Obermunjor (Kriwowskoje), a German Catholic colony, was established on the "wiessen seite"  or "meadow side" of the Volga River on the 7th of June 1767.  

Population of the Village

YEAR	Households	Total	Male	Female
1767	82	299	160	139
1769		324
1772		325
1788	72	370	177	193
1798	76	429	211	218
1816	91	620	308	312
1834	138	1,068	546	522
1850	174	1,608	808	800
1857	197	1,897	921	976
1859	165	1,513	744	769
1886
1891
1894
1897
1904
1910	392	2,752	1,365	1,387
1912		2,882

1926

433

2,443

1,190

1,253

Joseph Anton Giebler, Johannes Giebler (brothers)
and mother Barbara Seib Giebler.  All born in Obermunjou, Russia.

According to researcher, Dr. Igor Pleve, he lists those first settlers in his book "Einwanderung in das Wolgagebeit, 1764-1767, Band 3" as:

FIRST SETTLERS LIST - HEADS of FAMILIES: Johannes Grenzer, Anton Burger, Joseph Spister, Johann Georg Spindt, Burghard Brant [Brandt], Johannes Esperein [Osterlein], Anna Blumberger, Christian Sollbach, Elisabeth Kirchturm, Andreas Ludwig, Simon Silberhorn, Peter Stecklein, Michael Boos [Bos}, Georg Metzer, Christopher Neubauer, Johannes Weimar, Franz Himmel, Johannes Munch [Mink?], Katharina Diehl, Johann Ernst Gruendler, Johannes Wahl, Margaretha Hesslich, Valentine Nuernberger, Georg Fleischmann, Stephan Thaeler, Johannes Brehm, Friedrich Betz, Georg Doerfler, Michael Geist, Leonhard Unrein, Johannes Koch, Johann Nicolaus Aumueller, Adam Kohl, Johannes Thueringer, Johann Wendler [Wendeler], Johannes Hertling, Thobias Siekart, Jacob Bose, Johann Fuchsner, Peter Brehm, Georg Krapp, Christoph Vogel, Sebastian Lenkof, Philipp Lammer, Bernhardus Bersa, Michael Waldheuser, Kunigunde Seifert, Georg Schneider, Lorenz Heppner, Johannes Schaller, Philipp Hesssemar, Kaspar Spaar, Johannes Sennt, Friedrich Diehl, Friedrich Bisl, Adam Mueller, Johannes Roth, Johannes Brull, Christian Weber, Gertrude Krueck, Katharina Stupart, Paul Wendemann, Johannes Dreher, Johannes Fuchs, Anton Duchscherer, Martin Neulist, Michael Rumbach, Kaspar Neuheim[Nauheim], Heinrich Schuetz, Just Kessler, Joseph Schmidt, Johannes Stupart [Stuppert], Johannes Wulf, Peter Kuntz, Sebastian Model, Johannes Feuerstein, Georg Leribel,  Sophia Sack, Moritz Giebler, Johannes Kranewitz [Krannerwitter], Johannes Dechaut [Dechant}, Valentin Bepler, Johannes Schuj [Schuvie], Konrad Abt, Peter Wilhelm, Anna Esslauer, Sebastian Leinen, Abraham Ditrich, Christian Doeringer [Doehring], Valentin Matheus [Mattias?], Stephan Bartis, Thomas Goering, Johann Ernst Mathis, Franz Konrad, Kaspar Fischer, Anton Rupp, Anton Schuhmann, Johann Georg Wenimherr, Michael Waldschmidt, Peter Koenig, Johann Hemann, Karl Sommer, Gottfried Pauly, Johann Adam Brull, Norbertus Arzt, Michael Neubauer, Adam Sell, Johannes Wenger, Heinrich Arnemann, Christian Marqua [Marquardt], Konrad Zimmerman, Joseph Schenk, Wenzel Hauptmann, Charlotta Walter, Ludwig Lauer.

