but they are believed to be mother and son.

(1) Antonia Gammel, widow of an unnamed farmer, and her sons (Wilhelm, age 12; Christoph, age 8) are recorded on the 1767 census of Bangert in Household No. 29.

Christoph Gammel is recorded on the 1798 census of Warenburg in Household No. Wr033.

Gossmann (Bangert)*

Konrad Gossmann, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Heidemann.

Konrad Gossmann, a farmer, and his wife Anna Susanna settled in the Volga German colony of Bangert on 24 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 26.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Konrad Gossmann came from the German region of Pfalz. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Steinbach.

Gath

Johann Just Gath, a single farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Bangert on 1 July 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 32.

Johann Just Gatt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Bangert in Household No. Bg19.

The death of Johann Just Gatt in 1798 is recorded on the 1811 census of Bangert in Household No. 19.

The 1767 census records that Johann Just Gath came from the German village of Philippstein in the Nassau-Weilburg region.

Feil (Bangert)

In 1791, Johann Philipp Feil moved from Bangert to Warenburg.

Philipp Feil from Bangert and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Warenburg in Household No. Wr051.

Heinrich Andreas Feil and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Bangert in Household No. Bg24.

Erber

Georg Erber, farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Bangert on 1 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 2.

The 1767 census records that Georg Erber came from the German village of Weilmünster in the Nassau-Weilburg region.

Usinger (Lauwe)*

Anna Katharina Usinger, widow of an unnamed farmer, and her daughter Anna Dorothea (age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 61 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Lauwe in 1768. They had settled in Anton on 1 September 1767.

The 1767 census records that Anna Katharina Usinger came from the German village of Schotten in the Darmstadt region.

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

Tripper (Anton)*

Widower Heinrich Arnold Tripper, a merchant (Kaufmann), and his children Arnold Ernst Heinrich, age 23; Heinrich Arnold, age 20; Elisabeth, age 17; Andreas, age 14) are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 45. They had settled there on 30 June 1766.

Andreas Tripper and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Anton in Household No. An31 along with a note that his son Heinrich is working in Saratov.

The death of Andreas Tripper in 1816 is recorded on the 1834 census of Anton in Household No. 70.

Renkling

Carolius [later recorded as Karl] Renkling (age 16) and his brother Christian (age 12), whose unnamed father had died in the colony of Preuss, are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 35 along with their stepfather Johannes Kunzmann.

The 1767 census records that the Renkling brothers had come from the German village of Maulbronn in the Kurpfalz region.

Laut

Johannes Laut, a miller (Müller), his wife Katharina Christina, and son Johann Peter (age 4-days) are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 46. They had settled there on 3 February 1767.

Johannes Laut and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Anton in Household No. An57.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Laut came from the German region of Hanau.

Klaus (Anton)*

Widow Anna Elisabeth Klaus is recorded on the 1798 census of Anton in Household No. An54.

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