Three Schmidt families arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.
(1) Anton Schmidt (age 49), a farmer, his wife Catharina, children (Ludwig, age 17¼; Maria, age 15; Jakob, age 8; and Anna, age ¼), and servant Anna [surname not recorded] (age 26) arrived in Oranienbaum.
Anton Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Maria Katharina, and children (Johann Ludwig, age 18; Maria Barbara, age 15; Jakob, age 8; Anna Katharina, age 1½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kutter in Household No. 58. They had arrived in Kutter on 29 July 1767.
(2) Peter Schmidt (age 36), a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived in Oranienbaum.
Peter Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Anna Katharina are recorded on the 1767 census of Kutter in Household No. 59. They had arrived in Kutter on 29 July 1767.
(3) Johann Heinrich Schmidt (age 47), a farmer, his wife Susanna, and children (Rosina, age 10¼; Anna, age 7; Anton, age 2¼) arrived in Oranienbaum.
Heinrich Schmidt, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Susanna, and daughters (Rosina, age 10½; Anna Margaretha, age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Kutter in Household No. 60. They had arrived in Kutter on 29 July 1767.
Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that these three Schmidt families came from the German region of Isenburg.
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Brent Mai