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Wagner (Unknown-2)*

Bernhard Montur [?] Wagner, his wife Anna, and children (Johanna, age 3; Jakob, age 1½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Bernhardt Wagener [sic], his [new?] wife Dorothea, and children (Johanna, age 3; Caspar, age 1½; Anna Christina, born in route) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both Caspar and newborn Anna Christina died in route.

It is not known in which colony this Wagner family settled.

Pfeifer (Unknown)*

Johann Georg Pfeifer, his wife Rosina, and children (Johann, age 17¼; Maria, age 16¼; Adam, age 11½; Anna, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Joh. G. Pfeiffer, his wife Rosina, and children (Johann, age 17; Maria, age 16; Carl Adam, age 11; Anna, age 10) are recorded on a list of colonist being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Rosina died in route.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

Müller (Unknown-6)*

Gottfried Müller and his wife Karolina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.

Gottfried Müller and his wife Carolina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Gottfried died in route.

It is not known in which colony the widow Carolina Müller settled.

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

Lepkrenk*

Siblings Sabina Lepkrenk (age 17), Jakob Lepkrenk (age 12), and Peter Lepkrenk (age 5) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 9 along with their stepfather Peter Scheidt.

It is not known in which colony either the Scheidt or Lepkrenk families settled.

The 1767 census does not record from where the Lepkrenk family came.

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

Scheidt (Unknown)*

Peter Scheidt, a miller (Müller), and his wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 9 along with his stepchildren (Sabina Lepkrenk, age 17; Jakob Lepkrenk, age 12; Peter Lepkrenk, age 5).

It is not known in which colony either the Scheidt or Lepkrenk families settled.

The 1767 census records that Peter Scheidt came from the German village of Schedremich [?].

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

Michel (Schönchen)*

Siblings Anna Maria (age 4) and Konrad (age 2) Michel are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No 2 along with their step-father Georg Zimmermann.

It is presumed that they settled in the colony of Schönchen along with their parents.

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

Schäfer (Unknown-2)*

Philipp Wilhelm Schäfer, a soldier (Soldat), and his wife Marianna are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 1.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Philipp Wilhelm Schäfer came from the German town of Stuttgart.

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

Karl (Schönchen-2)*

Joseph Karl and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Hans Karholm.

Joseph Carl is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Joseph Karl, a merchant (Kaufmann), and his wife Friederika are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 24.

In 1774, Joseph Karl and his family moved from Schönchen to Moscow.

The 1767 census records that Joseph Karl came from the German region of Hamburg.

Meier (Katharinenstadt-3)

Jakob Meier and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Katharinenstadt in Household No. Ka149.

A note on the 1798 census records that Jakob Meier came to Russia by himself from the city of Rostok in the duchy of Mecklenburg. He lived in various Russian cities and finally in 1797 came to Katharinenstadt where he married his current wife. He wishes to stay in the colony of Katharinenstadt. Jakob Meier is a cooper and his stepsons are turners who also wish to remain in Katharinenstadt and continue their profession.