Jakob Nagel, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Johann, age 19; Johannes, age 17¼; Sebastian, age 15) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a barque named Fortitudo (Fortitude) under the command of Skipper John Scott.
Jacob Nagell [sic], his wife Catrina, and children (Johann Melchior, age 20; Johannes, age 18; Sebastian, age 14) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Jakob Nagel settled as a widower along with his sons in the Volga German colony of Norka on 26 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 182.
Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Jakob Nagel came from the district of Isenburg.
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Brent Mai