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Stoller

Peter Stoller, a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois on 2 August 1766. He married the widow Margaretha Werner. They are recorded on the 1767 census of Chasselois in Household No. 34 along with her son Johannes Werner (age 9).

Following the destruction of Chasselois, the Stoller family relocated to the colony of Louis.

The 1767 census records that Peter Stoller came from the German region of Trier.

Spiess (Krasnoyar)

Johann Kaspar Spiess, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Novaya Dvinka under the command of Lieutenant Perepechin.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 97 along with his new bride Anna Margaretha.

The 1767 census records that Kaspar Spiess came from the German village of Alsfeld in the Darmstadt region.

Spiess (Chasselois)

There are 3 Spiess families that settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois on 2 August 1766.

(1) Wenzel Spiess, a farmer, his new wife, and his siblings are recorded on the 1767 census of Chasselois in Household No. 21.

(2) Johannes Spiess, a farmer, his previously widowed wife Barbara, and her sons Wilhelm & Nikolaus Gross are recorded on the 1767 census of Chasselois in Household No. 22. In 1789, Johannes Spiess moved from Graf to Louis.

Schiller (Chasselois)

Christoph Wilhelm Schuller & Catharina Werß were married on 28 May 1765 in Roßlau.

Christoph Schüller, a farmer, and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois on 2 August 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 15.

Following the destruction of Chasselois, the Schüller family relocated to the colony of Mariental.

The 1767 census records that Christoph Schüller came from the German region of Trier.

Schiller (Mariental)

Peter Schüller, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Johannes, age 18; Maria, age 13; Peter, age 8; Heinrich, age 1) settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 15 July 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 77.

At some point, they relocated to the colony of Schönchen, because in 1788, Peter Schuler and his family are recorded moving from Schönchen back to Mariental.

The 1767 census records that Peter Schüller came from the German village of Trarbach in the Kurpfalz region.

Schönberger (Chasselois)

Mattias Schönberger and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois on 2 August 1766. Mattias Schönberger, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Peter, age 18; Jakob, age 15; Anna Katharina, age 13; Michael, age 11) are recorded there on the 1767 census in Households No. 8 & 9.

Following the destruction of Chasselois, the Schönberger family resettled to the colony of Mariental.

Jakob Schönberger from Chasselois and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Mariental in Household No. Mt61.

Hein (Chasselois)

Adam Hein and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois.

His surviving children are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 11 along with their stepfather Peter Köhler.

Following the destruction of Chasselois, the Hein family relocated to the colony of Louis.

In 1783, Michael Hein and his family moved from Louis to Graf.

Köhler / Keller (Chasselois)

Peter Köhler, a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Chasselois on 2 August 1766. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 7 along with his new wife, Elisabeth, and her children: Michael (age 11), Susanna (age 10), Maria (age 7), and Sebastian (age 1-1/2).

Following the destruction of Chasselois, the Köhler family relocated to the colony of Graf.

The 1767 census records that Peter Köhler came from the German village of Losen in the Trier region.

Bertsch (Mariental)

Philipp Bertsch, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Elisabeth, and children (Nikolaus, age 18; Michael, age 13; Maria, age 10; Maria [again], age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Mariental in Household No. 21. They had arrived in Mariental on 16 June 1766.

The 1767 census records that Philipp Bertsch came from Luxembourg.