[Johann] Heinrich Laubach married Maria Elisabeth Föller. Their son Johann Peter Laubach was confirmed on 19 May 1766 in the German village of Seulberg.
Johann Heinrich Laubach, a hosier, his new wife Anna, and his children (Brigitta, age 17; Johann Peter, age 15½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a pink named Новая Двинка (New Dvinka [a river in Russia]) under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepechin.
The father Johann Heinrich died and his widow Anna Maria remarried to Johann Jost Armbrüster.
Johann Jost Armbrüster, a farmer, his [new] wife Anna Maria, son Johann Konrad (age 17), and step-children (Anna Margaretha Laubach, age 17; Johann Peter Laubach, age 15) are recorded on the 1767 census of Krasnoyar in Household No. 68. They had arrived in Krasnoyar on 20 July 1767.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Heinrich Laubach came from the German region of Darmstadt.
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