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Demler

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 the ship named Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.

Adam Dömler died during the journey from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767. 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 there on the 1767 census in Household No. 6.

Bad Vilbel, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen

There have been thermal baths in the German village of Vilbel for centuries. It was officially designated a "spa town" in 1948 and the the name of "Bad" (which means "spa / bath" in German) was added at that time. There are no longer any active spa facilities in Vilbel, but the bottling of mineral water continues there.

Grabe (Messer)*

Magdalena Maria Grabe, daughter of blacksmith Johann Georg Grabe, was born in Veldenz on 20 April 1736.

Johann Georg Grabe and his family immigrated to Fahlenwerder in Brandenburg in 1747.

Magdalena Maria Grabe married Philipp Manweiler, son of Johann Adolph Manweiler & Maria Elisabeth Schleichel. [See Manweiler Family.]

Philipp Manweiler and his family immigrated to Schleswig-Holstein (Denmark) along with his father and family where they settled in Flensburg on 17 May 1762. They left Flensburg on 10 June 1763 and joined those moving to Russia.

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