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Martin (Cäsarsfeld)*

Kaspar Martin, a weaver (Weber), and his wife Magdalena are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 65 along with a note that they settled in the colony of Cäsarsfeld in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Martin came from the German village of Eberfeld [?].

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

Hoffmann (Unknown-1)*

Johann Heinrich Hoffmann, a weaver (Weber), and his wife Justina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Houehold No. 67.

The 1767 census records that Johann Heinrich Hoffmann came from the German village of Zoller [?].

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

Heidemann (Unknown)*

Johannes Heidemann, a farmer, his wife Margaretha, and daughter Margaretha (age 10) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 70.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Heidemann came from the German village of Ondenbrun [?].

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

Hahn (Zürich)

Jakob Hahn, a single farmer, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 73 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Zürich in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Hahn came from the German village of Friedewald in the Hessen region.

Gorkunovo, Shemonaikha District, East-Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

In the spring of 1909, several German families from the Saratov Province settled in the vicinity of the Gorkunovs' estate on the banks of the Gorkunovo River. Among them were the families Schenkel, Schönhals, Rommel, and others. The settlement was originally called Schenkelskhutor but eventually became known as Gnadenfeld. Later, the village adopted the name of Gorkunovo.