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Lattigan

Johann Lattigan, a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughters (Clara, age 2½; Anna, age 1) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Dittrich Ladegang [sic], his wife Anna Dorothea, and daughters (Cathar. Maria, age 3; Clara Sibilla, age 1) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 alongwith a note that Clara Sibilla died en route.

Bossauer

Widower Johann Friedrich Bossauer, a farmer, and his children (Maria, age 14; Georg, age 9) are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

Daughter Maria Katharina Felsing née Bossauer and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl55.

Son Georg Bossauer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs33.

The death of Georg Bossauer in 1816 is recorded on the 1834 census of Basel in Household No. 51.

Hoffgesang*

Johan Hinr. Langweiter [sic], a farmer from the area of Darmstadt, & Anna Elisab. Hoffgesang from the area of Darmstadt were married on 3 June 1766 in a house in Lübeck. The marriage is recorded in the parish register of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Konrad Hoffgesang, a miller, his wife Anna, and daughter Anna (age 24) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Gedicke (Unknown)*

Johann August Gedick [sic], his wife Magdalena, and daughter Maria (age 1¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Joh. August Keticke [sic] and his wife Magdalena are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann August Gedeke and his wife Anna are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Kaneau in Household No. 19.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Johann August Gedeke came from the town of Wien (Vienna) [Austria].

Batt (Schaffhausen)*

Widow Anna Batt and her daughters (Anna, age 16½; Eva, age 12; Katharina, age 8; Elisabeth, age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Widow Anna Mar. Bat [sic] and her daughters (Anna Margaretha, age 16½; Katharina, age 8; Elisabetha, age 6) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that the mother and daughter Katharina died en route.

Jung (Näb)

Johann Heinrich Jung, a farmer, and his wife Eva (age 26) are recorded on the 1767 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 26 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Näb in 1768.

In 1769, Georg Jung and his family moved from Philippsfeld to Zürich. This Georg is believed to be the same person of Johann Heinrich because Eva Elisabeth Steinroth (age 56), widow of an unnamed Jung, is recorded on the 1798 census of Zürich in Household No. Zr03 along with her son Wilhelm Jung and his family.