Bald / Wald*
Widower Franz Bahlt [sic], a craftsman (Handwerker), settled in the Volga German colony of Göbel on 1 June 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 71.
Franz Bald [sic] (age 28), presumed to be the son of Franz Bahlt [sic], is recorded on the 1798 census of Göbel in Household No. Gb22 as the adopted son of
Franz Wald [sic] from Göbel is recorded on the 1811 census of Hölzel in Household No. 35 along with a note that he had arrived in Hölzel from Göbel in 1803.