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Lorenz Heidemann, a farmer, and his wife Anna settled in the Volga German colony of Cäsarsfeld on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 4.

The 1767 census records that Lorenz Heidemann came from the German village of Bissersheim.

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

Gottfried Helm, his wife Philippina, and daughters (Katharina, age 19; Sophia, age 11) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Gottfried Helm, his wife Philipina, and daughters (Carolina Johanna, age 19; Sophia Magdalena, age 11) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Gottfried Helm, a farmer, his wife Philippina, and daughters (Carolina, age 19; Magdalena, age 11) are recorded on the 1767 census of Cäsarsfeld in Household No. 1. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

Michael Kühn, a farmer, his wife Rebecca, and son Johann (age 2½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Cäsarsfeld in Household No. 16. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Michael Kühn came from the German village of Brünn.

Michael Löbe, a farmer, his wife Anna, and sons (Mattias, age 15½; Johannes, age 12) are recorded on the 1767 census of Cäsarsfeld in Household No. 12. They had settled there on 3 August 1767. A note accompaning the 1767 census records that that they relocated to the colony of Basel in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Michael Löbe came from the German village of Kirchheim.

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

Jakob Bauer, a cooper (Böttcher), his wife Anna Maria, and daughter Anna Katharina (age 16) are recorded on the 1767 census of Dehler in Household No. 21. They had settled there on 26 July 1767.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Bauer came from the German village of Neustadt in the Kurmainz region.

Siblings Georg Hunt (age 8) and Maria Hunt (age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Cäsarsfeld in Household No. 2 along with their stepfather Jakob Bozenhardt. Another note on the 1767 census records that the Hunt children and their stepfather relocated to the colony of Basel in 1768.

The 1767 census does not record from where the Hunt children came.

Johann Kaiser, a farmer, and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Cäsarsfeld on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 15 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Biberstein in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johann Kaiser came from the German village of Bürstadt.

Nikolaus Schäfer (age 7) is recorded on the 1767 census of Dehler in Household No. 34 along with his stepfather Christian Hermann. His father had died in route to Saratov in a group led by Oberlieutenant Oldenburg.

The 1767 census does not record from where Nikolaus Schäfer came.

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