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Johann Rassler (age 8) is recorded on the 1767 census of Hölzel in Household No. 20 along with his stepfather Johannes Rossner.

The 1767 census does not record from where Johann Rassler came.

Johannes Rossner, his wife Kunigunda, and son Johann (age 22) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Die Wachsamkeit under the command of Skipper Jacob Heinrich Sager.

Johannes Rosner [sic], his wife Cunigunda, and son Johannes (age 24) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Cunigunda died en route.

Widower Franz Berger, a farmer, and his children (Andreas, age 21; Christian, age 18; Christoph, age 15) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 41 along with a note that they had relocated to the colony of Meinhard in 1768.

Son Andreas is recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or48.

Son Christoph is recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs32.

The 1767 census records that Franz Berger came from the German village of Geschtet [?].

Johann Wilhelm Obermüller, son of the deceased free foreigner Wilhelm Obermüller, is recorded on the 1798 census of Merkel in Household No. Mr21.

Georg Philipp Obermüller from Merkel is recorded on the 1857 census of Gnadentau.

Jakob Rösler and his wife Barbara Zehe (a widow with 1 child) immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) along with the Christian Wacker family, arriving in Flensburg on 19 June 1762.

The baptismal register in Havetoft records on 5 April 1764 the baptism of Maria Catharina Rosler, daughter of Jacob Rosler & Anna Barbara Zehe.

They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 22 April 1765.

They joined the migration to Russia and settled in the Volga German colony of Messer on 7 July 1766.

Johann Gebel from Petersroth & Anna Magdalena Kraus from Spielberg were married on 9 Aprl 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Johann[es] Göbel, a farmer, and his wife Magdalena 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.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Messer on 18 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 77 along with a son Johannes (age 1).

In 1796, Johann Heinrich Göbel moved from Messer to Degott.

Thomas Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Anna, age 16; Jakob, age 9; Elisabeth, age 6) 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.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Messer on 18 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 67.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Thomas Schmidt came from the German region of Isenburg.

Johann Georg Schmidt, son of Melchior Schmidt, a blacksmith (Schmied) and soldier (Soldat), his [unnamed] wife, and [unnamed] child immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in the city of Schleswig on 15 October 1762.

The parish register of Hohn [Denmark] records on 19 December 1764 the baptism of Jürgen Schmidt, son of Jürgen & Trinke Schmidt.

They were dismissed from the Danish colonies in June 1763 and joined the migration to Russia.

Michael Schneider, his [2nd] wife Maria Elisabeth Buch, and 6 [unnamed] children immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Flensburg on 9 June 1762. He swore allegiance to King Friedrich of Denmark on 19 July 1762. He died in Denmark in 1762 or 1763.

The marriage of Franz Wilhelm Schneider, son of Michael Schneider, to Catharina Friederika Manweiler is recorded in the parish register of Översee on 29 June 1762. [See Manweiler Family.]

They were dismissed from the Danish colonies on 13 June 1763 and joined the migration to Russia.

Karl Benhardt, a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Moor on 18 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 54.

The 1767 census records that Karl Benhardt came from the German region of Frankfurt.