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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.

Adam Helwig, a miller (Müller), and his wife Maria Elschiedt are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Schönchen in 1768.

In 1771, Adam Helwig and his wife are recorded again moving from Boisroux to Schönchen.

The 1767 census records that Adam Helwig came from the German village of Alzey.

Orphan Anna Christina Elschiedt (age 17) and her sister Anna Maria Louisa (age 6) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 15 along with Adam Helwig who was married to another sister Maria Elschied. A note on the 1767 census records that they all relocated to the colony of Schönchen in 1768.

The 1767 census does not record from where the Elschiedt sisters came.

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

Adam Müller, a farmer, his wife Christina, and children (Johannes, age 7; Katharina, age 3-months) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 51 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Schönchen in 1768.

In 1785, Johann Müller moved from Schönchen to Moscow.

The widow and son (Nikolaus, age 2) of Johannes Müller are recorded on the 1798 census of Schönchen in Household No. Sn20.

The 1767 census records that Adam Müller came from the German village of Mendt.

Andreas Sentmeier (age 14) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 11 along with his stepfather Simon Mittelmeier. A note records that the all relocated to the colony of Schönchen in 1768.

The 1767 census does not record from where Andreas Sentmeier came.

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

Konrad Ries from Schwab is recorded on the 1798 census of Dobrinka in Household No. Db69.

Johann[es] Schneider, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Schwab on 8 July 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 17 along with his new wife Henrietta.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann[es] Schneider came from the German region of Friedeburg. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Stockhausen.

Weigand Wiesner & Maria Ursula Diehl were married on 19 March 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

[Johann] Weigand Wiesner and his wife Maria [Ursula] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Schwab on 8 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 19.

In 1794, widower Weigand Wiesner and his children moved from Schwab to Galka.

Johann Leonhard Reis, a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Schwab on 12 September 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 37.

The 1767 census records that Johann Leonhard Reis came from the German village of Neubronn.

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

Johann Jakob Reinhardt, a farmer, and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Schwab on 12 September 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 37.

The 1767 census records that Johann Jakob Reinhardt came from the German village of Linden.

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