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König (Köhler)

There are two König families that settled in the Volga German colony of Köhler on 21 August 1767. They are both sons of Hÿeronemus König from Hainzell:

(1) Johannes König, son of Hÿeronemus König and his first wife Margaretha Gärtner, was born 7 June 1726 in Hainzell.

Rosinski

Franz Rosinski, a farmer, his wife Christina Elisabeth, and stepson Johann Jakob Feldening are recorded on the 1767 census of Schwed in Household No. 20. They had settled in Schwed on 1 July 1766.

The 1767 census records that Franz Rosinski came from the Polish town of Kraków.

Raspen*

Joseph Raspen, a farmer, his wife Anna Dorothea, and daughter Anna Katharina (age 7) settled in the Volga German colony of Schwed on 1 July 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 21.

The 1767 census records that Joseph Raspen came from the German village of Ulm.

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

Pfeifer (Messer)

Widow Anna Margaretha Pfeifer, a farmer's wife, and her sons (Johannes, age 19; Johann Lukas, age 18) arrived in the Volga German colony of Schwed on 1 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 29 along with a note that they relocated in 1768 to the colony of Messer.

Jakob Pfeifer, however, is recorded on the 1798 census of Schwed in Household No. Sw25.

The 1767 census records that Anna Margaretha Pfeifer came from the German village of Lauterbach.

Petersen / Peterson (Schwed)

Nils Petersen (age 5) and his brother Karl Christian Petersen (age 1½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schwed in Household No. 8 along with their mother Katharina Neumann, widow of Mattias Neumann.

The 1767 census records that Katharina Neumann (and presumably her sons) came from the Danish town of Copenhagen.

Nummerstein

Peter Nummerstein, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Maria, and his stepdaughter Christina Fedeluida [surname not recorded] (age 15) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schwed in Household No. 6. They had settled there on 27 July 1765.

In 1788, Peter Nummerstein and his family moved from Schwed to Engels.

The 1767 census records that Peter Nummerstein came from the German village of Bergen in Swedish Pomerania.

Nikolin

Georg Nikolin, a soldier (Soldat), his wife Christina Friederike, and stepdaughter Maria [surname not recorded] (age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schwed in Household No. 22.

The 1767 census records that Georg Nikolin came from the Swedish village of Vozy [?].

Neumann (Schwed)

Katharina Neumann, widow of craftsman (Handwerker) Matthias Neumann, settled in the Volga German colony of Schwed on 2 June 1766. She is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 8 along with her two sons from an earlier marriage: Nils Petersen (age 5) and Karl Christian Petersen (age 1½).

The 1767 census records that Katharina Neumann came from the Danish town of Copenhagen.

Müller (Schwed-3)

Valentin Müller, son of Johann Müller (a linenweaver from Lauterbach) & Anna Margaretha Weitz, was baptized on 21 May 1766 in St. Jakob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Anna Margaretha [Müller], widow of a craftsman (Handwerker), and her children (Maria Rosina, age 6; Johann Valentin, age 2) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schwed in Household No. 24.

In 1788, Valentin Müller moved from Schwed to Stahl am Karaman where he is recorded on the 1798 census in Household No. Sk17.

Rosina Müller is recorded on the 1798 census of Urbach in Household No. Ur36.