Johannes Koch, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Christoph, age 14; Barbara, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard an English barque named George under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.
Johann Koch, his wife Elisabadt, and son Christoph (age 14) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Ober-Monjou on 7 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 25.
Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Johannes Koch came from the German region of Graben.
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Brent Mai