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Eisenach

Johann Heinrich Eisenach, son of Johann Valentin & Anna Maria Eisenach, was born in Willofs, northeast of Lauterbach. He was baptized the following day. He married Anna Margaretha.

They immigrated to Russia, arriving from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov along with their son Johann Valentin (age 1). They settled the following year in the Volga German colony of Frank and are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 74. Son Johann Valentin is not recorded there with them.

Eisele*

Johann Martin & Barbara Eisele had four children: (1) Regina Katharina, baptized in August 1749 in the Ruit Evangelical Church, just north of Ölbronn; (2) Barbara, born in 1749; (3) Elisabetha, born in 1750; and (4) Johann Georg Wendel, born on 13 April 1757 and baptized on 14 April 1757 in the Ölbronn Evangelical Church.

Johann Martin and his family immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein), departing from Altona, Duchy of Holstein, on 29 June 1761 under the leadership of Johann Thomas Gabler. They arrived in the city of Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig, on 4 July 1761.

Eichman(n)

Johann Michael Eichmann was born about 1743 in Breitenbrunn, southeast of Höchst im Odenwald. He married in Büdingen to Anna Barbara Völker on 30 June 1766, the same day that his presumed sister married Johann Nikolaus Dorsch.

They arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the snow brig Die Frau Dietrika under the command of skipper Joachim Friedrich Luhn.

Eich*

Johann Sebastian Eich married on 1 February 1746 in Nieder-Modau to Sophia Philippina Ramge, daughter of Konrad Ramge.

The births of the following children born to Johann Sebastian Eich & Sophia Philippina Ramge are recorded in the parish register of Georgenhausen: (1) Johann Peter, born 24 October 1748 in Wembach, died 3 November 1748; (2) Anna Margaretha Barbara, born 19 October 1749 in Georgenhausen; (3) Elisabeth Margaretha, born 9 February 1753 in Georgenhausen; (4) Catharina Elisabetha, born in 1761 in Steinau; and (5) Johann Dieterich, born 7 May 1764 in Asbach.

Edel (Fischer)*

Georg Wilhelm Edel was born in Sulzfeld on 8 December 1725. He married there on 21 May 1748 to Dorothea Haas (widow of a Mr. Sprecher). She had been born also in Sulzfeld on 12 September 1711.

They immigrated first to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) and settled on 24 July 1761 in the colony of Friedrichsanbau on the farmstead Großer Hof.

On 16 April 1765, Wilhelm and Dorothea left Friedrichsanbau and immigrated to Russia, arriving in the colony of Fischer on 7 July 1766. They are recorded in Fischer on the 1767 Census in Household No. 23.

Eckhardt (Frank)

There are two Eckhardt families that arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the galliot Johannes under the command of Skipper Stahl. Both of them settled in the Volga German colony of Frank in 1767. The 1767 census does not record their relationship to each other.

Eckler

Johannes Jacob Eckler, from Lauterecken in Rheinland-Pfalz, married Sybilla Gertrude Bachmann on 2 July 1765 in the Catholic Church of Bensberg.

Jacob & Gertrude emigrated to Russia, departing from Lübeck by the ship Apollo, with Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg at the helm. They arrived in Oranienbaum on 29 August 1766.

Jacob Heckler [sic] and his wife Gerdruta are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Driess

At the time that the Driess family left Leistadt, it was ruled by the Leiningen family. The baptism of Adam Driess is recorded in the Catholic parish records of Leistadt.

The Driess family immigrated to Russia, arriving from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum aboard the snow-brig Mercurius with skipper Christian Heinrich Abelßen at the helm.

He and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Sewald on 20 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 38.

In 1792, Johann Michael & Valentin Driess moved from Sewald to Dehler.

Dirlam

Johann Heinrich Dierlam, a son of Johann Heinrich & Maria Dierlam, was born in Vadenrod, a village about 9 kilometers south of Alsfeld, in Hesse, and baptized on 21 April 1727 in the Evangelical Church of Hopfgarten, about 3 kilometers north of Vadenrod. He married to Elisabetha Eifert, daughter of Johann Heinrich Eifert, on 29 November 1748.