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Eilau*

Gottfried Eilau, a single tailor (Schneider), is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 70.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Gottfried Eilau came from the German village of Dresden.

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

Bostel / Postel*

Heinrich Bostel/Postel, a carpenter (Tischler), and his wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 62.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Bostel/Postel came from the German village of Gernhausen in the Kurmainz region.

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

Rechin*

Sentonet Rechin, a single man, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 66.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Sentonet Rechin came from the village of Sowenow [?].

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

Kratz (Unknown)*

Konrad Kratz, a farmer, and his Gertrude arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Joh. Conrad Kratz and his wife Gertruta [sic] are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Konrad Kratz, a farmer, and his wife Gertrude are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 64.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Eckel (Unknown)*

Heinrich Eckel, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Maria (age 8) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 58.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Eckel came from the German village of Leisel in the Darmstadt region.

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

Leinhardt (Unknown)*

Kaspar Leinhardt, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 54.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Leinhardt came from the German village of Henneberg.

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

Mühl (Unknown)*

Johann Mühl, a farmer, his wife Susanna, and children (Johann, age 20; Otto, age 10; Elisabeth, age 3; Elisabeth, age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Just Muhl, his wife Susanna, and sons (Johann, age 20; Otto, age 10¼) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Krep*

Johannes Krep, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and children (Johannes, age 15; Elisabeth, age 11) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Boisroux in Household No. 49.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Krep came from the German village of Unterhens [?].

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