Adam Demler, a farmer, his wife Anna, and son Johann [Peter] (age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard a ship named Der Junge Heinrich (The Young Henry) under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.
Adam Dömler is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died during the journey. His widow remarried to Michael Eberlein.
Michael Eberlein, a farmer, his [new] wife Anna Appolonia [widow of Adam Demler], children (Sophia, age 10; Christina, age 8), and stepson Johann Peter [Demler] (age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Laub in Household No. 6.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Adam Demler came from the German region of Darmstadt.
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Brent Mai