There were two Schlager families that both arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Neptunus under the command of Skipper Johann Graap. They are believed to be mother and son, but further research is needed to confirm this relationship.
(1) Widow Anna Schlager and her children Margaretha (age 18) and Johann [Kaspar] (age 15), along with Anna's nephew (her sister's son) Johann [surname not recorded] (age 9) arrived in Oranienbaum.
Widow Maria Schlager and her children (Margretha, age 18; Johann Caspar, age 17; Johann Adam, age 8) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Anna's son [Johann] Kaspar is recorded on the 1798 census in the Volga German colony of Merkel in Household No. Mr18.
(2) Konrad Schlager, a farmer, and his wife Magdalena arrived in Oranienbaum.
Conrad Schlager and his wife Magdalena are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Konrad & Magdalena are recorded on the 1798 census in the neighboring colony of Dietel in Household No. Dt77.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Konrad Schlager came from the German region of the Pfalz.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Auswanderung deutscher Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2019): 34.
- Idt, Andreas and Georg Rauschenbach. Deutsche Kolonisten im Jahr 1766 in Oranienbaum und in den Siedlungsorten: Die Kuhlberg-Listen (Moscow: Idt & Rauschenbach, 2024): 740.
- Mai, Brent Alan. 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Dt77, Dt78, Mr18.
- Pleve, Igor. List of Colonists to Russia in 1766 "Reports by Ivan Kulberg" (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010): #5919, #5920 [numbered 6919 & 6920 on the original document].
- Rauschenbach, Georg. Deutsche Kolonisten auf dem Weg von St. Petersburg nach Saratow: Transportlisten von 1766-1767 (Moscow: G.V. Rauschenbach, 2017): #6322-6327.
Brent Mai
Immigrated to the following locations
Entries from the Oranienbaum passenger list recording the arrival in Russia of the Schlager families.
Source: Maria Flekler Laufer.