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Johann Jacob Wels [sic] & Johanna Sophia Leo were married 23 September 1765 in Roßlau.

[Johann] Jakob Weltz, a weaver (Weber), and his wife [Joh]Anna Sophia settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 27 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.

Sophia, widow of Jakob Weltz, and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka019.

The death of Jakob Weltz in 1834 is recorded on the 1834 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 199.

Gottlieb Susdorf, a Hussar - member of the light cavalry (Husar), his wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Maria, age 5; Karl Friedrich, age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 36. They had settled there on 27 August 1766.

In 1790, widow Maria Dorothea Susdorf moved from Katharinenstadt to Penza.

Karl Susdorf and his wife Eleonora Mertz from Urbach are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka132.

Gregorius Robert arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Gregorius Robert is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Grigorius Robert, a starch maker (Stärkemacher), and his wife Katharina Glauwitz settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 111.

In 1785, Gregorius Robert moved from Katharinenstadt to the Caucasus.

Martin Riedel, his wife Margaretha, and son Hans (age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Martin Ridel [sic], his wife Margaretha, and son Mathias (age 2) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Martin Riedel, a copper smith (Kupferschmied), his wife Margaretha, and son Michael (age 3) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 33 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Katharinenstadt in 1768.

Thomas Koch, a glazier (Glaser), his wife Anna Belenski, and children (Heinrich, age 4; Angela, age 1) are recorded on the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 59. They had settled there on 27 August 1766.

The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register records in Household No. 84:

Thomas Koch (age 38), a painter (Maler)
His wife: Anna Bilenski (age 39)
Sons: Heinrich (age 1); Christian (age ½)
Daughters: Angela (age 9); Wilhelmina Roberta Carolina (age 7); Maria Sophia (born 29 May 1777)

Joseph Köhler, a hunter (Jäger), his wife Maria, and children (Franz, age 22; Johann, age 19; Johann [again], age 17; Anna, age 10) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 35 along with a note that they settled in the colony of Katharinenstadt in 1768.

The 1776 Katharinenstadt Land Register records in Household No. 8:

Johann Konrad Köhler, a tailor (Schneider), and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Gabriel Wild.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt on 23 July 1767. Konrad Köhler is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 119 along with his [new] wife Anna Margaretha Volmer.