Amer*
Gertrude Amer, a single woman, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.
Gertruda Amer is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
It appears that Gertrude Amer married widower Cornelius Deisling whose family had been traveling with her on the same ship arriving in Oranienbaum and is recorded on the same transport list with them in 1767. [See Deisling Family.]
Werner (Unknown)*
Jakob Werner, a linen weaver (Leineweber), his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Elisabeth (age 6-months) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 37.
It is not known in which colony they settled.
The 1767 census records that Jakob Werner came from the German village of Koffeld.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Werner family among the Volga German colonies.
Heinrich (Unknown-1)*
Orphan Katharina Heinrich (age 12) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 22 along with the family of Johann Georg Mehner. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Heinrich and Mehner families.
It is not known in which colony Katharina Heinrich settled.
The 1767 census does not record from where Katharina Heinrich came.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Heinrich family among the Volga German colonies.
Lotz (Unknown-1)*
Johann Lotz, a miner, his wife Anna, and daughter Anna (age ½) 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.
Johann Georg Lotz, his wife Maria Barbara, and daughter Martha (age ½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
It is not known in which colony they settled.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Lotz came from the German region of Hessen.
Bäcker / Becker (Did Not Arrive)*
Just Becker and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Hans Karholm.
Jost Becker and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both of them died in route.
Čáslav, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic
Čáslav (German: Tschaslau) is located in the formerly ethnic German area of Böhmen (Bohemia).
Ritter (Unknown)*
Joseph Ritter, a cook, his wife Katharina, and daughter Elisabeth (age 12) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Joseph Ritter, his wife Katharina, and daughter Elisabet [sic] (age 12) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Joseph Ritter, a cook (Koch), his wife Katharina, and daughter Elisabeth (age 13) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 31.
Beltz (Unknown)*
August Beltz, a farmer, and his wife Barbara 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.
August Peltz [sic] and his wife Barbara are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died in route [and possible her as well].
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that August Beltz came from the German region of Birstein.
Schindler (Unknown)*
Julianna Schindler, a single farmer, 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.
Julianna Schindler (age 20) recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
It is not known in which colony she settled.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Julianna Schindler came from the German region of Nassau.