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Axt (Jost)

Nikolaus Axt, a butcher (Fleischer), and his wife Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Jost on 5 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 17 along with stepson Johann Adam Flemming (age 1).

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Axt came from the German village of Saalfeld in Sachsen (Saxony).

Volz (Walter)

Konrad Volz, a farmer, and his wife Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Walter on 25 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 14.

In 1798, Johann Georg Volz moved from Walter to Hussenbach.

Christina Volz, the widow of Konrad Volz, and their sons (Johann Heinrich, age 23; Johannes, age 20) are recorded on the 1798 census of Walter in Household No. Wt075 along with a note that son Johann Heinrich is working in Hussenbach and son Johannes is working in Huck.

Völ(c)ker (Walter-1)*

Orphan Christian [sic] Völker (age 11) is recorded on the 1767 census of Walter in Household No. 106 along with his brother-in-law Nikolaus Burkhardt.

In 1793, Christoph [sic] Völker was exiled from Walter.

The 1767 census does not record from where Christian [sic] Völker came.

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

Völ(c)ker (Walter-2)

Georg Völker, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Maria, and 1-week-old son Johann Philipp are recorded on the 1767 census of Walter in Household No. 54. They had settled there on 25 August 1767.

Philipp Völker and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Walter in Household No. Wt015 along with a note that they are living in the colony of Huck.

The 1767 census records that Georg Völker came from the German village of Danzig.

Sinner (Walter)

Nikolaus Bartholomäus Sinner and his wife Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Walter in Household No. 94. They had settled there on 10 September 1767.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Bartholomäus Sinner came from the German village of Hirsfeld [Gersfeld?].

Schneider (Walter)*

Johann Heinrich Schneider and Anna Margaretha Leer were married in Büdingen on 11 April 1766.

Johann Heinrich Schneider, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Margaretha settled in the Volga German colony of Walter on 25 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 38 along with Johann Gotelfocht (20). The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Schneider and Gotelfocht families.

The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Schneider came from the German village of Ingantern [?] in the Lobbach region.

Schmidt (Walter)*

Anna Regina Schmidt, widow of a craftsman (Handwerker), settled in the Volga German colony of Walter on 25 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 5.

The 1767 census records that Anna Regina Schmidt came from the German region of Hanau.

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

Knorr (Walter)*

Johann Heinrich Knorr, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Karolina settled in the Volga German colony of Walter on 25 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 56.

The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Knorr came from the German village of Reinheim in the Hessen-Darmstadt region.

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

Rausch (Boisroux)*

Daniel Rausch, a single man, settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 3 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 95.

The 1767 census records that Daniel Rausch came from the German village of Gerestam [Geretsham?].

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

Rausch (Stahl am Karaman)*

Daniel Rausch, his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Katharina (age 10) are recorded on the 1798 census of Stahl am Karaman in Household No. 29. They had settled there on 10 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Daniel Rausch came from the German village of Paterburg [Petersburg?] in the Hanau region.

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