The marriage register of Büdingen records there the marriage on 9 May 1766 of Johann Christoph Lang from Momart in the area of Erbach and Anna Margaretha Burger from the area of Felde [sic].
Johann Christoph Lang, son of Christoph Lang & Maria Eva Lutz, had been born & baptized on 28 October 1742 in Momart.
Johann Lang, a stocking maker, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Kronstadt under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Gibbs.
Christoph Lang, a farmer, and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Shcherbakovka on 18 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 44.
Christoph Lang and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Shcherbakovka in Household No. Sv35.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Lang came from the German region of Viernau. The 1767 census records that Christoph Lang came from the German village of Momart in the Erbach region.
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