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Geiser (Kraft)*

Konrad Geiser, a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Kraft on 18 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 65.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Geiser came from the German village of Bieber.

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

Felde (Kraft)*

Johannes Felde, a farmer, married on 25 April 1766 in Büdingen to Gertrude Helfenbein.

They arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg along with Julianna Kinder who is identified as Johannes Felde's mother-in-law.

Johannes Felde evidently died, because Gertrude Helfenbein is recorded on the 1767 census of Kraft in Household No. 16 as the wife of Johann Schneider.

Böhm (Kraft)

Kaspar Böhm, a farmer, his wife Anna Rosina, and sons (Johann Filbert, age 13; Johann Georg, age 8) settled in the Volga German colony of Kraft on 18 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 19.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Böhm came from the German village of Burgsinn.

Beckel (Kraft)*

[Anna] Katharina Beckel, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard the pink Lev under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

She settled in the Volga German colony of Kraft on 18 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 73.

The 1767 census records that Anna Katharina Beckel came from the German village of Kelor [?] in the region of Friedberg.

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

Schmidt (Müller)

Johann[es] Schmidt (age 18) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1866 aboard the ship Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson. He was travelling with his sister Elisabeth and her husband Philipp Wilhelm.

Johannes Schmidt, a craftsman (Handwerker), settled in the Volga German colony of Kolb on 13 May 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 32 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Müller in 1768 and was working as a day-laborer (Lohnarbeiter).

Grot*

Johann Daniel Grot, a single blacksmith (Schmied), settled in the Volga German colony of Kraft on 21 July 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 72.

The 1767 census does not record from where Johann Daniel Grot came.

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

Kess (Kraft)*

Wilhelm Kess, a miller (Müller), and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Kraft on 18 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 12.

The 1767 census records that Wilhelm Kess came from the German village of Kestrich.

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