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Andreas Orstadt, son of the late Berthold Orstadt from Frischborn, & Maria Elisabetha Eiffert, daughter of the late David Eiffert from Eichenhayn, were married on 18 August 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Schlitz.

Andreas Orstadt, a farmer, his wife Maria, and daughter Juliana (age 6-months) are recorded on an appendix to 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 47 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Meinhard in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Andreas Orstadt came from the German village of Frischborn.

Johannes Müller, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and daughter Katharina (age 10-months) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 48 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Meinhard in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Müller came from the German village of Lambsheim in the Darmstadt region.

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

Johann Heinrich Meinhard, a farmer, his wife Anna Dorothea, and children (Johann Konrad, age 20; Johann Ludwig, age 16; Anna Maria, age 10½; Anna Katharina, age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 21.

Johann Konrad Meinhard is recorded on the 1798 census of Meinhard in Household No. Mn09. Ludwig Meinhard is recorded there in Household No. Mn27 along with a note that he is working in Zürich.

In 1788, the divorced wife of Ludwig Meinhard and her sons moved from Meinhard to Näb where Ludwig's name is recorded as Peter.

Johann Georg Leis, a Prussian soldier (preussischer Soldat), and his wife Katharina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 40 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Meinhard in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johann Georg Leis came from the German village of Mörs.

There are two Keilmann families recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux. Their relationship to each other is not recorded, but they are assumed to be father and son.

(1) Johann Keilmann (age 55), a farmer, his wife Martha, and sons (Paul Konrad, age 23; Johannes, age 19) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 24.

Son Johannes is recorded on the 1798 census of Meinhard in Household No. Mn18.

Widow Christina Gräf is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 53 along with a note that she relocated to the colony of Meinhard in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Christina Gräf came from the German village of Fritzlar.

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

Widow Magdalena Fink and her children (Johann David, age 23; Johann Heinrich, age 20; Johann Ludwig, age 16; Anna Maria, age 10½; Anna Katharina, age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 22.

Most of the children are recorded on the 1798 census of Meinhard.

In 1790, Jakob Fink moved from Meinhard to Zürich.

The 1767 census records that Magdalena Fink came from the German village of Legen [?].

Johannes Diehl, a farmer, his wife Eva, and children (Johannes, age 15; Anna, age 11; Anna Katharina, age 4) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 32.

Johann[es] Diehl and son Johannes are recorded on the 1798 census of Meinhard in Household No. Mn07.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Diehl came from the German village of Igelsheim [Egelsheim?].