Reshoty, Kochkov District, Novosibirsk Oblast (Siberia)
Following the 1941 Deportation, Volga German families settled in and around Reshoty in Siberia.
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Meier (Unknown-1)*
Michael Meier, a mason (Maurer), his wife Katharina, and son Johannes (age 3-months) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 40. They had arrived in Paulskaya on 17 August 1767.
It is not known in which colony they eventually settled.
The 1767 census records that Michael Meier came from the town of Wien [Vienna].
There are no known surviving male lines of this Meier family among the Volga German colonies.
Wiedlein*
Samuel Wiedlein, his wife Maria Magdalena, and son Johann (age 1¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.
Samuel Wiedlein, his wife Maria Magdalena, and son Jost Georg (born in route) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the newborn Jost Georg died in route.
Samuel Wiedlein, a mason (Maurer), and his wife Magdalena are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 38. They had arrived in Paulskaya on 17 August 1767.
Weil (Unknown)*
Friedrich Weil, a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughter Maria (age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Friedrich Weill [sic] and his wife Juliana [sic] are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767.
Friedrich Weil, a farmer, and his wife Anna are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census in Household No. 35.
Golop*
Johann Gottfried Golop (age 11) and his sister Anna Christina (age 10½) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 33 along with their step-father Johann Andreas Grasshoff.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
Grashoff*
Andreas Grasshoff, his wife Dorothea, and son Johann (age 10¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.
Andreas Grasshoff, his wife Dorothea, and son Johann (age 10¼) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767.
Johann Andreas Grasshoff, a farmer, and his wife Anna are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 33 along with step-children (Johann Gottfried Golop, age 11; Anna Christina Golop, age 10½).
Ugolnyy, Balakhtinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai (Siberia)
Volga German families settled in this Siberian village following the 1941 Deportation.
Before 1976, this village was part of Elovsky, a large state farm. In 1976, it received its current village name of Ugolnyy.
Mockritz (Stadt Dresden), Sachsen
Today, Mockritz is a part of metropolitan Dresden.
Raßnitz, Kr. Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt
Today, Raßnitz is administratively part of the municipality of Schkopau.
Wiesner (Unknown)*
Johann Gottieb Wiesner, a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 31. They had arrived there on 17 August 1767.
They have not been located after this census in any colony.
The 1767 census records that Johann Gottlieb Wiesner came from the German village of Raßnitz.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Wiesner family among the Volga German colonies.