Daniel Oberlieser, a farmer, his wife Anna Katharina, and children (Anna Maria, age 16; Johann Jakob, age 12) are recorded on the 1767 census of Mariental in Household No. 80. They had arrived in Mariental on 15 July 1766.
The 1767 census records that Daniel Oberlieser came from the German region of Medebach.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Oberleiser family among the Volga German colonies.
Matthias Nilis, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 16 June 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 29.
The 1767 census records that Matthias Nilis came from the German region of Trier.
From 1225 to 1866, Weilburg was the seat of the House of Nassau. Today, it is located in the German State of Hessen.
Jakob Müller, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 15 July 1766. His wife died and he remarried to Christina, the widow of Kaspar Riesch.
Jakob Müller and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt49.
They are recorded on the 1767 census of Mariental in Household No. 82. The 1767 census records that Jakob Müller came from the German village of Weilburg in the Nassau region.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Müller family among the Volga German colonies.
Christina Müller, widow of Christoph Müller, is recorded on the 1767 census of Mariental in Household No. 40 along with her [new] husband Peter Hertz and a note that Christoph Müller had died along the way to the colony.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Müller family among the Volga German colonies.
Heinrich Bach, a single farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 14 June 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 66.
In 1789, Nikolaus Bach moved from Mariental to Ober-Monjou.
Nikolaus Bach from Mariental and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Ober-Monjou in Household No. Om03.
The 1767 census records that Heinrich Bach came from the German village of Saargemünd in the Lothringen region.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Bach family among the Volga German colonies.
Georg Weiner was born approximately 1781. He came to the Volga German colony of Katharinenstadt from an illegible location as a prisoner of war in 1819.
He is recorded there on the 1834 Census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 351 along with a note that he had relocated to the colony of Göbel in 1827.
He is recorded on the 1834 Census of Göbel in Household No. 124.
He is recorded on the 1857 Census of Göbel in Household No. 166 with a note that he had died in 1852.
This surname evidently became Wanner.
Johannes Werfel was born in approximately 1791. He served in Napoleon's army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians, and in 1812, was settled in the Volga German colony of Rohleder. He is recorded there on the 1834 Census of Rohleder in Household No. 77 along with a note that he had moved to the colony of Katharinenstadt in 1817.
Levin Busch was born in approximately 1792. He served in Napoleon's army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians, and in 1812, was settled in the Volga German colony of Luzern. He is recorded there on the 1834 Census of Luzern in Household No. 103. His death is recorded on the 1857 Census of Luzern in 1856 where his given name is recorded as Ludwig.
André (Andreas) Kurbeto was born in approximately 1789. He served in Napoleon's army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians, and in 1812, was settled in the Volga German colony of Rohleder.
The parish register of Mariental records on 15 January 1818 the marriage of Andreas Korbe from Winel [sic], Italy, to the widow Elisabeth Hild from Mariental.