Schilling (Krasnoyar)*
Johannes Schilling and his wife Margaretha are recorded on the 1798 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. Ks063.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Schilling family among the Volga German colonies.
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Puhl (Krasnoyar)*
Johannes Puhl, a farmer, and his wife Charlotte settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 53.
The 1767 census records that Johannes Puhl came from the German village of Wertheim.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Puhl family among the Volga German colonies.
Sostdorf / Zostdorf*
Johannes Sostdorf / Zostdorf, a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 105 along with stepson Johannes Stein (age 12).
The 1767 census records that Johannes Sostdorf / Zostdorf came from the German village of Lengfeld.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Stein (Krasnoyar)*
Johannes Stein (age 12) is recorded on the 1767 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. 105 along with his mother Anna Margaretha and stepfather Johannes Sostdorf / Zostdorf.
The 1767 census records that Anna Margaretha came from the German region of Fulda.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Stein family among the Volga German colonies.
Pfeiff (Krasnoyar)
Heinrich Pfeiff, a farmer, his wife Anna, children (Anna [Margaretha], age 16; [Anna] Katharina, age 12; Johann [Ludwig], age 9; Anna, age 6; Maria, age 1), and brother Johann (age 50) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.
Tarlyk, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)
Tarlyk was founded in 1908 by Volga German colonists. It is located along the Tarlyk River after which it takes its name.
Until 1917, it was a Lutheran village.
Volga German families settled in the Siberian village of Tarlyk in the Omsk Region.
Müller (Krasnoyar-3)*
Orphan Margaretha Müller (age 16), daughter of the deceased Konrad Müller, is recorded on the 1767 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. 114 along with the Ludwig Kaiser family.
The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Müller and Kaiser families.
The 1767 census does not record from where Margaretha Müller came. There are no known surviving male lines of this Müller family among the Volga German colonies.
Obersinn, Kr. Main-Spessart, Bayern
Today, Obersinn is administratively part of the municipality of Burgsinn. It is located in the historical region of Lower Franconia.
Müller (Krasnoyar-2)
Valentin Müller from Ober Sinn & Eliesabetha Zobel from Alt Gronau were married on 17 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.
Valentin Müller, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 107.
Mattias (Krasnoyar)*
Widower Joseph Mattias is recorded on the 1798 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. Ks005 along with a note that he is working in Louis.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Mattias family among the Volga German colonies.