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Menger*

The Movement Tables for the 1767 census of Kind records that Anna Barbara Menger, daughter of Johann Menger, moved to the colony of Basel where she married Christoph Faber.

Anna Barbara Menger from Kind, wife of Heinrich Christoph Faber, is recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs22.

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

Darmstadt*

The Movement Tables of the 1767 census of Kind record that Elisabeth Darmstadt, daughter of Johann Darmstadt, moved in 1774 to Meinhard where she married Ludwig Meinhard.

Elisabeth Darmstadt, wife of Ludwig Meinhard, is recorded on the 1798 census of Meinhard in Household No. Mn27.

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

Spohr*

Kaspar Spohr, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Hans Karholm.

Casper Spor [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Kaspar Spohr, a single farmer, is recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (No. 152) appended to the 1767 census. It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Spohr came from the German village of Örlenbach.

Reimer (Unknown)*

Johannes Reimer, a widowed butcher (Fleischer), is recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (No. 153) appended to the 1767 census. It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Reimer came from the German village of Mardorf.

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

Fink (Unknown)*

Georg Fink, a widowed farmer, is recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (No. 157) appended to the 1767 census. It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Georg Fink came from the German village of Schweringhausen.

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

Kordelje (Unknown)*

Johann Christian Kordelje, a widowed cobbler (Schuhmacher), is recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (No. 158) appended to the 1767 census.

The 1767 census records that Johann Christian Kordelje came from the German village of Krsans [?].

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