Bartholomaeus Geibler, a mechanic, his wife Maria Magdalena, and daughter Katharina (age 23) arrived from Lübeck on 14 August 1766 aboard a 2-masted merchant ship named Die Jungfer Frederika (The Maiden Frederika) under the command of Skipper Hans Christian Korsholm.
Bartholomaeus Heibler [sic], his wife Anna Magdalena, and daughter Catharina (age 23) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Bartholomäus Hepler [sic], a locksmith (Schlosser), and his wife Magdalena settled in the Volga German colony of Stephan on 24 Augsut 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 19.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Bartholomaeus Geibler came from the German region of Hanau. The 1767 census records that Bartholomäus Heipler [sic] came from the German region of Hanau.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.
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