1798 HEADS of FAMILIES:  Kuntz, Schaller, Bach, Eisner, Wendeler, Flach, Boes, Geist, Kohl, Tuchscherer, Brull, Bieker, Fleischmann, Rupp, Seib, Roos, Nuernberger, Brehm, Brehm, Wagner, Neulist, Speier, Fischer, Koch, Unrein, Ludwig, Mattern, Dreher, Leikam, Linenbach, Krapf, Riesch, Zimmerman, Schneider, Marquardt, Weiberich, Krentzer, Weber, Goering, Barbie, Kunkel, Leiker, Doerfler, Stuppert, Arzt, Schlotter, Sell, Rumbach, Pfannenstiel, Brandt, Mueller, Giebler, Koeberlein, Koenig, Waldschmidt, Befort, Dechant, Wertz, Biehl, Kollas, Schmitz, Konradi, Kessler, Fehr, Leonhardt, Graf

The photo above is of Peter Ecksner and Julia Seib on their wedding day, January 31, 1906 in Obermunjou at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.  The stairs of the church appear in the background.

1816/1834 HEADS of FAMILIES: Baecker, Bebler, Befort, Biel, Bleit, Boes, Brehm, Bruhl (Brull), Konrad(i), Dawou, Dechant, Doerfler, Dreher, D(T)urban, Eckmann, Ecksner, Engel, Fischer, Flach, Fleischmann, Geist, Giebler, Goebel, Goehring, Graf, Krenzer, Heil, Hertel, Keberlein, Klaus, Koenig, Kohl, Kranewitter, Kramer, Krapp, Kunz, Leidmann, Leikam, Leiker, Ludwig, Mattern, Mener, Minich, Mueller, Muench, Neulist, Nuernberger, Pfannenstiel, Resch, Rohs, Rombach, Rumbach, Rupp, Schlotter, Schmidt, Schneider, Seip(b), Speher (Speier), Sperger, Stecklein, Stehle, Stuppert, Tuchmerer, Unrein, Waldschmidt, Walter, Weber, Weibrich, Wendler, Zimmerman.  (obtained by Dr. Pleve 2006)

1850 HEADS of FAMILIES: Arzt, Befort, Biehl, Bieker, Boes, Bos, Brehm, Brull, Dechant, Doerfler, Dreher, Dumler, Ecksner, Eichmann, Engel, Fischer, Flach, Fuhrbahn, Gabel (Goebel), Gehring, Geist, Giebler, Graf, Heil, Heit, Hertel, Keberlein, Klaus, Kohl, Koening, Konrad(i), Krapf, Kramer, Krannewitter, Krapp, Krentzer, Kuntz, Leikam, Leiker, Ludwig, Mattern, Miller/Mueller, Mink, Nuernberger, Pfannenstiel, Riesch, Rumbach, Rupp, Schmidt, Schneider, Schultz, Seib, Speier, Spoetter, Stamm, Stecklein, Unrein, Waldschmidt, Walter, Weber, Weiberich, Weinmann, Weissmann, Wendler, Zimmerman.

1857 HEADS of FAMILIES: Arzt, Bauer, Befort, Biehl, Bieker, Boes, Bos, Brehm, Brull, Dechant, Doerfler, Dreher, Dumler, Ecksner, Eichmann, Engel, Fischer, Flach, Fuhrbahn, Gabel (Goebel), Gehring, Geist, Giebler, Graf, Heil, Heit, Hertel, Keberlein, Klaus, Kohl, Koening, Konrad(i), Krapf, Kramer, Krannewitter, Krapp, Krentzer, Kuntz, Leikam, Leiker, Ludwig, Mattern, Miller/Mueller, Mink, Nuernberger, Pfannenstiel, Riesch, Rumbach, Rupp, Schmidt, Schneider, Schultz, Seib, Speier, Spoetter, Stamm, Stecklein, Unrein, Waldschmidt, Walter, Weber, Weiberich, Weinmann, Weissmann, Wendler, Zimmerman.