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Lichtenberg(er)

Johann Christoph Lichtenberg, son of the late Johann Adam Lichtenberg who was the deputy director of the district of Jägersburg in Hessen-Darmstadt & Maria Elisabetha Schweickhard, and a hunter (Jäger) in the service of General von Pretlack, was born 10 February 1731 in Jägersburg.

Lenz (Walter)

Johann Tobias Lenz, son of Johannes Lenz, married in Eckartsborn on 7 December 1747 to Adelgunda Beckel, daughter of Johannes Beckel.

The Schwickartshausen parish register records the baptisms of four of their children, each born in Eckartsborn: (1) Johannes, born 26 March 1749, baptized 28 March 1749; (2) Johann Jacob, born 6 March 1751, baptized 9 March 1751; (3) Conrad, born 26 February 1756, baptized 28 February 1756; and (4) Elisabetha Margaretha, born 4 February 1761, baptized 6 February 1761.

Linenberg(er)

Johann Georg Linnenberg and Anna Margaretha Schabbach (additional spellings on various records Schabach and Schabag) were married 21 August 1746 in St. Vitus Catholic Church in Willebadessen, today in the German state of Nordrhein-Westphalia, northwest of Kassel. Both Johann Georg and Anna Margaretha had been confirmed in this same church.

Licht

Wilhelm Ferdinand Leopold Lich and Anna Maria Lorey were married in Leisenwald (part of the Spielberg parish near Wächtersbach) on 2 April 1750. They had five children whose baptisms in Leisenwald are recorded in the parish register of Spielberg: (1) Johann Adam, baptized 8 November 1750; (2) Elisabeth, baptized 25 June 1752; (3) Susanna, baptized 28 July 1754; (4) Johann Georg, baptized 3 October 1756; and (5) Johannes, baptized 29 July 1761.

Lichtenwald

Heinrich Conrad Lichtenwald, son of Johann Heinrich Lichtenwald & Marie Marguerite L'oiseau, was baptized on 8 September 1740 in Friedrichstal.

He immigrated with his parents and siblings to Denmark (today part of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany) where he married on 12 August 1762 to Margaretha Barbara Altergott, daughter of Georg Friedrich Altergott & Elisabeth Gorgus.

This Lichtenwald couple, along with the Altergott family, immigrated to Russia, arriving at the port of Oranienbaum near St. Petersburg aboard the ship Adler on 3 June 1766.

Lei / Ley (Dönhof / Schilling)

There are two Ley families from the German village of Gelnhausen that settled among the Volga German colonies. They are presumed to be related, but additional research needs to be done to verify that presumption.

(1) Friedrich Christoph Carl Ley, son of master baker Johann Heinrich Ley & Maria Dorothea Rühl, was born on 24 December 1739 in Gelnhausen, east northeast of Frankfurt.

Leister*

Johann Leister, a cobbler, his wife Barbara Katharina, and daughters (Maria Katharina age 8; Maria Barbara,age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 13 September 1766 aboard the hooker Die Jungfer Dietrika under the command of skipper Christian Korsholm.

Johann Leister, his wife Barbara, and daughters (Catrina, age 9; Maria Barbara,age 3) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Leinweber

Johann Wilhelm Leinweber, son of Johann Simon Leinweber & Anna Catharina Weistgerber, was baptized 20 June 1725 in Sankt Julian, near Eisenbach. He married in Annweiler on 4 November 1749 to Anna Margaretha Zang, daughter of Johann Peter Zang.

The following children were born in nearby Offenbach am Glan: (1) Johann Ludwig, baptized 9 August 1750; (2) Johann Wilhelm, baptized 6 January 1753; (3) Johann Peter, baptized 13 January 1755; and (4) Maria Elisabeth, baptized 29 June 1757.

Leiker

Johann Heinrich Leiker, son of Johann Georg Leiker & Anna Elisabeth Velte, was born 16 February 1720 in Wehrheim. He married 4 April 1741 in Wehrheim to Anna Margaretha Dietz. They had 3 children born in Wehrheim: (1) Konrad Heinrich, born 25 July 1747; (2) Jakob; and (3) Barbara. Anna Margaretha died, and Johann Heinrich remarried to Elisabeth. They had two daughters before leaving: (1) Maria; and (2) Margaretha.

Henrich Leicker, with his wife Elisabeth and four children, left Wehrheim in June 1766.