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Foos (Kutter)

Konrad Wilhelm Foos, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Katharina Elisabeth, and sons (Philipp, age 5; Engel, age ¼) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kutter in Household No. 24. They had settled there on 8 July 1767.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Wilhelm Foos came from the German region of Isenburg.

Frank (Kutter)

Johann [Jakob] Frank, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter on 8 July 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 33 along with his new wife Anna Katharina.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann [Jakob] Frank was a farmer from the German region of Isenburg. The 1767 census records that he was a craftsman (Handwerker) from the region of Isenburg.

Beki*

Jakob Beki, a single farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter on 29 July 1767 He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 56.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Beki came from the German region of Pommern (Pomerania).

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

Beckel (Kutter)

Georg Bœckel & Anna Catharina Müller were married on 17 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen.

Johann [Georg] Beckel, a farmer, and his wife Anna Maria [sic] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the snow-brig Die Frau Dietrika under the command of Skipper Joachim Friedrich Luhn.

Georg Beckel, a farmer, and his wife Anna Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Kutter in Household No. 46. They had settled there on 8 July 1767.

Lange (Kratzke)*

Johann Friedrich Lange, a soldier (Soldat), his wife Katharina Dorothea, and stepdaughter Katharina Dorothea [surname not recorded] (age 11) settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 25.

The 1767 census records that Johann Friedrich Lange came from the German village of Kiel in the Holstein region.

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

Knopp (Kratzke)*

Widower Sven Knopp, a coppersmith (Kupferschmied), settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 21.

The 1767 census records that Sven Knopp came from the Swedish village of Tjunköping [Jönköping?].

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

Kipper*

Widow Wilhelm Kipper, a hunter (Jagdmann), settled in the Volga German colony of Kratzke on 7 August 1766. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 27 along with a note that he is working as a day-laborer in Saratov.

The 1767 census records that Wilhelm Kipper came from the German region of Hessen-Darmstadt.

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

Trau(d)t (Kratzke)

The births of 4 children of Valentin & Catharina Elisabetha Traut are recorded in the parish register of Fränkisch-Crumbach: (1) Johann Georg, born 9 May 1752; (2) Alexander, born 25 May 1755, died 30 September 1756; (3) Margaretha Elisabetha, born 26 April 1759; and (4) Johann Ludwig, born 17 July 1764.

The pastor of the Lutheran Church in Fränkisch-Crumbach noted that several former parishners had made it safely to a village near Petersburg in Russia. Among them were:

Sommer (Kratzke)*

The baptisms of four children born to Johann Philipp & Maria Barbara Sommer are recorded in the parish register of Altlußheim: (1) Anna Rosina, baptized 7 July 1759; (2) Maria Magdalena, baptized 22 August 1761; (3) Ferdinand, baptized 7 January 1764; and (4) Johann Leonhard, baptized 2 May 1765.