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Hol(t)zer (Basel)

Leonhardt Hölzer, his wife Theodora, and children (Johann Georg, age 7; Margaretha, age 4; Johann Michael, age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Leonhardt Höltzer, his wife Theodora, and children (Georg, age 7; Margaretha, age 4; Michael, age 2¼; Anna Elisabeth, born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Anna Elisabeth died en route.

Georg Johann Holzer and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs36.

Heinig*

Widow Dorothea Heinig is recorded on the 1798 census of Basel in Household No. Bs42.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Loch (Messer)

Ludwig Loch, illegitimate son of Margaretha Trachmüller, is recorded on the 1798 census of Messer in Household No. Ms70.

Philipp Ludwig Loch and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Kratzke in Household No. 58 along with a note that they had relocated to Kratzke from Messer in 1819.

Philipp Ludwig Loch and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Kratzke in Household No. 61.

Ehrfurt (Katharinenstadt)*

Siegmund Ehrfurt, a single hunter, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 7 May 1766 aboard the galliot named Anna Katharina under the command of Skipper Daniel Heyer.

Sigm. Lud. Ehrfurt is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Egers*

Ludewig [sic] Egers, his wife Johanna, and son Johann (age 7) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Ludwig Egers, ship carpenter (Schiffszimmermann), his wife Johanna, and son Johann (age 9) are recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 47. They had settled there on 7 June 1767.

The 1767 census records that Ludwig Egers came from the German town of Rostock.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Dorn (Orlovskaya)

Georg Torn [sic], a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Christoph, age 15; Johann, age 8; Maria, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Georg Torn [sic], his wife Elisabeth, and children (Christoph, age 14; Joh. Georg, age 7; Maria Margaretha, age 4; Justus Adam, born en route) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that newborn son Justus Adam also died en route.

Deptor*

Christian Deptor, a beer brewer (Bierbrauer), his wife Elisabeth, and daughters (Katharina, age 3; Maria, age 6-months) are recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 12. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Christian Deptor came from the German region of Zerbst.

There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.

Deringer (Orlovskaya)

Orphan Johann Deringer (age 20) is recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 2 along with the Johann Friedrich Reisch family. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Deringer and Reisch families.

In 1774, Andreas Deringer moved from Orlovskaya to Bettinger.

In 1788, Johann Heinrich Deringer moved from Meinhard to Bettinger.

Andreas Deringer from Orlovskaya and Heinrich Deringer from Meinhard are recorded on the 1798 census of Bettinger in Households No. Bt21 and Bt22, respectively.

Bonegardt

Widower Johannes Bonegardt, a physician (Arzt), and his daughter Louisa (age 21) are recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 32. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

In 1795, Heinrich Bonegardt moved from Orlovskaya to Hummel.

Andreas Bonegardt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or22 [erroneously published as Bonekar by Mai, 1999].

The death of Andreas Bonegardt in 1818 is recorded on the 1834 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 37.