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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.

Württemberger (Walter)*

Philipp [Jakob] Württemberger, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife Maria settled in the Volga German colony of Walter on 25 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 26.

The 1767 census records that Philipp Wittenberger came from the French village of Landau.

The 1834 census of Walter records in 1822 the death of Philipp Jakob Württemberger in Household No. 45 with no surviving male heirs. Consequently this family does not continue among the Volga German colonies.

Kechter

Jacob Friedrich Gechter, son of Johann Georg Gechter (born 21 September 1705) & Anna Catharina Klein (born 17 May 1706), was born 11 August 1734 in Waldenbuch.

Jakob Kechter, a farmer, and his wife Anna Barbara are recorded on the 1767 census of Walter in Household No. 32. They had settled there on 25 August 1767.

Jakob Kechter and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Walter in Household No. Wt059.

The death of Jakob Friedrich Kechter, son of Jakob Kechter, in 1819 is recorded on the 1834 census of Kolb in Household No. 61.

Heidrich

Widower Johann Heidrich, a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Walter on 25 August 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 censes in Household No. 9.

The 1767 census records that Johann Heidrich came from the German village of Großenmoor.

Heidelbach (Walter)*

[Johann] Heinrich Heidelbach, a single farmer, arrived from Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 30 May 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepechin.

He and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Walter in Household No. Wt016.

Heinrich Heidelbach is recorded on the 1834 census of Bettinger in Household No. 119 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Walter.

The death of Heinrich Heidelbach in 1830 is recorded on the 1834 census of Walter in Household No. 236.

Hecht (Walter)*

Jeremias Hecht, a craftsman (Handwerker), 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. 82.

The 1767 census records that Jeremias Hecht came from the German village of Kiznen [?] in the region of Werzenberg [Wüttemberg?].

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