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Pankratius Kurtz [sic], his wife Dorothea, and daughters (Maria, age 9; Katharina, age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Franz Nikolaus Schröder.

Pankratius Kuntz [sic], his wife Dorothea, and daughter Maria (age 9) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the father died in route.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

Johann Georg Hubert, a farmer, and his wife Eva Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

Johann Georg Hubert and his wife Eva Catarina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both of them died en route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Georg Hubert came from the German region of Erbach.

Magdalena Nasen, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

She is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony she settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Magdalena Nasen came from the German region of Erbach.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Nasen family among the Volga German colonies.

Andreas Heilmann, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and daughters (Rosina, age 25; Katharina, age 23; Margaretha, age 19; Anna Maria, age 13) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

Andreas Heilmann, his wife Catarina, and daughters (Rosina, age 25; Catarina, age 23; Margaretha, age 19; Anna Maria, age 13) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Andreas died en route.

Johann Philipp Fuchs, a farmer, and his wife Anna Margaretha arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 August 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Citadel under the command of Midshipman Gregory Bukharin.

They are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both died during the journey.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Philipp Fuchs came from the German region of Erbach.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Fuchs family among the Volga German colonies.