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Wolter (Paulskaya-2)*

Heinrich Wolter, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya on 17 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 50 along with his stepson Daniel Seiftenberg (age 11).

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Wolter came from the German village of Gasteheim.

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

Wolter (Paulskaya-1)*

Johann Ernst Wolter, a Prussian Husar (preußischer Husar), his wife Katharina, and daughter Dorothea (age 11) are recorded on the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 12 along with the orphaned Gonohorn brothers (Andreas, age 15; Michael, age 11). The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Wolter and Gonohorn families.

The 1767 census records that Johann Ernst Wolter came from the German village of Pilow in the Halle region.

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

Werner (Paulskaya)*

Widow Maria Werner (age 58) settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya on 7 July 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 33 along with her son-in-law Zacharius Weidenhammer.

The 1767 census does not record from whre Maria Werner came.

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

Weiseise*

Widow Anna Maria Weiseise [sic] and her son Kaspar (25) settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya on 3 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 70.

The 1767 census records that Anna Maria Weiseise came from the German village of Geldersheim.

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

Schlamberg

Christian Schlamberg, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughter Katharina (age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 67. They had settled there on 7 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Christian Schlamberg came from the German village of Wendeburg.

Peter (Paulskaya)*

Michael Peter, a widowed farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya on 23 July 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in household No. 60 along with his stepdaughter Maria Enfrander (age 10).

The 1767 census records that Michael Peter came from the German village of Mibiu.

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

Millner*

Andreas Millner and his wife Dorothea settled in the Volga German colony of Paulskaya on 7 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 68.

The 1767 census records that Andreas Millner came from the German village of Born.

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

Lerch (Paulskaya)

Johannes Lerg [sic], his wife Anna, and children (Andreas, age 16; Anna, age 8; Anna [again], age 6; Heinrich, age 4; Charlotta, age ½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Gabriel Wild.

Johannes Lerch, his wife Anna Maria, and children (Andreas, age 16; Catharina, age 8; Maria, age 6; Heinrich, age 4; Charlotta, age ½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.