Head of the Household: Gottlieb Schultz, 27, Lutheran craftsman from Darmstadt
Wife: Sophia Annette, 37
Stepson: Ludwig, 12 [no surname given]
Daughter: Sophia, 7 [probably also a stepdaughter]
Daughter: Maria Katharina, 2 weeks old
The 1775 census confirms his surname : Vitkher, most likely a Russian interpretation of the name Victor, Whittaker, or something that sounds similar. (In German, the letter W was pronounced like a V.)
Child #1: Maria Carolina [sic] Schultz, age 7 years 6 months
Child #2: Katharina [Salome] Schultz, age 2
Stepson: Ludwig Vitkher, [ ? ] age 18
Stepdaughter: Sophia Vitkher, [ ? ] age 14
Sources
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Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2, Herausgegeben von Alfred Eisfeld under Mitarbeit von Sabine Eichwald, Published by the Nordost-Instsitut - 38085 Göttingen, 2005; page 76, family #26, Gottlieb Schultz family.
↑The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Lesnoy Karamysh, also known as Grimm; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, NE, USA; Published 1995, family #110, Gottlieb Schultz family.
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