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Heinrich Klinkhefer, a single farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 17 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 96.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Klinkhefer came from the German village of Gumerthausen [Germershausen?].

Andreas Goltze, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Andreas, age 5; Maria, age 3½; Martin, age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Andreas Goltze, his wife Catharina Elisab., and children (Andreas, age 5; Maria Sophia, age 4) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Jakob Hoher, a farmer, his wife Gertrude, and children (August, age 18; Katharina, age 13; Christoph, age 7; Elias, age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 22. They had settled there on 7 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Hoher came from the German region of Dessau.

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

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

He settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 3 August 1767 where he is recorded on the 1767 census in Household No. 80 along with his new wife Magdalena.

There are two Adam Helwig families that settled in the colony of Schönchen in 1768. The widow and son of one of them is recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt03.

Johann Helwig, a miller (Müller), and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Adam Helwig, a miller (Müller), and his wife Anna settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 3 August 1767.

Jakob Heuer [sic], a farmer, his wife Gertruda, and children (August, age 16; Elisabeth Maria, age 12; Christoph, age 6; Elisabeth, age 3; Dorothea, age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Jakob Hoher [sic], a farmer, his wife Gertrude, and children (August, age 18; Katharina, age 13; Christoph, age 7; Elias, age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 22. They had settled there on 7 June 1767.

In 1787, widow Elisabeth Arndt moved from Boisroux to Schwed with her son Georg Faust.

Georg Faust from Boisroux is recorded on the 1798 census of Schwed in Household No. Sw08.

Philipp Fries from Boisroux and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Hummel in Household No. Hm16.

Andreas Fricke, a farmer, his wife Sophia, and children (Andreas, age 11; Sophia, age 11) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 3 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Andreas Frecke [sic], his wife Sophia, and daughter Sophia (age 11½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both mother Sophia and daughter Sophia died en route.